Mozilla have announced the release of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1. The new release includes a slew of new changes:

• Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
• Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
• Support for the WOFF font format.
• Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
• Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 can be downloaded from the Firefox beta website.

The final Firefox 3.6 is expected late November or early December.