Starting later today (June 17, 2008) Firefox 3 will be available for download.  To celebrate the release of their new browser, Mozilla (the makers of Firefox) is throwing a party.

Join millions of other Firefox fans for Download Day 2008.  On this day Mozilla is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the most amount of software downloads in 24 hours.  This is a very smart advertising ploy by Mozilla to help spread the word about Firefox.

If you don’t use Firefox, or at least a browser based on Firefox, then you should look at some alternative browsers.

However, if you are Firefox user and haven’t tried FF3 yet, you are in for a pleasant surprise.  I have been using the release candidate for a while and love it.  It seems as if they have fixed everything that was wrong with FF2 as well as included some new features.

Some of these new features include: better performance, smart bookmarks, improved download manager and add-on manager.  Some other notables are better security features such as malware and phishing alerts.

When the Firefox 3 release candidates became available not all Firefox 2 extensions worked with the new version.  In fact, there are a few that still don’t work with Firefox 3.  However, the majority of your favorite extensions have been updated to work with Firefox 3.

With all that being said, Firefox 3 is much better than its predecessor and is a joy to use.  I strongly recommend you check it out (and tell your friends about it too).   Happy downloading!

What do you love/hate about FF3?  Are you just excited about Download Day 2008? Let us hear about it in the comments!