Mozilla has released the first Release Candidate of Firefox 3.0.

You can download Mozilla Firefox 3.0 RC1 immediately. Remember, this is still not completed software, however it should be stable enough that you can use it as your primary browser without too much problems.

As with all RC releases of any software, this is feature complete. There will only be bug fixes made to this software from this point on.

Firefox 3 (Release Candidate) Release Notes

Released: May 16, 2008

This Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only.

Preview releases are published to collect feedback from Web developers and our testing community before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The final version of Firefox 3 will be released when we qualify the product as fully ready for our users. Users of the latest released version of Firefox should not expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this preview release.

Please see below for an extensive list of features and enhancements found in Firefox 3, as well as known issues and frequently asked questions. As always, we appreciate your feedback either through this feedback form or by filing a bug in Bugzilla.

Firefox 3.0 RC1 Release Notes