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Firefox 3.5 Now Available–Google Gears, Tab Mix Plus Not Yet Compatible

The official release of Firefox's latest version 3.5 is available for download by the non-beta-testing public today.

The folks at Mozilla Add-ons do a great job of nudging their extension authors to make their work compatible with new versions. Still, a few add-ons aren't there yet, notably Google Gears (not hosted at Mozilla Add-ons) and Tab Mix Plus. Update: Testers tell me a developer build of Tab Mix Plus is Firefox 3.5 compatible. Thanks all!

Luckily when you install Firefox 3.5 you get a warning upfront of which of your installed add-ons aren't yet compatible, like the one I got today, pictured here. (Come on, Auto Copy and Evernote, get with the three-point-five!)

Here are a few others my Twitter followers are missing.

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