I just noticed FireFox 3.5 is in my ports tree! I upgraded immediately to check out the JavaScript speeds that everyone was always reporting about... and I see why there were ranting so much! All my AJAX scripts that I am used to using are sped up dramatically. I am very impressed, although I find it weird that I have to load a Kernel module to use my browser. Oh, and Firefox 3.0 is in conflict with Firefox 3.5, so you have to remove Firefox 3.0 before you can even install Firefox 3.5. Also worth mentioning is the fact that Firefox 3.5 uses Firefox 3.0's /usr/local/lib/firefox3 directory don't worry about reinstalling plugins or bookmarks!

Check out how to update your ports tree to get the latest and greatest versions and sources for applications.

1. # pkg_delete firefox-3*
2. # cd /usr/ports/www/firefox35
3. # make install clean distclean
4. # kldload sem
5. # echo 'sem_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf