The "P" Word? You Know, Privacy & Psecurity.

From Mozilla is mo-better dept: Of the many incremental improvements that v3.6 offers over v3.5, my favorite is the built in plugin detection that works on a per page basis.

Considering that out-of-date, easily exploited plugins are one way to lose control of your computer (and the valuable information that you store on it), this is a nice touch, and an easy way to keep everything important up to date.

For minimalists and control freaks like me, there’s an even easier way that’s been available for a while now: run Mozilla’s online Plugin Check service as your start page – that way you know which of your plugins are enabled and their status before you venture out into the big bad web.  And it even works with older versions of Firefox in case you’re not able to upgrade.