Starting at 1pm EST today, the OFFICIAL Firefox 3 release is in the wild!

This marks the start of Download Day 2008, an effort to break the world record for most downloads in a day, and spread the Firefox 3 love!

There are tons of cool new features in FF3, possibly the biggest is a totally reworked memory management system. Yes, gone are the days of firefox using 600MB of ram after leaving it open for a day or two with 8 or 9 tabs open. I’ve been using the beta for a month or so and I have to say I see a huge improvement.

Besides memory management, FF3 has lots of usability improvements that make it even more fun to use than version 2. Never one to rip off another site’s hard work, show Gina some love by going to lifehacker to see the Top 10 new features. They also have posts on the extensions you won’t need anymore, and more on smart bookmarks. Mozilla has some neat tips right on their website too.

So hurry up, you’re running out of time! Help set a world record by downloading Firefox 3 right now. If you’re reading this late, get it now anyway. You will NOT be disappointed and if you’re not tech savy, trust me: It only makes browsing the web easier.