Firefox 3.6.13 is unstable. How do I go back?

Multiple problems with Firefox 3.6.13. Firefox periodically crashes when shutting down. The 1Password extension on the Navigation Toolbar disappears on startup. The View, Windows and Help menus are greyed out on some windows. Firefox 3.6.13 is not sufficiently stable on Macs running Snow Leopard.
How the devil do I go back to a stable version of Firefox?

There are several errors this release of Firefox repeats. Changes to the main toolbar are erratically retained between launches. When I reset the toolbar the changes are sometimes reflected in other Firefox windows, sometimes not. But consistently, the window I use to reset the toolbar '''always''' is not available to return to from the Windows menu. The command is there, but isn't responsive. Also the Help menu on that particular window has all items greyed out. Periodically Firefox also spontaneously crashes. Not frequent but it does happen.
With all these problems for both PC and Mac users you'd think there would be some kind of response from those taking responsibility for Firefox code. But there's silence, total silence.
I'm migrating back to Safari. I became quite comfortable with the previous release of Firefox, but the development team doesn't appear to be paying attention. Thus my exit.
With kind regards,

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