Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

Written by IT News on 10:12 PM

After successfully in recent version Firefox now get ready for the next version. Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 is now available for download.

As announced by Gran Paradiso Planning Center
At this point in time, Mozilla has been reluctant to specify the exact release date for Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, but it has pointed out to the end of December. Mozilla plans to close down the trunk of Firefox 3.0 Beta 2, on the 4th of December, permitting testing until the 7th of December, and then freeze the trunk completely, while planning the release date of the second beta for Gran Paradiso.

"At this week’s Firefox 3 / Gecko 1.9 meeting, endgame scheduling was set for the upcoming Beta 2 release. The plan is to hold the tree closed and let nightly builds "bake" for a few days with minimal changes as a way to identify and fix regressions or major bugs before handing off to QA. If all goes well, the code will be handed off to the Build and QA teams for Beta 2 release in late December," Mozilla commented.

Mozilla has wrapped up an update, addressing compatibility issues introduced by another update for Firefox 2.0. Moving from version 2.0.0.9 to 2.0.0.10. Firefox 2.0.0.10, made available on the 26th of November, was a stability update for the open source browser, designed to deal with three security issues. The update was served automatically to all Firefox 2.0 users, but it was discovered, only after large scale implementation, that the refresh impacted negatively the rendering of content, which called on the Canvas.drawImage method. Mozilla debuted work on Firefox 2.0.0.11 immediately, and the churned update is now up for grabs.

"As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.11 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download. We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 2.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting 'Check for Updates'… from the 'Help' menu," Mozilla revealed.

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