Mozilla readies Firefox 3.0 overhaul

**Glaswegian** · 05-21-2008, 11:48 AM

Mozilla has rolled out the release candidate for Firefox 3.0, bringing the open-source browser one step closer to its first major overhaul in nearly 19 months.

The appearance of Firefox Release Candidate 1 (RC1) came earlier than expected. As recently as last Saturday, Mozilla's chief engineer said that although the company had locked down RC1's code, it was planning to publicly launch the build in "late May."

Firefox RC1 is available now for download from Mozilla's servers, and is also being offered as an update to users running Firefox Beta 5, the final beta edition that shipped six weeks ago.

Even so, Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's interface designer, voiced the usual warning to ward off casual users. "The Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback," he said in a post Friday evening to Mozilla's developer centre blog.

http://www.techworld.com/security/ne...&NewsID=101543

**sobeit** · 05-21-2008, 01:45 PM

Its getting closer...now we have to wait for the addons to catch up. :-)

05-21-2008, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,499 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Mozilla readies Firefox 3.0 overhaul Mozilla has rolled out the release candidate for Firefox 3.0, bringing the open-source browser one step closer to its first major overhaul in nearly 19 months. The appearance of Firefox Release Candidate 1 (RC1) came earlier than expected. As recently as last Saturday, Mozilla's chief engineer said that although the company had locked down RC1's code, it was planning to publicly launch the build in "late May." Firefox RC1 is available now for download from Mozilla's servers, and is also being offered as an update to users running Firefox Beta 5, the final beta edition that shipped six weeks ago. Even so, Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's interface designer, voiced the usual warning to ward off casual users. "The Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback," he said in a post Friday evening to Mozilla's developer centre blog. http://www.techworld.com/security/ne...&NewsID=101543 __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

05-21-2008, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Mozilla readies Firefox 3.0 overhaul Its getting closer...now we have to wait for the addons to catch up. :-) __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age