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Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release

Posted by kdawson on from the fast-track dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just a week after Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.0, the open-source developer has proposed ship dates for the next version that, if approved, would produce an alpha release next month and a final no later than early 2009. According to a draft schedule discussed at a recent meeting, Mozilla wants to have the first Firefox 3.1 developer preview ready by July, then move to a beta by August. The schedule slates final code delivery in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2009. A month ago, when Mozilla first started discussing Firefox 3.1 internally, Mike Schroepfer, the company's vice president of engineering, said the upgrade's target ship date was the end of 2008. If Mozilla holds to that plan, Firefox 3.1 would be its first fast-track update. Firefox 3.0, for instance, launched approximately 20 months after its predecessor, Firefox 2.0."

18 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. Acid 3 by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's hope the Mozilla devs get the Acid3 test to work with Firefox 3.1.

    Well, I can dream, can't I?

    1. Re:Acid 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      obligatory 3.11 for Workgroups tired nerd joke goes here

  2. Re:No Offence To The Devs or Firefox by dnwq · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's developing faster.

    What significance that has depends on how much you care, I guess.

  3. Can't blame them... by RuBLed · · Score: 4, Funny

    In every release, they would be given a cake.

    1. Re:Can't blame them... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      The cake is a lie...

  4. And after Firefox 3.1 by NovaHorizon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comes Firefox 95!

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    1. Re:And after Firefox 3.1 by NitroWolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Comes Firefox 95!

      Nope, it will be 3.11 and FWG... THEN we can get to 95, though I'm probably going to wait until FF98 if past experience is a guide.

  5. Re:Cake? by ya+really · · Score: 2, Funny

    At this rate, Microsoft better start working on the next cake!

    MSIE developers already figured out the cake is a lie long ago.

  6. Re:Useless summary by Kinky+Bass+Junk · · Score: 4, Funny

    For some strange reason, you are required to RTFA.

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  7. What's after Firefox 3.1? by suck_burners_rice · · Score: 1, Funny

    Right now it's Firefox 3.0 and soon we'll have Firefox 3.1. What's planned beyond that?

    Firefox 3.11 for Workgroups
    Firefox 95, then 95b, then 95c.
    Firefox NT
    Firefox 98, then Firefox 98SE
    Firefox Me
    Firefox 2000
    Firefox XP
    Firefox Vista
    Firefox 7

    Then someone will come up with a new program, which will be a "browser-only" browser!!

    Nah, just kidding. Don't take it seriously. :-)

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    1. Re:What's after Firefox 3.1? by dotancohen · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, just kidding. Don't take it seriously. :-)

      Fuck, and I was already registering the domain names to squat...

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  8. Re:Why? by dotancohen · · Score: 4, Funny

    After reading the article (a novel concept for slashdot I know), the answer to both your questions is "Yes".

    Which both of his three questions?

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  9. WHAT? by nx6310 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So more add-on incompatibility?! I want my Develpers Add-on to work again, not another!?

  10. Re:Why? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 2, Funny

    That both.

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  11. Re:No Offence To The Devs or Firefox by EvilRyry · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, where is Windows NT v1.0 and 2.0?

    See OS/2.

  12. Re:No Offence To The Devs or Firefox by kat_skan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, so where is OS/1, smart guy?

  13. Re:No Offence To The Devs or Firefox by gnick · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but I apparently lost my cookies when I upgraded to FF3.

    I had the opposite reaction. I admit to tossing my cookies after noticing the memory usage that FF2 was inflicting, but upgrading to FF3 wasn't in the least bit nauseating - Actually kind of pleasant.

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  14. Re:No Offence To The Devs or Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    DOS