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Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release

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."

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  1. 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.

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

    In every release, they would be given a cake.

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

    Comes Firefox 95!

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

    For some strange reason, you are required to RTFA.

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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.

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

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