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Firefox 3.7 Dropped In Favor of Feature Updates
Barence sends in a report from pcpro.co.uk that says "Under its original plans, Mozilla would roll out Firefox 3.6 and 3.7 over the course of 2009, each bringing minor improvements to the browser. However, a steady stream of delays to Firefox 3.6 has rendered that goal unobtainable, forcing Mozilla to rethink its release. As a result, Firefox 3.7 has been dropped and will be replaced with feature updates for Firefox 3.6 that will be rolled out with security updates. This should free up the team to work on the next major release, Firefox 4, slated for the last quarter of 2010, which is expected to follow the same development process." Updated 20100116 00:54 GMT by timothy: Alexander Limi, from Firefox User Experience, says that the PC Pro article linked above misinterprets the situation, and that 3.7 is still on the roadmap before 4.0. The confusion stems from a schedule realignment: the out-of-process plugins feature, originally slated to land in 3.7, will instead ship as a minor update in Firefox's 3.6 series. According to Limi, CNET gets it right."
You'd use a piece of trash software just for the sake of getting one piece of pointless eye-candy?
This makes me laugh: I criticized Firefox management in my parent comment and got an immediate -1 Troll, with lots of hostile and unthinking and irrational comments. Someone even criticized my use of a bold headline.
I criticized Microsoft management and got an immediate +5 Insightful, with no comments at all, at present: Confused by Microsoft P.R.?
The crashing in Firefox doesn't happen with all users. It happens especially frequently when many windows and tabs are open, such as when doing extensive research. Firefox crashes happen more frequently if the computer is often put into hibernation or standby.
For those who like debugging, the Firefox crashes are fascinating, partly because they are sometimes able to crash the Windows OS, also.
There are also Firefox crashes under other circumstances, with one window and one tab, and only one extension, WOT. Those also are able to crash Windows XP SP3.
It's time for Mozilla Foundation to fix the instability in Firefox! It's been there for years. It's time for Microsoft to fix the vulnerabilities in IE! They have been there for years.