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June 04, 2009
Firefox 3.5 delayed to 10 June
Better to get it right
By Gregg Keizer
Mozilla has pushed back launching the release candidate of Firefox 3.5 in a bid to fix 10 bugs in the web browser.
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The web browser was initially set for release in the first week of June. However it now looks likely that the browser won't be made available until June 10 at the earliest.
Beltzner attributed the bug finds to a "newfound rigor" in testing, as well as a larger number of users hammering on the RC code. "[All this] makes it easier for us to spot potential problems with a milestone much earlier than ever before," he said.
Last year, Mozilla delivered the final release candidate of Firefox 3.0 on June 4, then launched the browser two weeks later, on June 17. Assuming it meets that same timeline this year, Mozilla could ship Firefox 3.5 by June 25 if it sticks to just one RC and drops that on users by June 12.
Firefox currently accounts for 22.5% of the browser market, according to web metrics company Net Applications' most-recent data. But it faces renewed competition on almost every front, including Microsoft and its Internet Explorer 8, Google's Chrome browser, and even Opera Software, which launched a public beta of Opera 10 yesterday.
Firefox 3.5 is the new moniker by which Firefox 3.1 goes by. Mozilla changed the browser's name earlier this year after developers said '3.1' didn't properly reflect the amount of new features and changes from last June's Firefox 3.0.
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Nick Elliott said on Monday, 08 June 2009
Quote: "and even Opera Software"
You sound surprised, Opera has always been an excellent browser and Opera software have done much to innovate and advance the web browser application. Credit where credit's due.