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Fresh Roadmap for Firefox

Sep 03, 2009

The Mozilla Project has updated its roadmap for the coming versions of Firefox. The next big release, Firefox 4.0 with Geko1.9.4 underneath, is scheduled for the end of 2010.

According to the roadmap, the next minor update from the Mozilla Foundation will be the release of Firefox 3.6 (codenamed Namoroka) in November, with the simultaneous launch of Fennec 1.0, the Firefox version optimized for mobile devices. Firefox 3.6 has its own Wiki site with details of each stage of development.

Version 3.7 is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010, with a Geko1.9.3 chassis. Main feature here will be plugins that work as separate tasks which should increase browser stability. Developers also plan a bookmarking synchronization capability.

Firefox 4.0 and Fennec 2.0, planned for the third or fourth quarter of next year, will bring a new graphic interface for all platforms. The first designs for the new interface (as Windows mockup) can be viewed here.

(Marcel Hilzinger)

Comments

Interesting.

R. Kallos Sep 05, 2009 3:17am GMT

It's interesting that you mention all of those things. I haven't experienced any of these problems. Firefox has been perfectly stable for me, save for the odd hiccup every now and then, but I blame my hardware for those.

I ambitiously await Firefox 4.0! Firefox 3.0 blew us all way, it would be nice to experience results like those prior in face of the new competition (Opera 10, Chrome, and IE 8)

64-bit version of Firefox

Me Sep 04, 2009 9:49pm GMT

I don't see:

* Actually bother to make a 64-bit version of Firefox > 3.0 for Linux

yes fix bugs

Harold Bissonette Sep 04, 2009 7:14pm GMT

Another long standing one: expand a youtube video to full screen, and 3.0 and 3.5 dies.

Optimisation and bug hunting

Cris Sep 04, 2009 12:18pm GMT

I'd prefer they spend some time on speed / memory optimization and killing all the known bugs before they add new features. That said, its still very stable generally, I only ever have problems with flash content which id Adobes problem not firefox.

Firefox Does Features Not Bugs

Raj Marshmishi Sep 04, 2009 4:34am GMT

Anyone who knows Firefox knows it's all about features and more features. Don't bother submitting bug reports to Firefox, because the "community" doesn't like them. Like all Linux projects, Firefox has a history of breaking their code from the previous year, ignoring all the bugs and compatibility issues, and then announcing the next "major version" as soon as possible.

many bugs in 3.5.*

san Sep 03, 2009 7:30pm GMT

first mozilla firefox developers should worry about fixing the existing bugs, rather than working on new features. many bugs are lieing there in bugzilla without any action.
here are some of the bugs I'm aware of
1. firefox disappears from taskbar
2. when addon updates says new addon installed instead it should say addon updated to avoid confuse user.
3. firefox freezes until loads new link.


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