Mozilla considers third Firefox 3.1 beta for early January

(1 reply) #1 SCSmith on 27 Nov 2008 - 13:53

I think I'd much rather have a polished product and wait than have it released without the testing sounds like a good move :-)

#1.1 +Kirkburn on 27 Nov 2008 - 14:36

SCSmith said,

I think I'd much rather have a polished product and wait than have it released without the testing sounds like a good move :-)

Agreed, more testing is good.

#2 ViperAFK on 27 Nov 2008 - 15:32

I have always used firefox's betas as my full time default browser without any issues so either way I'm using it anyway.

#3 Airlink on 27 Nov 2008 - 15:45

As always, the open-source development model that Mozilla utilities is FTW :thumbsup:

(4 replies) #4 lomas on 27 Nov 2008 - 16:36

Firefox is the best browser ever made!!!

#4.1 Jugalator on 28 Nov 2008 - 01:20

Heh. I've used to switch back & forth between Firefox and Opera lately, and now also got involved with Safari as I got a Mac, but yeah, Firefox is really hot now in version 3.1 with the new Javascript engine. Damn it's fast, it feels like it's beating Opera, and on Google Chrome levels. According to the synthetic benchmarks, it should be too. It should be interesting to see what Safari 4 will deliver though, with SquirrelFish Extreme.

IE 8 seems to be completely out of the performance league despite minor enhancements there compared to IE 7, and as for Opera, we can probably only guess what's coming up there until Opera 10.

#4.2 justlooking on 29 Nov 2008 - 02:49

We must be using different internets, because Chrome is WAY, WAY faster for me.

#4.3 justlooking on 29 Nov 2008 - 02:50

We must be using different internets, because Chrome is WAY, WAY faster for me.

#4.4 thealexweb on 30 Nov 2008 - 17:34

justlooking said,

We must be using different internets, because Chrome is WAY, WAY faster for me.

There's no need to double post to get your view across, Chrome way be a bit speedy but lacks many features that are in other browsers.

(4 replies) #5 thealexweb on 27 Nov 2008 - 17:14

Acid 3 performance is another set back, it currently scores 93/100, they want 100/100

#5.1 Cryton on 27 Nov 2008 - 21:08

thealexweb said,

Acid 3 performance is another set back, it currently scores 93/100, they want 100/100

Of course Moz want 100, but that's not going to be in Firefox 3.1 and maybe not Firefox 3.2 either.

#5.2 Jugalator on 28 Nov 2008 - 01:26

It doesn't really matter much though, it's just PR on this level. Webmasters can generally still only design for IE 7, the weakest link, and it gets f*****g 14/100.

IE 8 Beta 2 improves the score to 21/100, I assume in its so called "standards mode". Damn Microsoft, what are you doing.

#5.3 thealexweb on 30 Nov 2008 - 17:32

Cryton said,

Of course Moz want 100, but that's not going to be in Firefox 3.1 and maybe not Firefox 3.2 either.

There isn't going to be a Firefox 3.2, they going to straight to 4.0. The purpose of 3.1 was to land the features that were missed in version 3.

#5.4 Cryton on 30 Nov 2008 - 22:34

thealexweb said,

There isn't going to be a Firefox 3.2, they going to straight to 4.0. The purpose of 3.1 was to land the features that were missed in version 3.

Sorry, but you're wrong. The current plan is for at least one more release off the 3.0 branch after 3.1 is out the door. Moz2/Fx4 is waaaay off in the distance.

Last edited by Cryton on 01 Dec 2008 - 15:53

(2 replies) #6 Justin- on 27 Nov 2008 - 18:41

I'm currently using the Firefox Alpha because Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 doesn't have the mouse gestures for the new Macbooks, but the Alpha does -- and it's incredibly helpful in navigation.

#6.1 Jugalator on 28 Nov 2008 - 01:15

Hmm... I can't speak for Beta 1 and if there was some problem with that and the added support was temporarily lifted in that release, but in either case, I'm sitting here with my new MacBook Pro on the latest Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 nightly (well, actually it's even tagged 3.1b3pre now, as beta 2 has branched for a release maybe next week), and the new mouse gestures work just fine.

#6.2 Justin- on 28 Nov 2008 - 05:52

Jugalator said,

Hmm... I can't speak for Beta 1 and if there was some problem with that and the added support was temporarily lifted in that release, but in either case, I'm sitting here with my new MacBook Pro on the latest Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 nightly (well, actually it's even tagged 3.1b3pre now, as beta 2 has branched for a release maybe next week), and the new mouse gestures work just fine.

Sorry, I meant nightlies. I'm using the latest nightlies.

(2 replies) #7 brent3000 on 27 Nov 2008 - 20:27

*Hugs FF2*

#7.1 FrozenEclipse on 28 Nov 2008 - 18:39

brent3000 said,

*Hugs FF2*

You do know support for that is ending soon, right?

#7.2 thealexweb on 30 Nov 2008 - 17:33

FrozenEclipse said,

brent3000 said,

*Hugs FF2*

You do know support for that is ending soon, right?

There may be only one or two more updates for 2.0.0.x

#8 Bri- on 28 Nov 2008 - 13:24

I don't get caught up in the "beta bull****" (i.e. marketing hype). I just hope they're true to their word and get everything ironed out on time.

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