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Less than two months after the release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has begun public testing of the core components of version 3.0 of the open source browser.
Last week, Mozilla quietly launched Gran Paradiso Alpha 1 on its site. Gran Paradiso an early release candidate designed to test Gecko 1.9, the next major version of Mozilla's layout engine. A final release candidate for Firefox is expected during 2007.
It's certainly not stable enough to be used for anything but testing at the moment, but it is a testament to the rapid pace of Firefox development.
Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME are no longer supported platforms
Come on fellas, time to ditch those slow crashy versions of Windows you love so much and get XP!
Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME are no longer supported platforms
It's about time, seeing as Microsoft don't support them either. I believe they significantly reduced the Firefox footprint just by removing the legacy code to support old Windows versions.
I'm interested in seeing where exactly they are going with development - the idea of Firefox at the beginning was to have a simple base browser with limited features, with extras available via the extension mechanism. As it is, a lot of functionality is creeping back into the main product.
I think that is probably a good thing...long as they don't go overboard. Otherwise many of the popular, some might say necessary, extensions may not always be available when you upgrade the browser. That was a small pet peeve of mine during the early days of Firefox...get use to an extension...upgrade...and that extension doesn't work any longer. then have to wait for that extension to be updated.
Jim
