Mozilla is prepping for an October 13 release of the FireFox 3.6 beta. This beta for the popular open source browser, built with Gecko 1.9.2, is the first in a series of incremental improvements that will culminate in the planned roll-out of a Google Chrome-like Firefox 4.0 in October 2010.
Improvements planned for the 3.6 release include better page rendering speed, a bumped up TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, some additions for theCascading Style Sheet (CSS) technology, optimized sessions restoration, and lightweight themes. Adoption of Microsoft’s Windows Vista/7 Aero Glass look will wait until the 3.7 beta.
According to a post by Mike Beltzner, at mozilla.dev.planning, code for the 3.6 beta freezes October 5, and the beta will ship late in the day (PDT) on October 13.
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AleceHelix
October 06, 2009 at 7:32pm
Now I don't use as many add-ons and I just need a simple browser for speed, stability, and security. Best still go with Chrome.
CleverBullet
October 06, 2009 at 4:23pm
"the planned October 2010 roll-out of a Google Chrome-like Firefox 4.0 in October 2010."
lolwut?
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