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Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrow

Summary: Beta 3 of Firefox 3 will be code complete on January 29 as planned.That’s the news coming out of a meeting of Mozilla developers on Monday, who noted that there are just two fixes left to do before freezing the code.

Paula Rooney

By for Linux and Open Source |

Beta 3 of Firefox 3 will be code complete on January 29 as planned.

That’s the news coming out of a meeting of Mozilla developers on Monday, who noted that there are just two fixes left to do before freezing the code.

With that, Mozilla will start the final builds of Beta 3 on February 4.

The code freeze was expected earlier in the month but developers opted on January 15 to push it to January 29.

Beta 3 incorporates the much anticipated "Proto" for OSX Macintosh interface, which was previously being tested as an add-on to the browser.

Topics: Software Development, Browser

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  • Great!

    3.0b2 has been superb!
    D T Schmitz
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    • it crashes all time...

      it crashes all time...
      qmlscycrajg
      Reply Vote

      • Re:

        Then you should stick with IE! It is definitely a more suitable browser for you then.
        Vadim P.
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      • Good news: They're doing bug fixes

        Good news: They're just doing bug fixes now. It should be stable before release.
        CobraA1
        Reply Vote

  • who cares about a beta?

    who cares about a beta?
    qmlscycrajg
    Reply Vote

    • Developers Developers Developers

      Plenty of people. Web develpers, extension developers, application developers using FF as a XUL runtime environment... interested end-users, early adopters, independent testers...
      robert.paul@...
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      • I'm just an end user

        I went to 3.02b just to see what it was and it has been so good that I never went back to version 2. It is much more stable than IE any version and faster. NO I don't work for Firefox or Microsoft. The only drawback is lack of addons and the way bookmarks are stored, which works okay but takes some getting use to the new way.
        maddog@...
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        • I hold with maddog -

          if it weren't for the fact that some of the add-ons that I find indispensible, like [b]del.icio.us[/b] bookmarks and the [b]Google[/b] toolbar, are not yet available for the [b]Firefox 3.0[/b] betas, I'd use them exclusively (on [b]Linux[/b], in the form of the respective [b]Swiftweasel[/b] build). The important thing is that the bugs have been ironed out before [b]FF 3.0[/b] is finally released ; the add-ons will come soon after !...

          Henri
          mhenriday
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        • RE: I'm just an end user

          Guess What! - You are [b]not[/b] the only one!

          I have been using FF3.0b since it was publicly available; and with the exceptions you have noted, I have had very few problems using it on this slow old 1.1G P3 with only 256Mb of memory. I have seen reports of problems with many tabs open, but I have not experienced them. I can not wait for the final release version.

          My suggestion for those graphically inclined is for someone to produce the appropriate icon for IE: [b]a piece of Swiss cheese with bugs crawling out of it.[/b]
          fatman65535
          Reply Vote

        • Me too!

          I have been using FF for years.
          Being quite conservative, I don't usually run betas.
          I haven't had any problems with FF2. In fact I love it. I am looking forward to FF3.

          As an aside, I'm using Vista Home Premium. I'm really wanting the final release of SP1 to become available. I'm having all sorts of issues with Vista. Most recently I tried to open IE, but it wouldn't! iexplore was in the task list, but no window opened on the desktop. Then it refused to shutdown. Just sat there on the Shutdown screen for over 1/2 an hour, before I hit the power button.

          That's another reason I use FF.
          I am Gorby
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  • RE: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrow

    I wish my extensions all worked, but some do and I have never had a crash.
    joel@...
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  • RE: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrow

    I hope they fix the problem(reported bug) where the down scrolling arrow in the lower right of the screen is in the same space with the page expansion space. The down scrolling arrow doesn't work on my Mac Leopard OS.
    donernst
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  • RE: Firefox 3 beta 3 code freeze tomorrow

    I've been using trying it for a while. Neither it, nor
    Safari will render my financial website. Firefox 2
    renders it perfectly.

    The failure was reported after testing every daily
    update. Obviously to no avail.

    Firefox 2.0.0.11.dmg has been downloaded and saved
    for the future.
    msackett
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    • Which one?

      Which financial website? I use Morgan Stanley (FF2 works perfectly), and I would hate to find that FF3 won't work there. But if it doesn't, thats enough to stop me from migrating to it.
      tdarold@...
      Reply Vote

      • Aurora Loan Services

        FF2 loads everything perfectly. FF3 superimposed some text over
        others, but it could still be used. In contrast, Safari 3 and and
        before could not even access the password protected site. FF2 and
        3 both load Cox Cable Schedules. Again, Safari falls flat.
        msackett
        Reply Vote

    • Reported to who?

      Did you report the problem to the FF team or the webmaster? Might want to run a HTML verifier on it and see if it might be a badly designed site.
      hortons@...
      Reply Vote

  • No Worries!

    I have had absolutely no problems with FF 3 Beta 2 other than a slow addon update migrations. I am really looking forward to FF 3 Beta 3!

    -Terry Mathis
    dv8Cowboy
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  • I'm just a web surfer dude but---

    Where does stuff like "CODE FREEZE" come from?
    BALTHOR
    Reply Vote

    • Well, you see...

      When they're done with the program, they take the code, ship it to Iowa in mid to late January, and they leave it outside for a few weeks.

      It becomes frozen.
      KWierso
      Reply Vote

      • You Miss the Perfect Opportunity to Say "Dude"

        NT
        msackett
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