(TheForceField.Net ) March 8, 2008 — Mozilla announced Tuesday that it would add one more beta to Firefox 3 in order to work out remaining bugs and ensure browser compatibility. The announcement was made after the development team met March 4 and determined a fifth beta was needed.
In an entry in MozillaZine News , Mike Beltzner, the company's chief interface designer said code freeze was scheduled for Tuesday, March 18th at 11:59 AM PST, which indicates the beta could be released within the first week of April. Beta 4 went into code freeze last week and is expected to be released sometime next week.
"This additional beta will ensure that changes which may affect website compatibility and changes which affect the user experience will get exposure to a wider audience for feedback and regression testing.", Beltzner said.
Beltzner indicated would likely be the final beta. "All P1 blockers are to be fixed for Firefox 3 Beta 5.", Beltzner said. "After code freeze, we expect a shorter baking period before handing off to the Build and QA teams for release."
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