Mozilla Releases First Beta of Firefox 3

November 23rd, 2007

Mozilla launched a new beta of Firefox this week, essentially a developer preview of the features and functions promised in the third major point release of the popular open-source browser. Firefox 3 Beta 1 is available for testing so Mozilla can gain feedback before the software advances to the next stage in the release process.”Much of the work leading up to this first beta has been around developing the infrastructure to support a bunch of exciting new features,” Mozilla noted. “With this first beta, you’ll get a taste of what’s coming in Firefox 3, but there’s still more to come, and much of what you’ll see is still a bit rough around the edges.”

Rough edges include the fact that Firefox add-ons don’t work properly with the beta version. Those add-ons include applications such as ad blockers, search engines, and dictionaries in other languages. Mozilla did not offer a final release date, noting only that the final version will be launched “when we qualify the product as fully ready for our users.”

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