Anticipation is high for the upcoming launch of Firefox 3, with the recent Release Candidate 2 scoring good reviews from the likes of Walt Mossberg. We at Download Squad are constantly receiving tips that the finished product is coming soon. Well, here's the scoop: according to Firefox's development team, RC2 for Windows and Linux was good enough that it's getting copied straight over into RC3. For Mac, things are a little bit different. The OS X version is getting a few fixes and going through more testing, to work out some problems introduced by the 10.5.3 update.If you've been watching the nightly builds like a hawk and sending in tips, your wait is nearly over. The Firefox Group says there are only 17 more issues on the list, and they should be dealt with by the end of the week. We don't have a hard and fast date for the release yet, but we believe the folks at Mozilla when they say it's coming soon.
[via ZDNet]
UPDATE: Readers have been pointing out in the comments that the release date is June 17. Thanks for the info, guys!
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6-11-2008 @ 8:59PM
RP said...
It does rock.
Don't forget to download it within the first 24 hours after it's released, to set the world record: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/
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6-11-2008 @ 9:03PM
RP said...
I'm still annoyed that they couldn't get "Print Selection" to work right. It seems to always drop the last page, or cut off the end. I submitted so many reports on this...
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6-11-2008 @ 10:15PM
kingkool68 said...
FF3 has transformed my life. Good bye FF2.
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6-11-2008 @ 11:29PM
kyleabaker said...
Coming June 17th:
http://twitter.com/mozillafirefox/statuses/832631250
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6-12-2008 @ 1:17PM
musicphreke said...
I'd say linking to the Developer's blog and not the Twitter of it is better so here it is: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/11/coming-tuesday-june-17th-firefox-3/
June 17th folks!
6-12-2008 @ 1:16PM
alienvenom said...
Is this a joke? Still can't even get 100/100 on ACID3. Lame. Webkit FTW.
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6-12-2008 @ 11:34AM
James said...
Enjoy your minuscule community providing sod-all content. I'll be over here with the tens of thousands of helpful addons, crying in my beer because my browser misrenders some really obscure CSS features nobody uses.
6-13-2008 @ 7:48PM
Jeebus said...
What about the x64 version?
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6-15-2008 @ 1:50AM
pcromll said...
More speed in a browser = good.
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