Firefox 4 to Release on Tuesday

By | March 17, 2011 | 12 Comments

Firefox 4 was originally slated for November of 2010, but after a dozen betas, the 22nd of March may be the final release date. That is the new release date stated by Mozilla anyway.

The current release candidate was labeled as good enough to ship as the final product on Wednesday by Mozilla developers. This contrasts with what Mozilla has done in the past, namely ship multiple release candidates until finally determining the shipping code. Firefox 3.6, for example, had two release candidates issued by Mozilla before reaching its audience more than a year ago.

Despite Firefox 4 not having been made available to its fans yet, Mozilla is already preparing for the successor to Firefox 4. Going by plans that have been making their way around the developer scene, Mozilla is considering a schedule that will have it release a major version of Firefox every 12 to 16 weeks.

Users who are already using the Firefox 4 release candidate will not need to download anything next Tuesday as Mozilla believes that build to be identical to the final version.


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Being passionate about software, Armin joined FavBrowser.com in early 2011 and has been actively writing ever since. Having accepted the challenge, he also enjoys watching anime, indulging in good books, staying fit and healthy, and trying new things.

  • Cousin333

    “Users who are already using the Firefox 3 release candidate”

    FF3RC seems to be a bit old to become FF4 final, but I won’t use is anyway, so…

    • Armin

      Thanks! Fixed. :]

  • Quest

    Who cares? Really?

    • WOFall

      About Firefox 4, or about it’s release date? If you’re suggesting that Firefox is no longer relevant then you’re mistaken, considering its widespread adoption and the positive influence it continues to have on the web as a whole.
      The release date is of interest considering the delays fx4 has seen, and also with the amount of promotion Mozilla have given to releases in the past. It remains to be seen how the shift in their release schedule will affect this.

  • jrk

    Operatard detected.

    • jrk

      [my reply was meant to reply to Quest's comment]

      • Armin

        Why an Operatard and not a Chrometard? :P

    • lulz

      Defensive Firefox fanboy detected.

  • RamaSubbu_SK

    Yes, Mozilla has to release quick because IE 9 is already out there.

  • Anonymous

    Cool someone else than Vygantas is writing an article. Hi You.

    • http://www.favbrowser.com Vygantas Lipskas

      Hehe, yep,

    • Armin

      Hey there!

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