Performance regressions lead Mozilla to delay Firefox 3 beta, change roadmap

by admin July 11, 2007 at 11:31 pm

As we have previously reported, the first official Firefox 3 beta release was tentatively scheduled for late July. The beta has now been pushed back due to performance regressions and the need for extra front-end development time, and the roadmap has been altered to reflect a new release plan. According to Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, the developers intend to issue a new pre-beta milestone release every six weeks until the program achieves beta status.

Read more: Ars Technica