Firefox 5.0 to Launch 16 Weeks after 4.0, Firefox 6.0 Just 6 Weeks aft

So whats the lastest. Are they going to release a 4.2 or just go to 5.0?

Jim

JiN1337 said:

Phone Man said:

So whats the lastest. Are they going to release a 4.2 or just go to 5.0?

Jim

All depends. Latest stable, or latest period?

Latest period is 6.1 (Nightly)

Stable 4.0.1 (and or Firefox 5.0 Beta 1)

I meant what is the latest news. What will be the next final release version. Not interested in Beta.

Jim

+1. I've been using nightly since before it changed it's name from Minefield. It's a 64 bit browser using Adobe "square" x64 flash. As suggested it updates every night. Currently it's at 6.01. Very nice and very fast.

My FF4 RC updated to 5 yesterday.

Firefox 5 offered the first chance to try an Aurora Build to early adopters of the open source browser. Soon testers will move along to the second Aurora development milestone for a new iteration of Firefox.

Firefox 6 Aurora is getting close to release, although it’s not quite there, early adopters needing to exercise their patience a tad longer.

But with Firefox 5 having graduated to the Beta channel last week, Mozilla is also tending to version 6 of the open source browser.

Testers that understand the risks implied by running pre-release software can go ahead and download Firefox 5 Beta from Mozilla. The bits were made available for download just ahead of the past weekend.

Next on Mozilla’s plate is Firefox 6 Aurora. According to the open source browser vendor’s plans last week, the Aurora channel merger for Firefox 6 was scheduled to start later today, Monday 23rd.

Unfortunately, just because Firefox 6 is starting the transition from Nightly to Aurora doesn’t mean that the actual bits will also be available for download to testers. At least not just yet.

Mozilla made it abundantly clear that merge dates and release dates for the various development milestones of next versions of Firefox are not one and the same.

In this regard, although Firefox 6 Aurora is starting to take contour, it will still be a while before the actual bits are released.

The code needs to be tested against specific quality standards that would qualify it for an Aurora release. Only if said standards are met will Mozilla launch Firefox 6 Aurora.

Source: Firefox 6 Aurora Coming Right Up - Softpedia