In anticipation of the final release of Firefox 4, Mozilla is now showcasing a public buglist countdown. 22 blocking bugs to go.
The webpage can be found at canweshipyet.com and follows a recent trend at Mozilla to track the process of projects by providing as questions phrased domains - such as areweprettyyet.com or arewefastyet.com. Of course, the page suggests a certain self-irony as Mozilla has been trying for months to trim the number of bugs, which keep surfacing and prevent Firefox 4 from reaching the finish line. Yesterday, for example, the countdown was at 14 (blocking) bugs, today the counter is a 22.
According to today's meeting minutes, there were 20 blockers left (two new bugs have been found since then). Of those 20, 5 bugs did not have patches yet. Noteworthy recent fixes include memory saving patches, which were noticed by beta users in Firefox 4 Beta 11 and caused a wave of complaints. According to Mozilla, Firefox 4 Beta is now used by about 2.3 million users.
It is unclear whether Mozilla will be able to keep its most recent Firefox 4 release plans, which put Firefox 4 RC in a February time frame. The final release is said to be published sometime in March. On that note, IE9 is scheduled for a March 14 release. Right now it appears that Microsoft will have the advantage of release its new browser first. March should be an interesting month for the web browser.
The webpage can be found at canweshipyet.com and follows a recent trend at Mozilla to track the process of projects by providing as questions phrased domains - such as areweprettyyet.com or arewefastyet.com. Of course, the page suggests a certain self-irony as Mozilla has been trying for months to trim the number of bugs, which keep surfacing and prevent Firefox 4 from reaching the finish line. Yesterday, for example, the countdown was at 14 (blocking) bugs, today the counter is a 22.According to today's meeting minutes, there were 20 blockers left (two new bugs have been found since then). Of those 20, 5 bugs did not have patches yet. Noteworthy recent fixes include memory saving patches, which were noticed by beta users in Firefox 4 Beta 11 and caused a wave of complaints. According to Mozilla, Firefox 4 Beta is now used by about 2.3 million users.
It is unclear whether Mozilla will be able to keep its most recent Firefox 4 release plans, which put Firefox 4 RC in a February time frame. The final release is said to be published sometime in March. On that note, IE9 is scheduled for a March 14 release. Right now it appears that Microsoft will have the advantage of release its new browser first. March should be an interesting month for the web browser.
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