The Mozilla Foundation has just announced that it had not delay the provision of major versions (the 3.0, 3.5 or 3.6, for example) to enhance its new Internet browser important functions. Thus, the minor updates (the 3.5.5, 3.5.6 or 3.5.7 for example) are much more frequent now may they also conceal significant changes in the browser. In any case what promised Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox from Mozilla, our colleagues at Computerworld while a second RC version of Firefox 3.6 is expected before the release of the final version.

Firefox 3.7 and 4.0 are further planning

"We want to integrate new brick Firefox Frequently, accelerate the evolution of the browser and to evolve at a faster pace," he said as well. He also said that major upgrades will continue to exist, but they are reserved for really important developments as a new interface for instance. These patches continue to be tested before being available through the betas and RC versions. Idem, updates concerning only minor bug fixes and performance improvements and stability will continue, thankfully, to exist.

Following this new approach, Firefox 3.7 is missing for example the timing of Mozilla, like Firefox 4.0.We must therefore await further announcements of new major versions to know what to expect. The next major version is also now more expected before late 2010 or early 2011.

Manage Flash share

It must therefore fall back on minor updates for known future rapid changes in Firefox. Where we talk including a first update called "Lorentz" as a first step in the project "Electrolysis" regarding the use of multi-core processors and the opening of each tab in a separate system process. This to prevent browser crashes overall. "Lorentz" would in this first step, therefore, isolating certain applications such as Flash, responsible for a growing number of crashes.