Mozilla Postpones Firefox 2.0 Beta 2

Iria · Aug 9, 2006, 02:51 AM

Source: TechWeb
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Firefox 2.0, which appeared as Beta 1 last month, was to shift into Beta 2 Aug. 8, but will now be posted Tuesday, Aug. 15 according to minutes of the company's weekly status meeting.

The minutes didn't explicitly spell out the reason for the delay, but by comments posted there, several regression errors and numerous other bugs still must be addressed.

Erroneus · Aug 9, 2006, 01:29 PM

Some big regressions delayed it, builds from 28/7 to 06/8 was very buggy because of some regressions.

And the current builds have a ton of theme bugs, because the new 2.0 theme has landed, so that need to be fixed first.

Matth · Aug 9, 2006, 03:19 PM

To put a positive spin on it, when they see the need for a delay, they DELAY.

Plenty of software companies kick stuff out of the door in a far worse state.

YAYitsAndrew · Aug 9, 2006, 03:42 PM

To re-negative the spin, none of their competitors do that.

Aug 9, 2006, 02:51 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Mozilla Postpones Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Source: TechWeb _________ Firefox 2.0, which appeared as Beta 1 last month, was to shift into Beta 2 Aug. 8, but will now be posted Tuesday, Aug. 15 according to minutes of the company's weekly status meeting. The minutes didn't explicitly spell out the reason for the delay, but by comments posted there, several regression errors and numerous other bugs still must be addressed.

Aug 9, 2006, 01:29 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Some big regressions delayed it, builds from 28/7 to 06/8 was very buggy because of some regressions. And the current builds have a ton of theme bugs, because the new 2.0 theme has landed, so that need to be fixed first. __________________

Aug 9, 2006, 03:19 PM	#3
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	To put a positive spin on it, when they see the need for a delay, they DELAY. Plenty of software companies kick stuff out of the door in a far worse state. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Aug 9, 2006, 03:42 PM	#4
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	To re-negative the spin, none of their competitors do that. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com