Firefox 4 coming out

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Christoph Dorn

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Mar 16, 2011, 4:18:08 PM3/16/11
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Firefox 4 is coming out March 22nd:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/222311/firefox_4_release_date_revealed_coming_march_22nd.html

That is somewhat sooner than I expected.

Even though I may be able to get things hacked together by that date I
am going away March 24 to 28 and don't really want to push a release
without being available after. I would also not be done with the
refactoring.

Given that there will not be a FF4 compatible release of the Companion
Extension by the time FF4 launches I am contemplating pushing the
release to mid April to mostly complete the refactoring and new UI.

Is there anybody who *MUST* upgrade to FF4 or would it be reasonable to
wait? I am not saying that I may be able to meet the March 22nd deadline
but am sensitive to user's needs and wish to be informed.

I personally will not be upgrading to FF4 for a few weeks in case of
issues that were not found during QA that need to be fixed with a
post-launch minor release.

Christoph

rgoula

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Mar 16, 2011, 4:34:34 PM3/16/11
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It is usually best to wait a few weeks for potential issues to resolve
before upgrading, but I would keep a virtual or standalone machine
around with Firefox2 if I had to just to keep benefiting from what
FirePHP and the Companion have to offer. Come to think of it, I do
exactly that for IE6 just to debug nonsense still and will up until
sometime closer to 2014... Anyhow, it is better to not rush things...

Robert

On Mar 16, 4:18 pm, Christoph Dorn <christ...@christophdorn.com>
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> Firefox 4 is coming out March 22nd:
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/222311/firefox_4_release_date_revealed...

Flammon

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May 1, 2011, 10:50:03 AM5/1/11
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I'm really looking forward to upgrading from 0.5 but can't because
I've been running the Firefox 4 betas for a while and and do all my
development in Firefox 4. It's not a must but it would really nice to
upgrade. Thanks.

On Mar 16, 4:18 pm, Christoph Dorn <christ...@christophdorn.com>
wrote:
> Firefox 4 is coming out March 22nd:
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/222311/firefox_4_release_date_revealed...

Christoph Dorn

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May 1, 2011, 1:12:36 PM5/1/11
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I have been working on FF4 compatibility along with some major
internal refactoring and migrating to jetpack since starting this
thread.

Things have taken longer but I am making good progress and expect a
release very soon.

Thanks for your support!

Christoph
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