Comments on: Mozilla Will Support Firefox 2 Until Mid-December 2008 http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: El Guru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142709 El Guru Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:38:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142709 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-142614" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-142521" rel="nofollow">James wrote:</a><blockquote>Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather.</blockquote></div>Bummer. I was looking forward to having it by the end of the year. Thanks for the update though.</blockquote></div> Much like that Thunderbird 3 won't be until sometime in January or February now. :cry: Ryan wrote:
James wrote:
Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather.

Bummer. I was looking forward to having it by the end of the year. Thanks for the update though.

Much like that Thunderbird 3 won’t be until sometime in January or February now. :cry:

]]> By: James http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142681 James Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:12:12 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142681 Well It may be as soon as late November perhaps if rushed or things go smoothly, but most of the regular testers are guessing it to be in early 2009 to be more realistic. Well It may be as soon as late November perhaps if rushed or things go smoothly, but most of the regular testers are guessing it to be in early 2009 to be more realistic.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142614 Ryan Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:05:52 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142614 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-142521" rel="nofollow">James wrote:</a><blockquote>Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather.</blockquote></div> Bummer. I was looking forward to having it by the end of the year. Thanks for the update though. James wrote:
Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather.

Bummer. I was looking forward to having it by the end of the year. Thanks for the update though.

]]> By: James http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142521 James Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:26:59 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142521 Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather. The end of support date for Firefox 2.0 is old news for a couple months now at least. Firefox 3.1 will be in Q1 2009 sometime rather.

The end of support date for Firefox 2.0 is old news for a couple months now at least.

]]> By: natmaster http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142450 natmaster Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:58:20 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142450 By December, Firefox 3.1 should be out as well. 3.1 has some cool stuff like XS XHR, cool CSS3 features like border-image, text-shadow, etc, and further performance improvements. By December, Firefox 3.1 should be out as well.

3.1 has some cool stuff like XS XHR, cool CSS3 features like border-image, text-shadow, etc, and further performance improvements.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142440 Ryan Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:47:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142440 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-142425" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>I though it would be a bit longer than that, considering the fact that older OS can’t run Firefox 3.0.</blockquote></div> True, but I don't think Mozilla wants to take on the responsibilities like those Microsoft has had to with XP. If you're having to support it for such a long time it can hinder future development. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-142426" rel="nofollow">El Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>Makes sense given Firefox 3.1 should be released around the same time.</blockquote></div> That's kinda what I was thinking. Mohan wrote:
I though it would be a bit longer than that, considering the fact that older OS can’t run Firefox 3.0.

True, but I don’t think Mozilla wants to take on the responsibilities like those Microsoft has had to with XP. If you’re having to support it for such a long time it can hinder future development.

El Guru wrote:
Makes sense given Firefox 3.1 should be released around the same time.

That’s kinda what I was thinking.

]]> By: El Guru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142426 El Guru Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:35:58 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142426 Makes sense given Firefox 3.1 should be released around the same time. Makes sense given Firefox 3.1 should be released around the same time.

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-will-support-firefox-2-until-mid-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-142425 Mohan Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:34:42 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14949#comment-142425 I though it would be a bit longer than that, considering the fact that older OS can't run Firefox 3.0. I though it would be a bit longer than that, considering the fact that older OS can’t run Firefox 3.0.

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