Bugs setback for Firefox 3.1

 

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By Barry Collins

Posted on 15 Jan 2009 at 16:51

Firefox 3.1 has been subject to a "code slip" because of a large number of serious bugs.

The flaws - referred to as "blockers" - mean the second beta of Firefox 3.1 won't now arrive until early February. It had been scheduled to launch at the end of January.

A graph on the Mozilla Wiki shows that there are around 180 blocker bugs still outstanding. There are a further 120 potential blockers.

Although only a point release, Firefox 3.1 includes several major new features, including the arrival of the new TraceMonkey Javascript engine and a private surfing mode.

The vast majority of existing Firefox extensions are also incompatible with version 3.1, which Mozilla will surely have to address before the browser is finally released.