Mozilla sets Firefox 3.5 RC for early June

[haydnguy]

'Finish line in sight,' says company's browser director

Computerworld - After months of problems that delayed the last two betas of Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Corp. is now on track to deliver the first release candidate early next month.

If Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) is declared suitable for final release, Mozilla may still make its self-set deadline -- before the end of the first half of the year.


http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9133179

[Eric the Aardvark]

Bring on FF 3.5! I use FF all the time, except when I'm forced to use IE to update XP on my desktop. I run Ubuntu on my main laptop so IE doesn't even exist there.

FF is not without problems though - on the Vista/Ubuntu dual-boot laptop which I also use, FF hangs in Vista after a period of use. I've been trying to find a solution to this for months and it appears that the ZoneAlarm firewall might be to blame. I've recently replaced ZoneAlarm on the machine by Sunbelt, I'm waiting to see if this cures the problem.

[haydnguy]

Hi Eric,
I had the same problem with FF when I started using Vista. I never did figure out the problem but I use Kaspersky firewall.

Also, I did read where the second service pack for Vista (SP2) is supposed to fix a problem with ZoneAlarm. I'm not sure it's been released to the general public yet, however. It hadn't been as of several days ago.

~sg~