3 responses to “Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Now Available”

1. 

   sanda March 14th, 2009 at 00:21

   Willing to reveal my ignorance (never the only one, maybe): what’s the difference between the regular Firefox 3.1 and Beta 3? Is there? (If you say “google Beta”….)

2. 

   sethness March 14th, 2009 at 12:19

   Sanda, a “regular” version is stable (doesn’t freeze up), and all its features work.

   A “beta” version comes with no such guarantee. The programmers have released it in the hope that users will find out & point out what flaws the beta version has.

   Also, do you understand version numbering?
   Numbers to the LEFT of the decimal point represent big major changes; numbers to the right of the decimal point represent itty-bitty improvements.

   So, BlahBlah version 1.1 is only slightly better than BlahBlah version 1.0, but BlahBlah version 2.0 is a huge improvement over both 1.0 and 1.1.

   The exception to this rule is Windows 95: the other 94 versions didn’t work either!!

3. 

   EP March 17th, 2009 at 10:56

   very valid points by sethness indeed.

   check out the comments about Firefox 3.1 beta 3 at this Neowin.net page:
   http://www.neowin.net/news/software/09/03/12/firefox-31-beta-3