Mozilla Launched Firefox 3.0 RC1: What You Need to Know

Over the weekend, Mozilla officially released Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), taking a step closer to the officially awaited version for over a year. According to the software development and testing process, Release Candidate is a symbol for the software phase that has completed the source code and features. At this stage, the product needs to be tested to ensure the best compatibility with operating system platforms, stability in operation and overcoming new errors. Two weeks ago, Mozilla's technical director insisted that the company had to release Firefox 3 RC1 in late May. In fact, Firefox 3 RC1 has released users earlier than this plan. Although it has moved into the Release Candidate phase, Mike Beltzner - Mozilla's User Interface Designer - is still warning: 'Firefox 3 RC1 is a widely released beta version intended primarily for attention. suggestions of the software developer community. The best user should wait until the official version . ' Beltzner also said Firefox 3 RC1 has been greatly improved in terms of user interface, stability, enhanced compatibility, performance. compared to the last Beta release not long ago. However, there will be some additional software (add-on) that will not be compatible with Firefox 3 RC1 version. Users can now download Firefox 3 RC1 version for all Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems at Mozilla's website. Mike Schroepfer - Mozilla's vice president of technology - a week ago said the official version of Firefox 3 will be officially released in June.