Firefox 1.1 scrapped; 1.5 it is

[Tungsten T]

HELL YEA!!!!!

All firefox needs is a sidebar

[supernova_00]

It's been decided that the next major official release of Firefox will be version 1.5 instead of version 1.1. This does not affect the release date of September and changes nothing at all except the versioning number. This change is due to the significant increase in features and stability that the versioning deserves an increase. I'll post official statements later but for now here is the new roadmap

Roadmap

I'll update my 'Road to Firefox "1.1" bug report' later tomorrow along with the graphs. (see sig for that information)

For the last several months, we've been discussing the versioning of the upcoming Firefox release.

One major consideration in this decision was that the sheer volume of changes in the Firefox core (Gecko) made a minor .1 increment seem misleading. While it may not be obvious by looking simply at release dates, today's Gecko core of Firefox has seen nearly 16 months worth of changes compared to what shipped in Firefox 1.0. This is because we created our Gecko 1.7 branch (the branch from which Firefox 1.0 shipped) back in April of 2004. At that time, Gecko development on the trunk continued and very little of that work was carried over to the 1.7 branch to be included in Firefox 1.0.

Another consideration was that we've made some major improvements to the Firefox application, especially in the update and extension systems that warrant more than a minor version bump. Calling it 1.1 would suggest to most users that this was a minor update when in fact it is quite major and all 1.0 users really should move forward for a much improved product.

Source: Asa Dotzler's Blog

Edited July 21, 2005 by supernova_00

[mercuryx013]

Thanks for the update. I'm excited for this release.

[supernova_00]

firefox does have a sidebar ;)

[Shadrack]

looking forward to trying that 1.4 beta. Until then I'll stick with the official released :)

Thanks for the update!

[IceDogg]

Thanks for the update. When did they decide to do this?

[theyarecomingforyou]

Interesting... though I think it is a logical move. I look forward to the improved update system, as redownloading the entire file is inefficient and impractical - other than that Firefox is fine already.

[sn00pie]

Great stuff, long live Firefox! :happy:

[AppleDave Veteran]

Do you know what casued the scrap?

[thollian]

interesting...

[Tungsten T]

firefox does have a sidebar  ;)

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I mean a "real" sidebar like the one in MSN 9

[GhostShell]

That's pretty interesting. I can't wait.

[P!P]

I've always wondered why it was 1.1 instead of 1.5. Good for them.

[lucianmarin]

What version will be the next Thunderbird? 1.1 or 1.5?

So there will not be Firefox 2.0 based on Gecko 2.0 (regarding the last plan for Firefox 1.5 with Gecko 1.9)

Now we will have Firefox 1.5 based on Gecko 1.8, maybe Firefox 2.0 with Gecko 1.9, and later next year Firefox 3.0 on Gecko 2.0 (the biggest Gecko release).

Edited July 21, 2005 by Kalphegor

[kak]

what version will be the next thunderbird? 1.1 or 1.5?

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Probably 1.5 since the updates go hand in hand.

[..Vector..]

Do you know what casued the scrap?

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Because of the huge amount of bug fixes and features added :)

[Murkey]

Hopefully the improved update will be implemented first, it's a pain to upgrade with 56k connections... =/

OT: The spelling of the title is wrong, shouldn't it be "scrapped"?

[BigCheese]

It's been decided that the next major official release of Firefox will be version 1.5 instead of version 1.1. This does not affect the release date of September and changes nothing at all except the versioning number. This change is due to the significant increase in features and stability that the versioning deserves an increase. I'll post official statements later but for now here is the new roadmap

Roadmap

I'll update my 'Road to Firefox "1.1" bug report' later tomorrow along with the graphs. (see sig for that information)

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I find it sad that somebody like you can be so obsessed with an internet browser. And a mediocre browser at that.

[david.rothera]

I find it sad that somebody like you can be so obsessed with an internet browser. And a mediocre browser at that.

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Do I detect a hint of fanboyism?

[BigCheese]

Do I detect a hint of fanboyism?

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No, I just think its sad that he is such a fan boy, and I mentioned that I don't like firefox.

[Neil]

No, I just think its sad that he is such a fan boy, and I mentioned that I don't like firefox.

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Of course he is fan boy but least he knows what is talking about and knows a lot of detail like the bug reports etc nad how the project is unfolding.

The fan boy I hate is OMG< 1337 f1r3f0x rox!

[supernova_00]

Here is a statement from a mozilla driver:

For the last several months, we've been discussing the versioning of the upcoming Firefox release.

One major consideration in this decision was that the sheer volume of changes in the Firefox core (Gecko) made a minor .1 increment seem misleading. While it may not be obvious by looking simply at release dates, today's Gecko core of Firefox has seen nearly 16 months worth of changes compared to what shipped in Firefox 1.0. This is because we created our Gecko 1.7 branch (the branch from which Firefox 1.0 shipped) back in April of 2004. At that time, Gecko development on the trunk continued and very little of that work was carried over to the 1.7 branch to be included in Firefox 1.0.

Another consideration was that we've made some major improvements to the Firefox application, especially in the update and extension systems that warrant more than a minor version bump. Calling it 1.1 would suggest to most users that this was a minor update when in fact it is quite major and all 1.0 users really should move forward for a much improved product.

Source: Asa Dotzler's Blog

[IceDogg]

thanks supernova_00 and I agree with them. Lots of major changes and 1.1 doesn't reflect how many changes there are. Good call.

[99 to Life]

so what, is it going to have a new look also?

[supernova_00]

nope will look the same