By Scott M. Fulton, III November 30, 2009
As Web users anticipate data from NetApplications and other services that could show Mozilla Firefox having eclipsed the 25% mark in global usage share for the month of November, the beta process for Firefox 3.6 has found an extra gear. Demonstrating that more user input can result in a faster turnover process for developers' builds, rather than the slower process some commercial software producers claim, the latest Beta 4 release addresses some 133 significant bugs, many uncovered by regular testers. But this won't be all, as 33 more bugs remain on the docket. Contrary to reports, finding more bugs during the beta process is actually a good thing; it beats uncovering them afterward. A regular planning meeting set for tomorrow could set forth a roadmap for how many more public beta releases we could see before RTM, which is still anticipated for the first quarter of next year.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Google Chrome: Ready For Mac Action?
By Jennifer Bosavage, Nov. 30, 2009
Google's Chrome browser for the Mac is very close to a beta version, according to Google's own bug tracker for the project. As of Monday afternoon, there were five bugs standing between Chrome and Mac users; two are marked Priority 1, the others as Priority 2. The Priority 1 bugs both concern system crashes when Chrome attempts to render content using Adobe's PDF format. Of the others, one concerns a problem with search on specific Web pages, one will not produce Chrome updates, and another is the unpredictability in retrieving voicemail. But even once those issues are addressed, the Mac beta version of Chrome will not offer several features that the Microsoft Windows version does, including bookmark manager, App Mode and bookmark synchronization. Support for extensions is also likely to come later.
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Google's Chrome browser for the Mac is very close to a beta version, according to Google's own bug tracker for the project. As of Monday afternoon, there were five bugs standing between Chrome and Mac users; two are marked Priority 1, the others as Priority 2. The Priority 1 bugs both concern system crashes when Chrome attempts to render content using Adobe's PDF format. Of the others, one concerns a problem with search on specific Web pages, one will not produce Chrome updates, and another is the unpredictability in retrieving voicemail. But even once those issues are addressed, the Mac beta version of Chrome will not offer several features that the Microsoft Windows version does, including bookmark manager, App Mode and bookmark synchronization. Support for extensions is also likely to come later.
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