Last week,  Mozilla decided to rename its next Firefox release code namedShiretoko, from Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5 due to significant improvement and bug fix made to the current version.  Due to this changes, its actual release date has been moved forward. Mozilla Evenglist Chriss Blizzard  tweeting, it probably going to be out in the next 2-3 months. In case you’re expecting the next release of Firefox in near time, move on or probably try other browser?

At the mean time, Firefox most recent beta, Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 has just been released few days back, with another beta to come as well as few release candidate before the final release unleashed to the world.  Don’t get confused with the Beta name, which still named after Firefox 3.1, instead of the planned actual release name Firefox 3.5.  I believe it has something to do with the standard, in order to maintain the beta naming sequence.

This latest beta bring improvement on things such as below.

•  Improved the new Private Browsing Mode, including the ability to “Forget This Site” from the History sidebar.
• Improved performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.

The last time Firefox get major release dated back to June last year, with the introduction of Firefox 3.0. Since then, rival such as Safari 4, Internet Explore 8 , Chrome and Opera now with turbo, has step up the game with faster, more powerful and feature rich browser.

It could be interesting to see how Firefox 3. 5 fared againts other rivals on benchmarking test. But that have to wait another 2-3 months.

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