According to foreign media reports, the open-source browser developer confirmed that early next week, Mozilla will release Firefox 3.0 beta version of the fifth, the final version released in June this year.
Mozilla vice president of engineering Mike Schroepfer said the fifth beta version of Firefox 3.0 code has been completed and close to release, it is the final test version of Firefox 3.0. Once the fifth beta release, developers will turn the browser's release candidate stage.
Vice President said that if the current schedule can be achieved, release candidate version will launch in May, compared with the test version, release candidate version of the process a little slow, the company must allow public feedback.
Mozilla said that if all the planned completion of the operation, the fifth test version will arrive next week, the company's download servers, the final version of Firefox 3.0 will be completed and shipped in June.
According to research company Net Applications provides the latest data indicate that the current Firefox market share in the world has reached 17.3%, Microsoft IE's share dropped to 74.9%, Apple's Safari browser, ranked third, its share was 5.7%.