Firefox 3.0.1. available for download

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.0.1-candidates/

Firefox 3.0.1 is the first security and stability update for Firefox 3.0, and Mozilla is targeting July 16 for the release date.

“Candidate builds of Firefox 3.0.1 are now available for testing. If you have previously downloaded a beta version of Firefox 3.0 or have manually set your copy to be using the ‘beta’ release channel for updates, you can update yourself to Firefox 3.0.1 by selecting ‘Help > Check for Updates’,” revealed Samuel Sidler, Quality Assurance Engineer at Mozilla.

But Firefox 3.0.1 is not the only version of the open source browser under development. Mozilla is also building Firefox 2.0.0.16, one of the last security and stability updates for Firefox 2.0 which will not live to see 2009. At this point in time, Mozilla plans to kill support for Firefox 2.0 in mid-December 2008, just half a year after the launch of Firefox 3.0. But by that time, Firefox 3.0 could have already all but wiped out its predecessor since Mozilla is considering version 3.0.1 as a candidate for a major update roll out of its open source browser.

“Candidate builds of Firefox 2.0.0.16 are now available for testing. If you have previously downloaded a beta version of Firefox 2.0.0.x or have manually set your copy to be using the ‘beta’ release channel for updates, you can update yourself to Firefox 2.0.0.16 by selecting ‘Help > Check for Updates’,” Sidler added.