According to Mozilla, the next version Firefox 3.1 will be released as Firefox 3.5 instead.

“The version bump aims to reflect more accurately the many changes introduced since the release of Firefox 3.0, the latest major release, last summer. These includes several changes to tabbed browsing, significant improvements to web standards compatibility, a deeply enhanced JavaScript engines, and several new privacy related [features] including an all new private mode that allows users to clear all their browsing activities at the end of a session.”

The next beta, Beta 3, will still be labeled as 3.1 while all the necessary changes are made on Mozilla’s several development tools. The fourth beta will be released before final version, bringing some more news and bug fixes currently identified.

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