Although Mozilla Firefox 3.0 version is under beta testing, it seems Mozilla has also started working on the upcoming version 4 which is codenamed as “Minefield”. Its current version is 4.0a1pre which can be downloaded from following link:
Download Firefox 4 Alpha 1 Nightly
Minefield 4.0a1pre is using the Gecko engine 2008030402 while Firefox 3 Beta 4 is using 2008030305. It has also passed the ACID 2 Test successfully.
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Serophos said:
This is neither Firefox 4.0 nor is Minefield the codename for it. Minefield is just Mozilla’s internal name for nightly-builds (all nightly build of Firefox 3.0 and 2.x have been called Minefield. Minefield 4.0 might refer to the Beta 4.
VG said:
^^ Thats true Mozilla use “Minefield” name for all its builds, thats why they have used the same name for version 4.0. You can try it, it clearly shows Version 4.0 Alpha1 in About box.
Z said:
But what is Gran Paradiso then?
blackcoatman said:
Gran Paradiso is version 3 I think, Minefield is used for builds like this alpha one (maybe because they’re bug-minefields :P)
Koushik said:
can’t they finish firefox 3 and then go to the next one??……..