What's Coming in Firefox 3


	What's Coming in Firefox 3

ericskiff

1-12-2007 1:26 AM

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firefox, firefox3, internet, tech, technology, web, opensource, open source, mozilla, development

ericskiff says:

There's plenty more coming listed at the article source, and I'm sure there will be many changes before even an alpha materializes, but it's interesting to see what the general direction is.

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