Development
See also: History of FirefoxFirefox 3.0 was developed under the codename Gran Paradiso. This, like other Firefox codenames, is the name of an actual place; in this case the seventh-highest mountain in the Graian Alps where they first came up with the idea.
Planning began in October 2006, when the development team asked users to submit feature requests that they wished to be included in Firefox 3.
The Mozilla Foundation released the first beta on November 19, 2007, the second beta on December 18, 2007, the third beta on February 12, 2008, the fourth beta on March 10, 2008, and the fifth and final beta on April 2, 2008. The first release candidate was announced on May 16, 2008, followed by a second release candidate on June 4, 2008, and a third (differing from the second release candidate only in that it corrected a serious bug for Mac users) on June 11, 2008. Mozilla shipped the final release on June 17, 2008.
On its release date, Firefox 3 was featured in popular culture, mentioned on The Colbert Report, among others.
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