Firefox’s never version is almost done and to mark it, what may be the final beta will be released on Thursday.
A bit of confusion is being generated though because of the version numbering. Logically, it should be version 3.1, but according to Mozilla the new version will be named 3.5. An explanation is that the new version is much more than a slight or incremental improvement over the previous version and thus would deserve a bigger number jump.
Firefox 3.1 or 3.5 will have changes in the private browsing mode, the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, and also new standards support. This new version will also be released a week before the release of the final version of Internet Explorer 8.