Firefox 3.1 lingers until Q2 2009 due to a bug in TraceMonkey

The JavaScript engine is unfortunately buggy. It can not bring to the mind in due time, so that Mozilla is forced to postpone the deadline for the final release of Firefox 3.1 to the second quarter. 2009 The developers write on the forum that without TraceMonkey, they could release a release even now, but due to an uncorrected bug in TraceMonkey , the third beta is delayed and the remaining terms are shifted.

This is very sad news, because now IE8 can come out earlier than the new super-fast Fire Fox, which is not good in terms of market promotion.

Perhaps for marketing reasons, developers still decide to release Firefox 3.1 with buggy TraceMonkey, while the default settings TraceMonkey will be disabled, and the script engine will be brought to mind after release.
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But this option may be even worse. As one of the developers says, “no one will remember the release date of Firefox 3.1 except the guy who will edit the article on Wikipedia. But everyone will remember exactly how fast it will work. ” With TraceMonkey disabled, we can spoil the whole impression.

This is not the first delay Firefox 3.1. Initially, it was planned to be released at the end of 2008 and was going to get by with the only beta.