Mozilla to Retire Firefox 2.0 in December

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Posted by Dr. Blip in Hot Topic at 18:26 | Friday, October 31. 2008

PCWorld - Mozilla will push out just two more security updates for Firefox 2.0 before it retires the popular web browser in December.

"We're starting to consult the development community for feedback," said Mike Beltzner, the director of Firefox, prior to setting a final 'end-of-life' date. If all goes according to plan, the last update for the older browser will be Firefox 2.0.0.19. The current build of Firefox 2.0 is 2.0.0.17, which was released last month to patch 14 vulnerabilities.

Mozilla's policy is to support a browser for six months after it's been superseded by a new version. The company unveiled Firefox 3.0 in mid-June; shortly after that, Mozilla announced that it would stop patching Firefox 2.0 later in the year.

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