The change means swifter access to new features and to bug and security fixes, though browser makers can issue updates more rapidly to handle serious problems. Mozilla plans to slowly increase its release cycle starting now, going from seven weeks down to six weeks, and so on.Microsoft Edge will follow Google's lead in speeding up browser releases, issuing a new version every four weeks instead of every six weeks, the software maker said Friday. Of course, that's not exactly an apples to apples comparison, given the scope of Windows 10 compared to a browser. Looking at Windows 10, Microsoft's bi-annual release schedule for major upgrades sometimes feels too rushed, with various bugs slipping through (this even happens during its monthly updates). It will be interesting to see how smoothly things go. Instead of two beta builds per week, they will come out "similar to what we have today in Firefox Nightly," Mozilla says. Instead, it talks about the benefits and challenges of moving to a four-week release cycle.Īs part of this transition, beta builds will arrive more quickly. Mozilla does not allude to any of that in its accelerated release announcement. They depend on consumers being able to decide we want something better and to take action," Mozilla CEO Chris Beard wrote in a blog post last December. We compete with Google because the health of the internet and online life depend on competition and choice. We compete with Google not because it's a good business opportunity. "From a social, civic and individual empowerment perspective ceding control of fundamental online infrastructure to a single company is terrible.
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