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'''[[Firefox/Namoroka|Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka)]]'''
'''[[Firefox/Namoroka|Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka)]]'''
* Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 scheduled to be released Wednesday, October 28
* nightly and beta users are encouraged to help us [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/15003 by reporting add-on compatibility]
* Paul and others will be landing a change which should [[Firefox/Projects/Per_Tab_Network_Prioritization|speed up session restore]] for users with many windows and tabs
* we'd like as many people as possible to test recent nightlies and the upcoming beta with Windows 7; there's some concern about how well the implementation of Aero Peek tab previews are working (see {bug|474056} and dependencies)
* there's an ongoing discussion about [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/2fcd83608b62d5ce# how we plan on updating Firefox 3.5 users] to Firefox 3.6 when it's ready for release


'''Firefox Future'''
'''Firefox Future'''
 
* Stephen Horlander continues to QB discussions about changes to the Firefox 3.7 theme on the [[Firefox/Projects/3.7_and_4.0_Theme_and_UI_Revamp|wiki]] and [http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/10/26/linux-theme-refresh/ his blog]
'''Team News'''
* Alex Faaborg and the UX team are looking at how to simplify our Preferences panels
* Jennifer Boriss, Dave Townsend and Nick Nguyen are looking at updating the Add-on manager and Extensions API to be more flexible
* we're also starting to think about how to phase in process separation in Firefox 3.7 and 4.0


== Gecko ==
== Gecko ==
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