New Beta, New Robot, New Beta Page
As you probably know by now, the release of a new Firefox 3.x beta means a new robot illustration, and today’s Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is no exception. This one is one of my favorites so far, as it really shows off the Shiretoko-series robot in all his glory (as with the previous two installments, it was created by artist Josh Burcham).
The robot is still on his quest for Shiretoko, and with another beta release scheduled for later this spring there’s definitely still more of his story ahead. Keep on downloading to find out more…
Also, while I’m on the subject, I should mention that we’ve revised the beta page on mozilla.com to make it more download-friendly. Our hope is that the big button (colored orange so as not to confuse it with the green button we traditionally use for official releases) will encourage people to give it a try, and the “Important Information” section to the right will give them the full context before they do so. Thanks to Steven Garrity for his help putting this together
March 12th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Why is there no mention on that page about the fact the version number will no longer be 3.1 after this?
Is the plan to totally surprise people?
March 12th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
The robot’s great, but I find it hard to concentrate on anything but the awful, awful faux-italic Comic Sans headline.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
@Mardeg – Good question. We’ll have a larger communication plan in place around 3.5 when the time is right. Our feeling was that the 3.1/3.5 name issue isn’t crucial information for people interested in downloading beta 3.
@Justin – Ouch! For what it’s worth, that’s actually not Comic Sans…it was hand-lettered by the artist to look like a comic book caption. Glad you liked the robot, though.