Mozilla made its intention public of making Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) available in the summer of 2007. There’s a slight possibility that it will be delayed until the end of the year maximum, but that’s unlikely.

�The document sets out the feature set, product requirements and prioritization for the development and release of Firefox 3, code-named “Gran Paradiso”, presently under development with an expected release in Q3 2007. The intended audience for this document is the community involved in designing, developing, testing and managing the release of the product as well as partners and third-party developers who are building software that extends Gran Paradiso�

Firefox 3.0 planning documentation

Mozilla’s Release Road Map additionally disclosed the Firefox 3.0 milestones. They’re planning to release two alpha versions and two beta versions before the final product. They’re also planning to release one major version every year, so we should expect Firefox 4.0 by the end of 2008.

This can be done with the help of a smart extension.
Today, Google runs an impressive collection of web services, starting with the plain old webmail, webhosting, the well known search engine and going through a palette of office applications.

Because of that, many people have tried to build up a resume of all these services, but it’s hard to keep track of them, since Google Labs is developing new services even as we speak. I’m going to present you with a Firefox extension that will create a toolbar in your browser, filled up with Google services. The plugin is configurable, therefore you can select only those services that are of your interest (e.g. webmail and search).

All you have to do is to visit the official webpage of the extension and click on the install button and Firefox will download and activate it automatically. If you want to install the extension from your computer, you should download the add-on using another browser and save it on your hard disk. The plugin is only 38KB small so it won’t take long for it to install.

If you encounter any problems or if you have questions, don’t hesitate to point them out directly to the author.