According to an artilce which appear on the PC World website on Friday (October 20th), Firefox 2 is set for final release this coming Tuesday October 24th.
“Not to be outdone by Microsoft’s recent release of Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla will release the second major version of its rival Firefox browser on Tuesday, October 24.
According to Mozilla Vice President of Products Christopher Beard, Firefox 2.0, which should be available on Tuesday if all goes according to schedule, includes key new usability features missing in the new IE 7.” — PC World: Final Version of Mozilla Firefox 2 Will Be Released October 24th.
Now I do consider PC World as a very reliable source, especially if they are getting this information directly from Mozilla. I just hope they are not jumping the gun o this announcement. But then again, the bulk of the Firefox 2 Release Parties are next weekend. More news as it comes available.
The Firefox Extension Guru's Blog 
[…] As I mentioned here and even here, it looks good for Firefox 2 to be released this coming Tuesday (October 24th). Now I am sure many folks are wondering ‘How do I upgrade to Firefox 2?’ Well, like Microsoft and IE7, the auto-update won’t be until sometime in November or may be even December. […]
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