Mozilla has been derailed from its initial plans concerning the release of additional beta candidates for its Firefox 2.0 browser. In this context, at just one month following the launching of the latest version of Firefox, Mozilla has quietly announced on its Firefox2/StatusMeetings Web page that the subsequent variant of its browser will hit the market later that announced initially.

The release of the second beta of the Firefox 2.0 browser was delayed by a week. Mozilla commented in no way its decision, nor did it take an official position on the matter. While official comments were unavailable, the company's weekly status meeting minutes posted on the site unveiled that the code freeze is related to various regression errors and an array of emerging bugs that need addressing. The discussions revolved around a suite of flaws plaguing the Visual Refresh, Tab Overflow, Spell Check, Pref Panel, Software Update and Anti-Phishing components of the browser.

A source close to Mozilla development team admitted the existence of unfinished work that requires extra correction but stated that it wouldn't impact the beta's evolution on a large scale. Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 is due on August 15 and Mozilla Corp. left unchanged the final release date in its calendar, committing to product shipment on September 26.