Firefox developer moves to Google
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Firefox project development manager, Ben Goodger, announced in the simply titled Changes that he is now employed by Google – but that he will continue work on Firefox.
The move will inflame continued speculation that Google are planning to release their own browser based on Mozilla technology.
A Firefox 1.1 release is expected to be a general bug fix and security upgrade. However, Ben Goodger also refers to Firefox versions 1.5 and 2.0 that he is working on, which could very well be the formats that introduce specific Google features, not least Google search, and various features of Google’s existing toolbar for Internet Explorer.
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