Most knowledgeable users of Mozilla's free Firefox website browser probably already have some idea of what its next incarnation (Firefox v3) will look like.

Now the group’s vice president of engineering, Mike Schroepfer, has spoken out in more detail about what users can expect when it's released at the end of this year or early 2008:


Though it's not mentioned in VNUNet's summary, many users have echoed concerns that Firefox appears to be getting increasingly bloated with features, upping resource requirements and potentially slowing down its loading times.

We'll have to wait until v3 is released to know whether such fears stand the test of time, presently the browser is still someway from even the release candidate stage.