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Firefox Version 3.1 Beta 3 is in Tests: What About Version 3.2?

It may not be perfectly stable yet, but if you've been following along with the beta releases of Mozilla's Firefox 3.1 browser, you can now get and test the candidate for Beta 3, as described here. Mozilla is calling for a Test Week for this latest version. Beta 3 was scheduled to be out on February 2nd, but bug fixes were required. Meanwhile, PC Pro has an interesting story up in which Firefox architect Mike Connor describes plans for version 3.2 of Firefox.


Google's On2 Acquisition: Part of its Open Web Video Standards Effort?

Google's announcement yesterday that it is acquiring video compression company On2 Technologies for $106.5 million may appear to be just another acquisition in a buyer's market, but there is a strong chance that it could dramatically affect video standards online. Because of the enormous share of online video viewing that Google's YouTube commands, the company can swing a bigger stick in setting online video standards than many people realize, and the company has already been frustrated by the refusal of leading browser makers to agree on a central, shared codec to mutually support.

Ars Technica suggests that the On2 acquisition will have a big impact on web video standards, and The Register comes right out and speculates that Google will quickly open source On2's video compression codecs. I lean toward the latter scenario.



At Google I/O: Meet Google Wave, and HTML Video Comes to Chrome

Yesterday, we covered news coming out of the Google I/O developer event in San Francisco, including new offerings for web developers and a new iteration of the Android Developer Challenge, with cash prizes. Today, the event is continuing, and there is more interesting news. The company is giving developers an early look at a new project called Google Wave. It's a combination of conversation- and document-sharing online, including mashups of photos, videos, maps and more. Google has also announced HTML 5-based video support in its Chrome browser, which--like other open source browsers such as Firefox--will allow users to display video without a plug-in such as Flash. Here are more details.