The Guru received this inquiry from Mark via Contact Us: I remember reading your entry back a couple months ago about new tab ordering in 3.1: http://ffextensionguru.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/new-tab-behavior-coming-in-fx-31/ Beta 3 has come out and the behavior is not present. I was rather excited about this development. Do you know if this new behavior is no longer on the 3.1/3.5 radar any longer? I had to look back at the original article from Mozilla Links. According to the article, the new behaviour would be “will be featured in future releases.” Also, “the new behavior will be added to trunk builds soon, but…

Please note: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before installing this beta. Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3.1. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3.1 can be followed at the Firefox 3.1 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and…