Played around with Chrome? Been there, done that, with Safari? If you're a web-browser junkie, and you love checking out all the new features that keep getting added to your favorite browsers, you may have heard about the forthcoming Firefox 3.1 beta. The third version of the 3.1 beta was supposed to come out on January 26th, but developers are running into so many bugs that they've had to push things back.

Mozilla, the team behind Firefox, has identified at least fifteen big bugs (now down to thirteen) that are still present in the beta code. It wants to at least trim that number down to a more palatable level before putting the release out, so it's had to push the date back into early February. Yeah, we know; it's just another week, and we certainly don't want the experience hampered by a ton of bugs, but that doesn't mean we have to be happy about the delay.

Quite a few of the existing bugs deal with the tab system, with tabs not behaving correctly, especially when dragging them around to rearrange them. As that was a big part of Firefox's appeal early on, differentiating it from Internet Explorer, we can totally get on board with Mozilla wanting to make sure that it all works without a hitch. There are also some lingering problems with the browser's private mode, which lets you visit sites without leaving behind a local paper trail, and some Flash and bookmark handling issues.

Right now the 3.1 beta release is set for February 2nd. If any more problems pop up, and that slides back any farther, we'll be sure to let you know.