Firefox 3 has only recently shipped but the first public milestone for its successor is fast approaching. The Mozilla team is expecting that the code freeeze for alpha 1 of Firefox 3.1, code named Shiretoko, will be next Monday and that alpha 1 be available for early adopter testing on July 25.

During a status meeting on Shiretoko Tuesday, Mozilla developers said Beta 1, which will be more generally available to the public for testing, is due in August and Beta 2 is expected to be released in September. The Mozill ateam is shooting to ship the upgrade by year’s end or the first quarter of 2009.

The features list for Firefox 3.1 is still in discussion, top developers told ZDNet. “We’re not at a point where these sort of decisions are being made,” said Mike Beltzner, Firefox project lead.

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