(last updated: 8/13/98) It is our major objective to release significant improvements to NGLayout as quickly as possible. Therefore, incremental releases may occur in addition to those given below. Also, note that the usual mozilla.org rules apply and that patches and updates will be available more frequently when the CVS repository goes "live".

Target 0: February 1, 1998

Development Begins

Target 1: April 15, 1998

"Technology" release of early system.

Target 2: August 1, 1998

"Viewer" release -- by now, you should be able to view the top 100 web sites. Note - we hit this milestone successfully on 8/1/98.

Target 3: September 1, 1998

"Stable Viewer" release -- by now NGLayout should begin to look and feel like a real browser. This implies being able to visit most pages and also correct operation of form submission, session history and other application interactions. This doesn't imply that the standalone viewer used for embedding NGLayout will be a first class "browser" application with all the features of Navigator. However, the interfaces Navigator may need to embed NGLayout should be in place. We need your help testing NGLayout to reach this milestone!

Target 4: September 15, 1998

"Super Stable" (S²) release -- Automated site crawling results in at least 60 minutes MTBF. Minimal memory leaks.

Target 5: October 1998

"Integration" -- By now NGLayout should be getting integrated with mozilla. Note that this integration will be occuring on a branch until such time as it's appropriate to land the branch onto the tip. Modularization of certain Mozilla features will be underway. We need your help modularizing mozilla to reach this milestone!

where we really are today

We want and need your feedback and assistance. We're hoping to find a set of net developers who share the same passion for a great HTML layout system that we have. We would greatly appreciate your feedback, and if possible, your help in developing the system. If you're willing to build and test the system, we're ready to take your feedback. If you want to go the next step and actually get NGLayout out the door, then please read our document explaining how to get involved.