Firefox 4 now one beta away from Release Candidate status

Firefox 4 looks set to have just one more beta pushed out before Mozilla shifts the forthcoming browser to its Release Candidate stage, making the whole thing ready for showtime within the next few weeks.

Last week, Mozilla released the 11th beta of Firefox 4, to which it added the “Do Not Track” http header to the build.

Mozilla hopes to make the feature an internet standard, and is intended for Firefox users who want to outfox cookie-bothering behavioural advertisers.

Meanwhile, Mozilla’s latest iteration of its popular browser was expected to arrive before the end of February, after hitting several delays along the way. It’s unclear if that will happen, however. The official schedule simply states “early 2011” for when the RC of Firefox 4 will be rolled out

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