Mozilla last week said it was changing Firefox’s rigid every-six-week release cadence for a looser schedule that resembles what Google has used for Chrome since 2008.

In a post to a company blog, Mozilla said it would use a variable release tempo in 2016 with six-to-eight-week intervals.

Chrome has used a flexible schedule since its September 2008 debut, shipping a new edition approximately every six to eight weeks, but unlike Mozilla, has never set delivery dates ahead of releases appearing.

“Four years ago Mozilla moved to a fixed-schedule release model, otherwise known as the ‘Train Model,’ in which we released Firefox every six weeks to get features and updates to users faster and move at the speed of the Web,” Mozilla said. “We studied the process carefully and learned a lot. We have also identified additional areas for improvement and it’s time we iterate again.”

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