Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 now available for download

[Quillz]

Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 is an early developer milestone for Firefox 3 and the next generation of Mozilla's layout engine, Gecko 1.9. Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended for web application developers and our testing community. Current users of Mozilla Firefox should not use Gran Paradiso Alpha 4. There are no significant user interface changes in Gran Paradiso Alpha 4, however there are many core layout and rendering improvements.

Gran Paradiso Alpha 4 is available for the following platforms:

Microsoft Windows 2000 or later

MacOS X 10.3.9 or later

Linux

Please see the release notes for additional information and a list of known issues with this release.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index...e-for-download/

Edited April 28, 2007 by drygnfyre

[Slimy]

They forgot to change the 3 to a 4 :laugh:

[gigapixels Veteran]

Anybody using this full time? I'd like to check it out but if it's really unstable I'll wait for a bit.

[Quillz]

I want to try out the OS X build. Is there a way to keep this isolated from my 2.0.0.3 install?

[gigapixels Veteran]

Definitely, just rename the .app file to something else, and run the Profile Manager to create a new profile. In OS X it's a bit more out of the way than in Linux or Windows, but if you check out this page, it tells you how to get to the Profile Manager.

[Quillz]

Definitely, just rename the .app file to something else, and run the Profile Manager to create a new profile. In OS X it's a bit more out of the way than in Linux or Windows, but if you check out this page, it tells you how to get to the Profile Manager.

Thanks.

[Quillz]

Definitely, just rename the .app file to something else, and run the Profile Manager to create a new profile. In OS X it's a bit more out of the way than in Linux or Windows, but if you check out this page, it tells you how to get to the Profile Manager.

Okay, I've created a new profile, now how do I get GranParadiso to use it?

[mircleman]

im using it on vista not a single issue yet im using it as i type this. love it.

[JoHideo]

Memory problems fixed in this build?

[mircleman]

im not having any memory issues

[canuckerfan]

thanks for the heads up.

[Tokar]

I read the title wrong. I was like "ooh Gran Turismo for download." Then I realized this is just more firefox news :p...back to my IE web browsing...

[Crazysah]

Thanks alot for this build.

[*John*]

Is this stable and problem free enough for everyday use? :blink:

[grik]

Im gonna test it , thanks

[giga Veteran]

Any screens of OS X version? They said they improved the Cocoa interface.

[Orry Verducci]

Any screens of OS X version? They said they improved the Cocoa interface.

I just tried it on my Mac (OS X 10.3.9) and the user interface is extremely buggy. Hardly anything is rendering properly (icons out of place, tabs looking very distorted, ect). Also, web pages don't seem to be using Cocoa widgets, which is a shame, as it means they still have buttons and such that look like Windows Classic.

[*John*]

Is this stable and problem free enough for everyday use? :blink:

Anyone? :blink:

For Firefox 1.5 I jumped in at Deer Park alpha 3, and loved it.

For Firefox 2.0 I jumped in at Firefox Beta 1, and loved it.

It is ok to jump in at Grand Paradiso Alpha 4 this time around? :blink:

[JoHideo]

I gave it a try, but promptly uninstalled it. For whatever reason, was less responsive and felt heavier when I used it.

[PegasusX]

Is there a portable version of this available somewhere?

[Quillz]

Any screens of OS X version? They said they improved the Cocoa interface.

It looks as terrible as stock Firefox 2 does. I'm still using the custom Bon Echo build with Aqua Widgets. Hopefully that will be updated by the time Firefox 3 is officially released.

[PyX]

I'm pretty sure they're not using Cocoa yet. Just look at the Preferences Pane... it's awful and it's old elements from pre-Tiger OS X versions.

I can't wait until it seriously competes with Safari. The major problem is still the inconsistent UI compared to the rest of the OS...