Firefox 3.1b2

[Inctye]

Hope all of you are pumped up for 3.1b2 since it's just hours away from hitting the servers. Been waiting for this beta with finished and optimized Tracemonkey. Oh and let's not forget p0rn mode :rolleyes:

The second--and likely last--beta version of Firefox 3.1 is "due out very shortly," Mozilla programmer Ben Turner said Thursday.

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I've been keeping tabs on the Mozilla's 3.1b2 wiki that monitors the current status of the build. Seems like they are almost complete with the QA portion. From there it usually takes less than an hour or two to get it up on the mirrors. If everything goes smoothly, hopefully I will be surfing neowin a lot faster tomorrow morning.

[vip]

so what does it mean if i have 3.1b3pre ??

[sharp65]

so what does it mean if i have 3.1b3pre ??

It means your using one of the nightly builds from the branch that will eventually lead to the final release of 3.1. Monday the development for 3.1 was branched off the main trunk. That's going to be developing towards firefox 3.2

[Rudy]

I will download soon :)

[vip]

ah ok, because it just installed a new update also, was just curious... many thanks

[supernova_00]

Tracemonkey is not finished by any means. It might be stable but a lot more work needs to go into it to fix regression and further optimize. Also, Firefox chrome still isn't taking advantage of tracemonkey.

[shakey_snake]

OK, Tab-tearing is awesomely useful.

[ZEROarmy]

OK, Tab-tearing is awesomely useful.

How do I turn it off? I keep accidentally tearing tabs out when I'm flicking between them.

[Inctye]

How do I turn it off? I keep accidentally tearing tabs out when I'm flicking between them.

Man, tab tearing has been testing my patience at times too. As it stands right now, they have not implemented any method that will allow you to disable it or reduce its sensitivity. It is marked as a Priority 1 (P1) blocker to be fixed for Beta 3, so at least that is some good news.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I don't know about 3.1, but in 3.2 dragging a tab off and back onto itself is a "no-op", it doesn't do anything (where it used to put the tab in it's own window)

[Inctye]

I don't know about 3.1, but in 3.2 dragging a tab off and back onto itself is a "no-op", it doesn't do anything (where it used to put the tab in it's own window)

I've been using Shiretoko (3.1 nightly builds) and have not noticed any changes to it. Mozilla might have disabled tab tearing in Minefield is because it still being perfected or maybe it was interfering something else. Afterall, 3.2 is alpha, so they mess around with the code a lot.

[shakey_snake]

I don't know about 3.1, but in 3.2 dragging a tab off and back onto itself is a "no-op", it doesn't do anything (where it used to put the tab in it's own window)

well, the bleeding-edge has has bugs, go figure. :p

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Tab tearing is still enabled, you just actually have to tear the tab off for it to work.

[Inctye]

Tab tearing is still enabled, you just actually have to tear the tab off for it to work.

Really? Wonder what is taking them so long to make it the same way in 3.1.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Making sure it doesn't break stuff.

Stuff gets landed on the main trunk (3.2), "bakes" for a while then it lands on the branch (3.1), then into the nightlies, then a beta, etc.

Edit: Actually, it apparently hasn't landed on trunk yet, strange how it's working for me then.

Edited December 19, 2008 by The_Decryptor

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Tab tearing is still enabled, you just actually have to tear the tab off for it to work.

No, it was removed in 3.1 Beta2

[Chrysaor]

How can I get back the close tab button when there is only one tab like in FX3?

I don't like it when I press Ctrl-W and Firefox quits completely.