Firefox 3.6 beta 1 Build 2 appears

[bogas04]

link

this is the build 2 of Firefox beta 1, and most probably final beta 1 as its release is a day far (21st Oct) :)

Edited October 20, 2009 by bogas04

[bogas04]

Linux users , reply!

[Guest]

Will be checking out...

[_neutrino Veteran]

well at least they are updating it frequently to fix stuff in the beta nice to see. however i have been burned by their beta's before so i am waiting for 3.6 full lol.

[bogas04]

well at least they are updating it frequently to fix stuff in the beta nice to see. however i have been burned by their beta's before so i am waiting for 3.6 full lol.

Whats the harm in trying?? Just download the .zip thingy , when it comes , and when u rnt satisfied , then just delete the zip , done! Ur previous version is still alive without any wounds or something :p

[BoDEAN]

link?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

well at least they are updating it frequently to fix stuff in the beta nice to see. however i have been burned by their beta's before so i am waiting for 3.6 full lol.

The beta hasn't actually been released yet, these are test builds for what could become the beta.

[BoDEAN]

The beta hasn't actually been released yet, these are test builds for what could become the beta.

Agree'd. OP needs to do some research and fix the topic title. This is a nightly build, not an official beta 1build 2 beta.

[Guest]

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...s/build2/win32/

[bogas04]

Agree'd. OP needs to do some research and fix the topic title. This is a nightly build, not an official beta 1build 2 beta.

title is very much appropriate for the link provided is not a nightly but a candidate

[acedriver]

it's in the nightly folder.. not an official beta

[bogas04]

it's in the nightly folder.. not an official beta

But it will become official ,as this is the RC of the final Beta 1 of firefox 3.6 and , in a day another RC cannot come. Therefore , this is the Beta1 of 3.6 :)

Remember firefox 3.5.0 ?? it was nothing but Firefox 3.5 RC3 :) . Its only MS which has RC and Final with differences... Further if u want to investigate more , then compare the build no. of candidates of previous releases (of last build) with the final release. Like of 3.5.3 and candidate 3.5.3...

Just for sake of another proof , wait for tomorrow's release and then compare 20091019 with firefox 3.6 beta 1 FINAL's build number , most probably (95% sure) the no. will be same.

One more thing , if its a nightly build , then it would call it a prebeta , namoroka and wouldnt have that icon :) {See the attached picture)

http://i34.tinypic.com/29qcfoo.png

Edited October 20, 2009 by bogas04

[BoDEAN]

So 3.6 should be released, today, 10/21?

[bogas04]

So 3.6 should be released, today, 10/21?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases

Yea , it will be out by 9 PST most probably...

[BoDEAN]

keeping the eyes open for it.

[erpster3]

AH CRUD! :crazy:

Read the following Firefox Delivery Meeting October 21 notes page:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/DeliveryMeetings/2009-10-21

Namoroka

* revised beta 1 schedule

o October 18th, 11:59pm PDT: Code freeze on mozilla-1.9.2, all P1 blockers landed

o October 19th: Beta 1 builds available

o October 19th-27th: QA testing

o October 28th, 5pm PDT: Beta 1 launched

that pretty much sums it up for you. in other words, wait until next Wednesday October 28 for the actual release of FF 3.6b1.

One word: DELAY! :angry:

[Descartes]

Is it safe to install a beta of Fx while using the current version as your default browser? I mean, I don't want both of them to share settings and stuff

[ZonoBurk]

AH CRUD! :crazy:

Read the following Firefox Delivery Meeting October 21 notes page:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/DeliveryMeetings/2009-10-21

that pretty much sums it up for you. in other words, wait until next Wednesday October 28 for the actual release of FF 3.6b1.

One word: DELAY! :angry:

Well I was going to not install Beta 1 build 2 and just installed the Beta 1 that was supposed to be released today. I'm using Beta 1 Build 1 now. Wait....

All this is so confusing. :(

[boogerjones]

that pretty much sums it up for you. in other words, wait until next Wednesday October 28 for the actual release of FF 3.6b1.

One word: DELAY! :angry:

Nothing to get upset about. The code they release on 10/28 will almost certainly be IDENTICAL (including SHA1 hash of the setup file) to the code that's found in Build 2. Occasionally they update a language xml file or something like that. In fact, a lot of the time the different builds are identical on the Windows platform. So really you don't have to wait at all.

[erpster3]

Well I was going to not install Beta 1 build 2 and just installed the Beta 1 that was supposed to be released today. I'm using Beta 1 Build 1 now. Wait....

All this is so confusing. :(

you shouldn't need to be confused. just install build 2 of FF3.6b1 on top of build 1, overwriting it, and run FF3.6b1 as usual. build 2 has some bug fixes found in build 1. I've just installed Firefox 3.6b1 build 2 over build 1; no harm done. :D

Nothing to get upset about. The code they release on 10/28 will almost certainly be IDENTICAL (including SHA1 hash of the setup file) to the code that's found in Build 2. Occasionally they update a language xml file or something like that. In fact, a lot of the time the different builds are identical on the Windows platform. So really you don't have to wait at all.

ok fine then, boogerjones. :rolleyes: i guess mozilla isn't ready to release it today. no matter since i've already installed the latest build of Firefox 3.6 beta 1 on my XP machine and runs okay.

[Knife Party]

lol i'm constantly checking to see if this damn beta is up....... not kool :D :(

[erpster3]

lol i'm constantly checking to see if this damn beta is up....... not kool :D :(

you can blame the folks at Mozilla on that. they're attempting to implement "Aero Peek Preview Per Tab" in FF 3.6 beta but with disastrous results, which is why they've postpone public release of FF 3.6b1 several times.

Read the October 28 Firefox Delivery Meeting Notes here and read about those Aero Peek bugs:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/DeliveryMeetings/2009-10-28

sorry, public release of FF3.6b1 is NOT going to happen on the evening of October 28.

i'll just have to wait until Halloween then, maybe FF3.6b1 will publicly be available by that time.