Meet Firefox 5.0

[ViperAFK]

i think mozilla will focus on 64 bit more when 64-bit plugins will be ready

There is already 64 bit flash and 64 bit java.

[+Neyht Subscriber²]

If it hasn't been answered yet, going to about:config and manually changing app.update.desiredChannel to nightly will put you back into the nightly channel.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

There is already 64 bit flash and 64 bit java.

yes there's 64-bit java but the 64-bit flash was only a preview build that was never finished or updated from last year

besides the fact that there need to be a lot more 64-bit plugin support than just those two, and the fact that the 64-bit version afaik breaks many extensions as well

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

There still isn't officially supported 64bit builds, and the cutoff for Firefox 5 is tomorrow (That's when the main dev trunk is branched off for Aurora)

They need to fix all the errors first, then they need to implement support for running 32bit plugins with a 64bit host (Which they did before the 64bit mac builds became official*)

* They were already producing 64bit Mac builds for a while, but they didn't merge them into the single binary until after the plugin stuff landed.

[AltecXP]

I'd actually prefer if they did something like:

X.0 release

-6 Months- where X.1-.4 are critical bug fixes

X.5 release with bug fixes and optimizations of last X.0 release

-6 months-

new X.0 with new features

Repeat

I really dont get the push form companies lately to get the built numbers up. I feel software should cycle through optimization and feature builds.

(impossible dream) I wonder if Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla ect. took one year to do NOTHING but take the software they have now and only clean up the code or rewrite parts to make them more optimized with out adding ANY new features, how the outcome would be. I would assume they would be better on memory, perhaps less bugs just due to how more manageable/readable the code would be, better performance, possibly even smaller install sizes.

Maybe I'm just anal about clean code and making it legible and correctly commented, but if I worked at MS or other such company I'd push to have at least part of the code cleaned like that every cycle or two. The network/audio stacks in Windows 7 were rewrote in Vista, I'd want for Windows 8 those teams to clean and optimize that code up as much as they can before adding new features. Same fore the UI and other teams.

Then again for all I know they already do that. So what do I know?

[firewire1290]

thanx for help but i want an update like people in this forum are stating i also tried whats stated here firefox update

there are users posting images too.how ###### i am not getting update???

Firsts Aurora builds will be available on April 12th !

To run Firefox and Minefield together you have to use the "no-remote" command :

Change the Minefield shortcut target to : X:\Path\To\Minefield Folder\firefox.exe -no-remote -p "Minefield Profile Name"

You can leave de Firefox shortcut like it is if you want to use it as primary webbrowser.

[dnast]

thanx for help but i want an update like people in this forum are stating i also tried whats stated here firefox update

there are users posting images too.how ###### i am not getting update???

Are you using Nightly builds? If so, it should work as stated in your link.

[firewire1290]

Solved. the probe was tht my ff4 was on and i used to restart just minefield.thnx

Are you using Nightly builds? If so, it should work as stated in your link.

[bogas04]

Things are landing

[aznkid25]

Things are landing

Is this the nightly or hourly build?

[Lels]

Is this the nightly or hourly build?

Hourly build

[aznkid25]

Starting today we can update to the aurora builds correct? Is it a separate download, or can we download the 4/12 nightly, & update it that way?

[BetaAddict]

Just wondering, will they release an update that adds the channel switch for the FF4, or will you have to manually download the the nightly to access it?

Edit: lol guess I am not the only one wondering the same thing as the person above posted the same question while I was still typing.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Support for CSS3 Animations has landed, and they made the cutoff for being in 5.0 (of course they could still be disabled if bugs appear)

And the channel switcher wouldn't be backported to 4.0, if you want a newer build you'll have to download it (And switching to stable would downgrade you to 4.0, requiring you to re-download a newer build)

[vajlent]

Things are landing

Where do i get this?

[yowanvista]

Where do i get this?

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-l10n/

[bogas04]

More theme stuff landed for Firefox 5.0 before branching

Bug 640490 - Tab titles seem inconsistently vertically aligned

Bug 465086 - When closing a tab, other tabs should not resize until cursor leaves tab toolbar (w00t!!)

So now we have three visible theme changes for Firefox 5.0 , one is tab bar height (not tab height) is shrunken , giving one more pixel for content in normal mode , two is drop-shadows are dropped for navbar buttons and three , tabs wont resize until cursor is moved (parity chrome) !!! Hell Yeah!!!

and this, idk what its meant for , but seems a big bug :p

btw aurora is live (only hourlies at present , with new icons etc)

[vajlent]

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central-l10n/

Hmm, i've updated but no option to choose channel?

I want the en-US version.

[bogas04]

Hmm, i've updated but no option to choose channel?

I want the en-US version.

u cant switch using nightlies , but aurora/beta/release

[vajlent]

u cant switch using nightlies , but aurora/beta/release

Can i get a link for the version you showed up?

I use this link to update mine!

[mancode20]

Are they working on smooth scrolling? Even with the great Yet Another Smooth Scrolling extension, scrolling is still SOMETIMES a little choppy. A little stutter here and there. Not too bad. I just feel Opera and Chrome definitely have better smoothness when scrolling. Chrome's is perfect when using its great extension, Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller.

Memory usage and start-up time are obviously very important as well. I hope they improve in those areas for Firefox 5 and beyond. Those are the three main areas that are holding it back from true greatness.

[ViperAFK]

Are they working on smooth scrolling? Even with the great Yet Another Smooth Scrolling extension, scrolling is still SOMETIMES a little choppy. A little stutter here and there. Not too bad. I just feel Opera and Chrome definitely have better smoothness when scrolling. Chrome's is perfect when using its great extension, Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller.

Memory usage and start-up time are obviously very important as well. I hope they improve in those areas for Firefox 5 and beyond. Those are the three main areas that are holding it back from true greatness.

Chrome doesn't even have a smooth scrolling feature :/

I think firefox's smooth scrolling is great. The only pages I have a problem on is youtube for some reason, It gets terribly choppy. Other flash sites are fine.

[kilara1988]

The new "about" theme landed with today's nightly and the orange button is now called Nightly.Also after site title it says Nightly now in the Windows taskbar.

[dnast]

Are they working on smooth scrolling?

A fix landed in the nightlies a week or so ago. I haven't really used it (my scroll wheel barely works anymore so I use autoscroll), but people seem to be pleased with the improvement.

Edit: Fixed a typo

[Kyang]

Anywhere I can download the .ico's for the new icons?