Meet Firefox 5.0

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it is rather annoying that it does not tell you which version of 5.0 you have (which beta), i have been using the beta channel since 4.0 was released and it just auto updates all the time. Not sure which version I am on (b7 or RC)

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If it is latest then beta7, there is no RC on ftp or servers, but You are right, they should add info about beta/rc versions as well!

The idea of the beta is that it should replicate the live version of Firefox as closely as possible - i.e. it shouldn't report itself as being a beta.

However, yeah, it's a little confusing. I think they do have some plans to help in that area, but I don't recall specifics.

Their site is getting hammered right now. Will have to check it out later. Funny because I just switched from FF4 to FF5 beta 7 last night, then see this. I was quite shocked though to go into the nightly though and see Alpha 7. I really hate to say this, but I feel like they are getting too weird with their releases. Used to be a new version every year or less or so and now, they are working on three versions at the same time. Very confusing to me. :wacko: Sort of to the point of "Should I just go to Version 6 and wait for 7, or go to 5 and wait for 7, or maybe it is 6?"

To extend bogas04's description - it's not that dissimilar to Chrome: there's a nightly channel [7], an Aurora channel [6], a beta channel [5] and a live release [4]. Every six weeks, they move along a step.

I'm on Aurora, where they stabilize the nightly by fixing any major issues and disable unfinished stuff. Beta is essentially an extended release candidate stage.

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From now on , No new "Meet Firefox XYZ" threads would be created , the discussion would continue at Meet Firefox Next for all builds/aurora etc , and the Final version thread would go to back page news, like this one .

Please continue further discussion about Firefox development at Meet Firefox Next thread

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From now on , No new "Meet Firefox XYZ" threads would be created , the discussion would continue at Meet Firefox Next for all builds/aurora etc , and the Final version thread would go to back page news, like this one .

Please continue further discussion about Firefox development at Meet Firefox Next thread

And you became a Moderator when? :rolleyes:

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bogas04

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And you became a Moderator when? :rolleyes:

I ain't okay , but this is what was decided back when ff4 was released , otherwise neowin would be full of Meet firefox 6 ,7 ,8 etc threads. Plus the backpage news threads... To avoid such clutter and keep the discussion intact to one center , we decided not to create separate threads. After all firefox matters , not the version numbers (considering the new release methodology)

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bogas04

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it's still not officially out. Not on firefox.com or through checking updates. Wait till Tuesday the 21st everyone. This might not be the final build if a problem crops up.

its in releases ftp server , most probably the final version , they are just doing final checkups etc

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Hi guys. Haven't been here for a some time. I haven't followed the evolution of Firefox 5 (got bored after following the very long one of 4 :) ).

I've just installed FF5 and noticed that my code witch made tabs slimmer isn't working any more. Any idea how to fix this ? Here's the code:

.tabbrowser-tab, .tabs-newtab-button {
   -moz-border-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/tabbrowser/tab.png") 4 3 2 3 / 4px 3px 2px 3px repeat stretch !important;
}

Thanks!

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Hi guys. Haven't been here for a some time. I haven't followed the evolution of Firefox 5 (got bored after following the very long one of 4 :) ).

I've just installed FF5 and noticed that my code witch made tabs slimmer isn't working any more. Any idea how to fix this ? Here's the code:

.tabbrowser-tab, .tabs-newtab-button {
   -moz-border-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/tabbrowser/tab.png") 4 3 2 3 / 4px 3px 2px 3px repeat stretch !important;
}

Thanks!

try

 .tabbrowser-tab, .tabs-newtab-button {
  padding: 0px 2px 2px 2px !important;
 }

adjusting the first and the third pixel value!

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