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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.

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

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:

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)

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

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!

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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