The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 10, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 10, 2011 Aurora is updated weekly, each build ideally getting more stable until the end of the 6 week period, when it becomes a beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurizer Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 To rehash an old issue: are there any plans on Mozilla's part to address extensions compatibility/updates for non-stable Firefox builds, so it's actually feasible to use them as my main browser? I'm interested in bug #527141, in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion and Lamb Ministry Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 lowercase a YEP! that was my problem. EXCELLENTE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czullo Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Firefox: nightly > aurora > beta > release Chrome: canary> DEV > beta > stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1for-matik Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Aurora is updated weekly, each build ideally getting more stable until the end of the 6 week period, when it becomes a beta. Nop, Aurora will be nightly, beta is weekly.nightly Current Users 50,000 Anticipated Users 100,000 Type of User Mozilla developers and power users willing to risk massive instability to see and test the latest fixes Anticipated Update Rate : nightly Branded Not branded as Firefox, uses new "Nightly" icon aurora Current Users 0 Anticipated Users 1 million Type of User Power users willing risk instability to see and test the latest fixes. There are higher stability expectations versus nightly Anticipated Update Rate : nightly Branded Not branded as Firefox, uses new "Aurora" icon beta Current Users 2.78 million Anticipated Users 10 million Type of User Current beta channel users Anticipated Update Rate : weekly (highly dependent on found issues) Branded Branded as Firefox release Current Users 100+ million Anticipated Users 100+ million Type of User Normal Firefox users Anticipated Update Rate : 6-12 weeks Branded Branded as Firefox From this page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted April 10, 2011 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2011 What happens if you switch to "Release" from the most up to date nightly? And how do you get back to "Nightly" if you selected something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 What happens if you switch to "Release" from the most up to date nightly? And how do you get back to "Nightly" if you selected something else? we can change the channel , so we can get back to nightly by changing the channel also , if u choose release , IMO latest stable version will be downloaded , but i think that will lead to complications due to diff profiles etc , so i guess maybe just a link to final version would be given and update process would be manual (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted April 10, 2011 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yeah but someone said "Nightly" won't appear in that menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Yeah but someone said "Nightly" won't appear in that menu? yeah about:config can change the channel anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 IIRC in chrome, if you switch from dev to stable, you won't get any updates until the updates catch up with your current version. Correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 IIRC in chrome, if you switch from dev to stable, you won't get any updates until the updates catch up with your current version. Correct me if I'm wrong. how do you switch o.O u have to download the build separately , and ya , dev updates to dev , canary to canary , and stable to stable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewire1290 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Ok i have done whatever is need to update minefield/latest nightly to aurora but nothings happening . i have FF4 already installed and then i installed minefield.i have two different profile. can some give me a way video tuts to update nightly builds to aurora??? or step by step procedure to update...!!!!!! i also want to know how can i run FF4 and minefield together with different profiles.(step by step procedure will be appreciated). thanx....!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1for-matik Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Ok i have done whatever is need to update minefield/latest nightly to aurora but nothings happening . i have FF4 already installed and then i installed minefield.i have two different profile. can some give me a way video tuts to update nightly builds to aurora??? or step by step procedure to update...!!!!!! i also want to know how can i run FF4 and minefield together with different profiles.(step by step procedure will be appreciated). thanx....!!!!!!!!! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted April 10, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 10, 2011 What happens if you switch to "Release" from the most up to date nightly? And how do you get back to "Nightly" if you selected something else? I think you can switch fro nightly to others, but to get back you have to re-download the nightly installer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted April 10, 2011 Administrators Share Posted April 10, 2011 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. How do i find the profile name, and I need to include the quotes (profile name)? Echofon stopped working so it would be nice to switch between the two (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1for-matik Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 How do i find the profile name, and I need to include the quotes (profile name)? Echofon stopped working so it would be nice to switch between the two (Y) Firefox.exe -p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted April 10, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted April 10, 2011 Anyone know when the beta channel kicks in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1for-matik Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Anyone know when the beta channel kicks in? May 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 10, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted April 10, 2011 here's a thought, could someone put the current release schedule in the OP? most likely just that pic is all that's needed bogas04 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 IIRC in chrome, if you switch from dev to stable, you won't get any updates until the updates catch up with your current version. Correct me if I'm wrong. how do you switch o.O u have to download the build separately , and ya , dev updates to dev , canary to canary , and stable to stable The ability to switch the channels within the browser is one of the things I like about Mozilla, as they are already foreseeing and preparing for the possibility that their builds they push to users can be broken. I would assume switching the channel and then clicking the "apply setting and install" button would immediately download the latest version from the channel you chose. Chrome, on the other hand, requires you to manually install another channel, which creates separate install directories for each and you will have multiple versions of chrome installed at the same time, whereas I would only prefer to have one version installed at any time and switch between aurora, beta, and release channels as needed based on their current stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 The ability to switch the channels within the browser is one of the things I like about Mozilla, as they are already foreseeing and preparing for the possibility that their builds they push to users can be broken. I would assume switching the channel and then clicking the "apply setting and install" button would immediately download the latest version from the channel you chose. Chrome, on the other hand, requires you to manually install another channel, which creates separate install directories for each and you will have multiple versions of chrome installed at the same time, whereas I would only prefer to have one version installed at any time and switch between aurora, beta, and release channels as needed based on their current stability. I also like that firefox now has nice seemless updating, similar to chrome, without using a separate updater process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted April 10, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 10, 2011 without using a separate updater process i don't really now why on earth google did it in that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted April 10, 2011 MVC Share Posted April 10, 2011 Is Mozilla going to bring 64-bit browser? I know browser don`t need 4 GB+ RAM...Just curious, so asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 10, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted April 10, 2011 Is Mozilla going to bring 64-bit browser? I know browser don`t need 4 GB+ RAM...Just curious, so asked. it WAS supposed to be released with version 4, but due to continued instability it was pushed back to version 5 at this point though there's still no telling if it will actually make it into the version 5 release or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Heartripper Subscriber¹ Posted April 10, 2011 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 10, 2011 it WAS supposed to be released with version 4, but due to continued instability it was pushed back to version 5 at this point though there's still no telling if it will actually make it into the version 5 release or not i think mozilla will focus on 64 bit more when 64-bit plugins will be ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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