updates Meet the browser: Firefox Next

[remixedcat]

Have a look folks!

http://mozillalabs.com/prospector/2011/05/20/lesschrome-hd-more-space-to-browse/

umm I like seeing my URLs at the top.

[vasa1]

And when that happens, everything will clear up. All will be put in a logical, normal ( ala Chrome ) order. It was the beginning that made the situation for everyone a little bit confusing.

Agreed. But even with Chrome it does happen that the stable and betas are the same for a few days just after the stable is released.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Agreed. But even with Chrome it does happen that the stable and betas are the same for a few days just after the stable is released.

true enough

[Azies]

I want flash to die.

:< Not before Zynga ports it's Facebook games to HTML5, but knowing how poorly they are at programming flash games, I doubt it'll be anytime soon.

[vasa1]

I'm taking the risk of posting a chunk from here (http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/7a40ffba0b6f323d#) in the hope it might reduce confusion:

All:

The "war room" for the mozilla-central to mozilla-aurora source code migration[1] will take place tomorrow. If you are interested in the source code migration mechanics feel free to listen in / stop by.

We'll be following https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Merge_Checklist and http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://mozilla.github.com/process-releases/draft/development_specifics/%23branching as closely as possible.

Please remember the source migration date may be different than the date an update is offered to channel users (see http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://blog.mozilla.com/channels/2011/05/11/merge-dates-vs-release-dates/)

Edit: fixed links, I hope

[Kirkburn]

vasa1, thanks. Exciting fun! I think it's something like another 600 changes since Fx5.

[vasa1]

vasa1, thanks. Exciting fun! I think it's something like another 600 changes since Fx5.

Some people feel that there's a rush to get things in over the last couple of days and that it maybe safer to avoid the next "few" Aurora updates (for those on Aurora) unless one is happy with a "nightly" sort of situation. I'm using Aurora as my regular browser and will update daily. (I have Fx4.01 (portableapps.com, separate profile) as a standby.)

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I can't see much stuff landing on Aurora, in the last few days only a few bug fixes have landed (compared to the nightlies where multiple new features are landing)

[vasa1]

I can't see much stuff landing on Aurora, in the last few days only a few bug fixes have landed (compared to the nightlies where multiple new features are landing)

My post was based on this (http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10835873#p10835873) and a couple of others which I can't remember / track down.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Ahh, I see what he means. He's talking about having a 1-2 day freeze on the nightly trunk before merging to Aurora. Which flies in the face of having the Aurora trunk in the first place (it's for stabilising the code from the nightly branch for a beta release, so why then do the stabilisation on the nightly branch?)

[Kirkburn]

Yeah, don't expect Aurora to be as stable at the start of a cycle as at the end. Obviously since I'm an Aurora user I want it to be stable, but don't have too high an expectation.

It is a bit silly to have a mad rush of landings just before merge, but this is the first time - next time it should hopefully be a little less so. Having said that, just because it's a lot of patches, doesn't mean they risk a lot of instability if they've merged from other stabilized branches.

[vasa1]

I can't see much stuff landing on Aurora, in the last few days only a few bug fixes have landed (compared to the nightlies where multiple new features are landing)

Here's one more:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/bd2616fc3dbba261#

[vasa1]

Here's one more:

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/bd2616fc3dbba261#

Looks like they're going to turn off nightly updates to Aurora for a couple of days.

Bug 659258 - Disable nightly updates until merge to mozilla-aurora has stabilized ?

Not a bad decision, IMO.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Not sure when this started (I know I didn't have the problem days ago), but when using the nightly I don't seem to be able to see Userstyles/Scripts, because when I highlight either on the left navigation pane nothing happens

Firefox just stays on the last shown tab.

Anyone else having this issue?

[Kirkburn]

Not sure when this started (I know I didn't have the problem days ago), but when using the nightly I don't seem to be able to see Userstyles/Scripts, because when I highlight either on the left navigation pane nothing happens

It's a known issue - the addons need to update how they interact. Mentioned here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2206493&start=15 and http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2207555

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

It's a known issue - the addons need to update how they interact. Mentioned here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2206493&start=15 and http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2207555

Thanks, all I needed to know is it's a documented issue and not a problem my side.

[Kirkburn]

Thanks, all I needed to know is it's a documented issue and not a problem my side.

Well, those links do mention a sort-of workaround :) Doesn't sound like a big fix for the authors though, fortunately.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Just as a heads-up: The nightly builds are now on version 7.0a1, which leads to incompatible add-ons.

Solution: Go to about:config and create a new boolean value:

extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly

Set it to false and you're set.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Just as a heads-up: The nightly builds are now on version 7.0a1, which leads to incompatible add-ons.

Solution: Go to about:config and create a new boolean value:

extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly

Set it to false and you're set.

Thanks (Y)

By the way is this url bar change something to do with nightly?

The arrows pointing towards a url when typying? It's incredibly annoying as when I hit enter it doesn't search google for just the word I'm typing but puts the whole url in

Hitting enter on neow puts this into google search

neow >> https://www.neowin.net/forum/

I'm running the omnibar extension, however it's not received any updates for a month or so.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

So no Tab animation after all in Mozilla Firefox 6.... :no: :no:

[CGar]

Thanks (Y)

By the way is this url bar change something to do with nightly?

The arrows pointing towards a url when typying? It's incredibly annoying as when I hit enter it doesn't search google for just the word I'm typing but puts the whole url in

Hitting enter on neow puts this into google search

I'm running the omnibar extension, however it's not received any updates for a month or so.

According to the MozillaZine forums, they added the AutoFill feature.

I'm not a big fan of it either, to disable it, set the following key to false: browser.urlbar.autoFill

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

According to the MozillaZine forums, they added the AutoFill feature.

I'm not a big fan of it either, to disable it, set the following key to false: browser.urlbar.autoFill

Thank you (Y)

[grayscale]

I have autofill but do not have the arrows :/

[Guest]

I noticed autofill, finally! Like IE9 and Chrome.

[grayscale]

So no Tab animation after all in Mozilla Firefox 6.... :no: :no:

Why is such a deal breaker, if I may ask?