Firefox's massive overhaul moves to beta

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  1. ronjor

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    Mozilla enables W^X in Firefox 46 to improve security

     
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    You won't notice a decrease between 1% and less than 4% (depending on which benchmark is used) at all.
     
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    headline: Mozilla drops W^X again - Rasheed187 spoke
     
  5. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 44 Beta 6 released January 5, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 44.0b6.exe (243 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page now downloads 44.0b6.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    If it was only this easy. :D

    But seriously, FF is already not known for pure speed, so I wonder how much safer FF will become by implementing this? Is it only 10%, then it's not really worth it IMO. Of course the upcoming sandbox will make FF a lot safer, the question is if it will become even more resource hungry.
     
  7. Brummelchen

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    follow the white rabbit links and start reading please. your view is thankfully only one side of the coin ;)
     
  8. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 44 Beta 7 released January 8, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 44.0b7.exe (243 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page downloads 44.0b7.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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  9. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 44 Beta 8 released January 12, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 44.0b8.exe (243 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page now downloads 44.0b8.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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  10. Brummelchen

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    running fine on x86 and x64 with a full featured profile.
     
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    after deprecating full themes only a matter of time, wenn light themes (personas) will become deprecated.
    End 2016/beginning 2017 is the next step for deprecating extensions also, so no random happening.
    deprecating starts with firefox 48 middle of 2016, 6 months after the next step and finally end of 2017 complete kick off XUL.
    welcome webextensions!
     
  13. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 44 Beta 9 released January 15, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 44.0b9.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page downloads 44.0b9.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    Interestingly I cannot get firefox (cyberfox) to run now in low integrity mode now. It cannot read the profile (yes I set the profile data to low integrity also) very odd.
    Reduced integrity would only lock out write access to higher integrity folders, but when in low integrity mode it cannot even read the profile data.
     
  15. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 1 released January 28, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b1.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page downloads 45.0b1.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.

    Release Notes.
    System Requirements.

    Also, Firefox 45 for Developers.
    Firefox 45 Site Compatibility.
     
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  16. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 2 released February 2, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b2.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page now downloads 45.0b2.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 3 released February 5, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button now downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b3.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page now downloads 45.0b3.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 4 released February 9, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b4.exe (237 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page downloads 45.0b4.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 5 released February 12, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b5.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page now downloads 45.0b5.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions.
     
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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 6 released February 16, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b6.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page still downloads 45.0b5.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions @ time of post.
     
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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 8 released February 22, 2016. Available via Internal Updater. CAUTION**

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b8.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page still downloads 45.0b5.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions @ time of post.

    ** I have updated my Portable Apps version from 45.0b6 to 45.0b8. Both the plugin-container.exe, and 2 instances of FlashPlayerPlugin.exe DO NOT go away after a few seconds. If you close 45.0b8, and try to open it, you'll see a Firefox Already Running warning prompt.

    There's something wrong with this Beta 8 version, and perhaps the reason why Beta 7 was skipped. Hope someone else can test and report!
     
  22. JRViejo

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    No need to test. Firefox 45 Beta 8 update has been disabled due to this bug:

    Bug 1248489 - crash in mozalloc_abort | NS_DebugBreak | nsDebugImpl::Abort (with abort message chrome://browser/content/sanitize.js) and Firefox no longer responding on startup

    Mozilla is working on Firefox 45 Beta 9 to correct issue.
     
  23. JRViejo

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    FYI. Firefox 45 Beta 9 released February 24, 2016. Available via Internal Updater.

    The Firefox Beta page's Free Download button downloads Firefox Setup Stub 45.0b9.exe (236 KB).

    The Download Firefox Beta in your language page still downloads 45.0b5.exe's 32-bit & 64-bit versions @ time of post.

    NOTE: This version fixes the shutdown hang issue.
     
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