Firefox's massive overhaul moves to beta

Yeah, I don't want to tempt fate though. lol

 

Enter about:buildconfig in the address bar and then click on the "built from" link and it will tell you which version it is. I'm running the beta 5 I just downloaded from Majorgeeks. So far I am liking this version. I didn't expect to. I guess it's better to try something than to just complain that it will be different.

 

OK cheers for the tip. I've just checked again and it says I'm up to date still, although it appears I'm on beta 4. I'll check periodically and see what updates happen. I tend to agree with you about Australis. I originally downloaded the beta because I wanted to see how much had changed from the regular release. After configuring the beta to how I like Fx, including most of the extensions I tend to use, it doesn't seem too different and looks better I believe. I've had no problems or bugs so far either.

 

Let's also mention "explicitly ask" as well, since that is the middle ground that both informs users and assures there are no surprises.

It's certainly possible for someone to be given "make this opt-out" orders by a person above them. Personally, and professionally, I think there are lines that developers should not cross even when ordered to do so. Those above me would know better than to try that on me. If a coworker were pressured to cross a line, I'd be very supportive and try to get yet more coworkers to take a stand as a group. I've never had to do this, I'm pleased to say.

 

Don't ya just hate it when that happens! I think I'll wait to see what happens next.

 

Meanwhile, Aris has been working really hard on Classic Theme Restorer, brand spanking new and already indispensable:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/versions/

 

That site is not Mozilla's: http://www.mozillazine.org/about/

 

Please look at this post: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13451369#p13451369

It lists some of the Australis "features". What concerns me is the section titled "Locked". AFAICT, there are no settings (even in about:config) to unlock the locked items. If you find a way to access settings to unlock locked items, do let me know.

Right now, Aris' CTR does unlock some/most of the locked items but using an extension isn't the same as accessing settings available in a vanilla install.

In short, it would be okay if things were made somewhat inaccessible but Australis has gone beyond that.

 

mine just got updated to Beta version 5, apparently some security issue.

anyway, so far so good.
i had some issues with FX shutting down properly but that only has happened once in the last 3 days.

i like the new look a lot better than the previous version.

 

Apparently the fate of the last non-Australis resort, the ESR version, has already been decided:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/Firefox/ExtendedSupport:Proposal

 

I've just checked the updater and I'm now up to 29.0b5 as well. So far, so good!

 

OK, cheers.

 

Just updated to build 29 0b7 release. Looks good.

 

Do you know if the number of betas is typically fixed? In other words will Firefox v29 be released after beta 7 or 8, etc, or is it open ended? I'm curious as to when v29 with australis is going to hit the street.

 

It is said they will change how "sync" works? Please do that, this "sync" function never worked well, and is ridiculously bad.

 

Cyberfox will not incorporate Australis. This has a few consequences such as using it's own profile folder and needing to use an older version for a limited number of addons:
https://8pecxstudios.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=330

 

Thank you for this! I love Cf and have to admit your post was somewhat disappointing, however, after reading the information in the link my opinion now is that things don't seem so bad! Kind of hard to imagine Cf is a one man show. Months and months ago I asked him If I could donate and he replied he didn't need/want any. Great person!

 

This is wonderful news!

 

Fx 29 ob8 Build1 seems to be going well.

 

It is. I have had no trouble with any of them. Looking forward to the final.