Gran Paradiso nearly ready for general beta!

Hi users of Mozilla browsers,

The Firefox 3.0 is mow on the verge of being launched as a general beta version. QMO beta testing will take it there: http://quality.mozilla.org/mozqa-extension
Yes you can install the mozqa-extension and help quality testing of Firefox, just create a Litmus account, and it does not need geek knowledge nor much of your expensive time to make FF even better.

polonus

Hi malware fighters,

These are the changes in Firefox 3.0 compared to the current version:
http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/trunk-for-firefox-3.html

polonus

Thanx Polonus

In it’s current state, none of the add-ins are compatible… :cry:

Even worse, Uninstalling this version even if installed into a separate folder, totally messes up
your original (current) Firefox installation. :cry:
IMHO, this is definitely not something for the average user. :frowning:

Sorry, I should post this experience of some months ago… It messed all my Firefox installation. I have to restore a backup.

Hi bob3160 & Tech,

This FF 3.0 is only meant for developers, I have a Gran Paradiso version that has the majority of all the exential add-ons there. You cannot do that with the latest nightly build of course, so that one is for testing only and not for the average user as such. I just liked to report what is in the pipeline for all of us.
Future developments so to say, and I like to be where it all happens…

polonus

It might be a good idea to separate the beta updates from the actual final version updates
and clearly mark anything that is beta as “Use at your own risk
This would make things more secure and less dangerous for the average user. :slight_smile:

Hi bob3160,

Firefox 3.0 is not ready for launching, as there are 700 so-called blocking bugs, and only 20% of these can be fixed before the release date: http://techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=10655
So I would take your advice, and wait for it to be gold, but I am still testing my somewhat stabler version: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20061204 GranParadiso/3.0a1. And even analyzing the security of this browser I would let my fingers off the latest nightly builds, but I patch everything in my personal version and I have an extra security folder full of specific Mozilla code.

polonus

To me that means it isn’t ready for release as it would be crazy to release it with a high number of ‘blocking’ bugs. If they do release something to the public that isn’t ready, bug ridden, it is hardly going to Mozilla’s or firefox’s reputation much good.