Comments on: Mozilla now serving Firefox updates’ betas

By: Alok

Alok — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:39:18 +0000

Well You can directly download this version from the mozilla ftp site http://ftp.mozilla.org. Thanks for this tip.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:00:17 +0000

Thanks for the instructions on changing the update channel, worked perfectly, and great to have. I also tried changing the about:config preference, but it did nothing. WHY is the about:config pref disabled? This seems like an Fx bug on its own!

By: David Naylor

David Naylor — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:14:09 +0000

I’ve got 2.0.0.3rc1 and it works great. They have fixed the bug with the saved passwords. With 2.0.0.2, if you had several logins at a site, Firefox wouldn’t fill in your password after choosing user name.

By: Percy Cabello

Percy Cabello — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:45:52 +0000

John, from the post:
“these updates were not as thoroughly tested as releases”

The change is that now updates (like main releases) benefit as well of a larger beta user base. Updates were not pushed until final before, not even for beta users.

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:15:09 +0000

Thanks for the instructions. I was trying to do it from about:config, but that did not work.

By: John Silvestri

John Silvestri — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:03:18 +0000

…or you could use the Update Channel Selector extension:
http://www.oxymoronical.com/web/firefox/updatechannel

Personally, I don’t get the whole buzzword bingo of the recent announcement, as I think this is pretty much how it always worked if you had the channel set to ‘beta.’ I could be wrong, but it just seems like spin on that idea.