Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 pre-release version available for download

[CadCrazy]

Here is the first taste of Firefox 3.0 Beta 5. Mozilla has made available for download a pre-release version of the next development milestone of its open source browser. According to the official Release Tracking & Schedule from Mozilla, the Release Candidates of Firefox 3.0 beta 5 have started being built on March 25. Following the code-freeze stage, Mozilla is now handing over to testers the pre-release builds of Firefox 3.0 Beta 5, with the final beta just around the corner by the end of the month.

"The upcoming Firefox 3 Beta 5 will include five new languages — Afrikaans, Indonesian, Mongolian, Norwegian nynorsk, and Serbian. Any help you can provide towards reviewing and testing these new localizations would be much appreciated. They will be available for download from the "all-beta download page" for Firefox 3 Beta 5," Mozilla revealed.

Upcoming is about all that the Corporation is ready to say about the delivery of Firefox 3.0 Beta 5. The open-source browser was deemed ready for the general users as early as Beta 4, with Mozilla pointing to the end of June for the finalization of Firefox 3.0. And by the time, Mozilla will wrap up Firefox 3.0, Microsoft would just reach Beta 2 phase with the development of Internet Explorer 8. As early as March 19, Mozilla also debuted the Extend Firefox 3.0 global developer contest focused on building new Add-ons for the upcoming browser.

"As we near the release of Firefox 3, the AMO team would like to share the plan for supported application maxVersions for Firefox add-ons and themes. The current supported maxVersion is "3.0b5pre". Once Firefox 3 Beta 5 is released, "3.0b5? will be added to the list and in order to support nightly builds, "3.0pre" will be added to the list as well. Upon release of the first release candidate (RC) of Firefox 3, we will add "3.0.*" as a supported maxVersion. A list of supported Firefox versions is constantly maintained on AMO. As a reminder, please test your add-on, extension or theme before claiming compatibility," Mozilla advised.

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 RC is available for download here.

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[praka123]

already on 3.0pre

[abhinandh]

Originally Posted by praka123

already on 3.0pre

Thats fast.

I too will move to it tomorrow morning. (Arch linux ate up my monthly bandwidth limit )

[praka123]

^^arey...you just have to press update button,that's all I have installed a local version in /usr/local directory

[nitish_mythology]

Good news for all Firefox fans out here....
I m updating soon.

[Voldy]

thanks

[ThinkFree]

Thanks for the news

[Krazy_About_Technology]

But the download link for beta 5 is not working on Softpedia

[praka123]

U r warned!daily updates!
Here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o.../latest-trunk/

[CadCrazy]

Firefox 3 beta 5 final is now available for download

[dr_jimit]

Thanks 4 link cadcrazy

[ax3]

thanx 4 info ..... update button pressing time ......

[DigitalDude]

Firefox 3 beta 5 portable edition available - safest way to try out FF3b5

Those folks at PortableApps are getting faster and faster. Just a few hours after Firefox 3 beta 5 was released, the portable version was available for download. Actually, it might have been available immediately, but we didn't think to look for it until a few hours had passed.

What exactly is a portable app? Well, in Windows, it basically means a version of an application that doesn't need to be installed to a particular folder, doesn't need to write entries to the Windows registry, and typically doesn't show up in the Add/Remove dialog. So you can install portable applications to a USB flash drive and take them with you to use on any computer.

But you can also install a portable application like Firefox 3 beta 5 portable edition to any folder on your hard drive. Why would you want to do that? Because then you can try out the latest test version of Firefox without overwriting any of your Firefox 2 settings. The down side is that Firefox portable edition will not import any of your Firefox 2 settings automatically. But you can use programs like the Firefox Environment Backup Extension to copy some of your settings.

Link: http://portableapps.com/apps/interne..._portable/test

Source: Download Squad


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