Firefox Aurora/Nightly

Av_Crazy · 17. Apr 2011, 11:15 AM

Any1 using the aurora or nightly builds of firefox 5 ?

bo.elam · 17. Apr 2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Av_Crazy

Any1 using the aurora or nightly builds of firefox 5 ?

Man, we just got the new car, I mean the new browser. I ll try FF5
in a few months.
Let us know how you like it.

Bo

Av_Crazy · 17. Apr 2011, 09:04 PM

Lol..nice answer
even i havent used it yet
wanted to know if any1 is tryin it
will try tomorrow

J_L · 17. Apr 2011, 09:11 PM

Nope, usually not into beta software.

bo.elam · 17. Apr 2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Av_Crazy

Lol..nice answer
even i havent used it yet
wanted to know if any1 is tryin it
will try tomorrow

Let us know, who knows maybe you ll get me
pump up and I ll try it, also.

Bo

deya · 17. Apr 2011, 11:11 PM

I've got Aurora installed, been using it for a while and it seems stable enough. Not many add ons are compatible yet but WOT and AdBlock are working. A quick look through the lists, NoScript and LastPass will work. Personas work.

It installs in a separate folder but uses your settings from FF4, has Aurora on the menu button, but no different to 4 really. It hasn't crashed, pages load ok, some maybe a bit slower. When you open 'about' you can check for updates, you also get an option to switch channels from Aurora to Beta or Release. I've had one small 2MB update so far, which went without a hitch. Everything works fine. It puts the Aurora icon on the desktop, which I think looks better than the Firefox one, never liked that so they could change it forever for me.

I wouldn't be put off from trying it, just depends how much you need the add ons but you can switch back to FF4 and your add ons and stuff are as they were. Aurora is about the same size install as 4, about 30MB.

garth · 18. Apr 2011, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by deya

It puts the Aurora icon on the desktop, which I think looks better than the Firefox one, never liked that so they could change it forever for me.

Any idea what changes Mozilla are making with Aurora/FF5 apart from the icon?

Av_Crazy · 18. Apr 2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by garth

Any idea what changes Mozilla are making with Aurora/FF5 apart from the icon?

Ya even i wanted to ask that... is there any change ?
have installed aurora in my vm but the only difference i can see is the icon

Anupam · 18. Apr 2011, 01:37 PM

Aurora is actually something between the nightly builds and the beta builds. Its supposed to be more stable than the nightly builds, but less stable than the beta ones.

More here :

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/04...apid-releases/

deya · 18. Apr 2011, 02:55 PM

I don't see any real changes with Aurora yet, to be honest, and Bo has pretty much hit the nail on the head with the comment about only just getting FF4. So I don't reckon there'll be any radical changes for a while. I read here about changes to the download manager but that's for FF6.

Since I installed it Aurora has updated, it applied the updates and re started but I don't see a difference. To me it's just FF4 at the moment, with not much add on support. It says on the Future of Firefox page - "Experience the newest innovations in an unstable environment that’s not for the faint of heart" - but I'm not seeing it that way at the moment, Aurora runs fine. Maybe when changes do come that might not be the case though, so I'll just keep trying it and see what happens.

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Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,277	Aurora is actually something between the nightly builds and the beta builds. Its supposed to be more stable than the nightly builds, but less stable than the beta ones. More here : http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/04...apid-releases/ __________________ Anupam

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17. Apr 2011, 09:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,003	Nope, usually not into beta software.

17. Apr 2011, 11:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
deya Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,487	I've got Aurora installed, been using it for a while and it seems stable enough. Not many add ons are compatible yet but WOT and AdBlock are working. A quick look through the lists, NoScript and LastPass will work. Personas work. It installs in a separate folder but uses your settings from FF4, has Aurora on the menu button, but no different to 4 really. It hasn't crashed, pages load ok, some maybe a bit slower. When you open 'about' you can check for updates, you also get an option to switch channels from Aurora to Beta or Release. I've had one small 2MB update so far, which went without a hitch. Everything works fine. It puts the Aurora icon on the desktop, which I think looks better than the Firefox one, never liked that so they could change it forever for me. I wouldn't be put off from trying it, just depends how much you need the add ons but you can switch back to FF4 and your add ons and stuff are as they were. Aurora is about the same size install as 4, about 30MB.

18. Apr 2011, 02:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
deya Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,487	I don't see any real changes with Aurora yet, to be honest, and Bo has pretty much hit the nail on the head with the comment about only just getting FF4. So I don't reckon there'll be any radical changes for a while. I read here about changes to the download manager but that's for FF6. Since I installed it Aurora has updated, it applied the updates and re started but I don't see a difference. To me it's just FF4 at the moment, with not much add on support. It says on the Future of Firefox page - "Experience the newest innovations in an unstable environment that’s not for the faint of heart" - but I'm not seeing it that way at the moment, Aurora runs fine. Maybe when changes do come that might not be the case though, so I'll just keep trying it and see what happens.