What is Beta like?
I'm currently on the release channel, and I read that Aurora and Nightly are only for users that are capable of fixing bugs, so I don't feel that those are right for me. Beta seems nice though. How is it different from the release?
Zgjidhje e zgjedhur
Do you have any experience with testing software?
It is always possible that things aren't working like they should and in such a case you need to know how to handle such issues.
You should always keep the latest Firefox release version installed and install other development versions alongside to it via a custom install, so you can fall back to the release in case of problems.
Currently the Beta versions are updated twice per week for weeks 2-5 and once a week in week 1 and 6 in the 6 week cycle.
If you want to give it a try:
Do a custom install and install the Beta version in its own program folder to use multiple Firefox versions.
Make sure not to start Firefox after the installation has finished. Create a new profile exclusively for the Firefox Beta version. Create a desktop shortcut with -P "profile" appended to the target to launch each Firefox version with its own profile.
See these mozillaZine KB articles for information:
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_pre-release_versions
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bypassing_the_Profile_Manager
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Zgjidhja e Zgjedhur
Do you have any experience with testing software?
It is always possible that things aren't working like they should and in such a case you need to know how to handle such issues.
You should always keep the latest Firefox release version installed and install other development versions alongside to it via a custom install, so you can fall back to the release in case of problems.
Currently the Beta versions are updated twice per week for weeks 2-5 and once a week in week 1 and 6 in the 6 week cycle.
If you want to give it a try:
Do a custom install and install the Beta version in its own program folder to use multiple Firefox versions.
Make sure not to start Firefox after the installation has finished. Create a new profile exclusively for the Firefox Beta version. Create a desktop shortcut with -P "profile" appended to the target to launch each Firefox version with its own profile.
See these mozillaZine KB articles for information:
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_pre-release_versions
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Shortcut_to_a_specific_profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bypassing_the_Profile_Manager