ad!k1337 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Wow, a candidate for a Beta :rolleyes: When are they going to release the candidate to the candidate of the Beta? :laugh: Troll alert !!! :lmao: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593346622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 Wow, a candidate for a Beta :rolleyes: When are they going to release the candidate to the candidate of the Beta? :laugh: Code Freeze: 11/04 Builds Start: 11/04 QA: 11/04 - 11/09 (estimate) Smoketests and BFTs using Mozmill: (1 person) Manual smoketests, BFT areas, and Other OS Spot Checks: 11/04-11/09 (3 people) Testday: 11/05 (3 people monitoring) Accessibility: On-going (1 person) Top Sites Functionality and Page Load Testing: Before 11/09 (1 people) Updates checks: Before 11/09 (1 person) Manual spot checks as necessary Seems like tuesday is the day (in Indian system , it would be called 9/11) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593346632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 After seeing this , i think why are we still using flash? Try scrolling while its playing , its like , plain text! Worth a try! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593346646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Looks like beta 8 will be quite a while away, 84 blockers for it: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2.0:beta8+ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593347164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 Looks like beta 8 will be quite a while away, 84 blockers for it: https://bugzilla.moz...cking2.0:beta8+ Fennec Beta 2 is out , and beta 7 is done , so they can work on beta 8 easily now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593347168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmax Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Firefox 4.0b8pre 0/11/2010 V8 - 3421 Sunspider 0.9.1 - 253.7ms +/- 6.6% Kraken - 6801.7ms +/- 0.7% Seems to get better :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593347292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwod Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Although i have been using Minefield on my very old Office PC and only Beta 6 on my home PC. Beta 7 makes using Firefox on my Home PC enjoyable again. For now, the speed difference is no longer substantial between Firefox and Opera / Chrome. Page Rendering and JS are still little slower. But i cant live with that, for all the great extensions and awesome bar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593347350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowanvista Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Beta 7 still not released Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593347460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Beta 7 still not released No, it's not. The schedule was already posted a few posts back. Wait until approx Tuesday, or risk installing the build1 candidate. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593348780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahbmwM5 Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Hello, As I just D/L and installed the FF4.0b7 RC1 build, but was curious as I wanted to update my sig @mozillaZine Forums--->it use to be: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6 However now when I go to help--->About Uploaded with ImageShack.us Any ideas where a 'string would be'...? lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593348892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Any ideas where a 'string would be'...? lol It's stupid that they removed the string from the about box, but you can still see it by typing about: in the urlbar. Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101106 Firefox/4.0b8pre Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593348916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahbmwM5 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 It's stupid that they removed the string from the about box, but you can still see it by typing about: in the urlbar. Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b8pre) Gecko/20101106 Firefox/4.0b8pre Thanks crispkreme...:) It was getting me kind of annoyed on this nice Saturday afternoon...lol! I could not find it anywhere... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593348932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Note: the build strings in main releases (beta, final) will always show Gecko/20100101 now, to avoid 'fingerprinting'. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593349254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahbmwM5 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Note: the build strings in main releases (beta, final) will always show Gecko/20100101 now, to avoid 'fingerprinting'. You answered my next question...lol As I was wondering why the Beta 4.0 builds showed Gecko/20100101, with (IIRC) Beta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.. Thanks Kirkburn Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593349356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 7, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2010 Note: the build strings in main releases (beta, final) will always show Gecko/20100101 now, to avoid 'fingerprinting'. People were using it as a version identifier for some strange reason, random sites would break every year since they didn't expect the year increase of nightly builds and such. By freezing it on a set date, they'll force those people to either update their code, or make it never have an issue again (unless they then remove the fake date which I think is the general plan) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593349442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 People were using it as a version identifier for some strange reason, random sites would break every year since they didn't expect the year increase of nightly builds and such. By freezing it on a set date, they'll force those people to either update their code, or make it never have an issue again (unless they then remove the fake date which I think is the general plan) hmm shouldn't they just do it in one go rather than risking two potential breakages? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593349558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 7, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 7, 2010 I think it's a transition thing, but it might end up never being removed (They've just removed the "strong encryption" flag back from the Netscape 4 era) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593349584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 More info on the UA changes here: http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/final-user-agent-string-for-firefox-4/ The fingerprinting was also a security issue I believe - it lets you target people with acccurate security-related information. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593350072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkid25 Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Edit: Wrong thread. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593351392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisdoland Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I think they should remove the string SOOoon! I hear it's really unhealthy to leave it in along time. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593353910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispkreme Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Taken from buildnotes page. Here is what is left to be done before beta 7. Final checks before push Virus check Update Bouncer Push to mirrors Wait for email from driver before continuing Final verify Push snippets to beta channel Remove index.html files Release Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593355986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flexkeyboard Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 It has been almost two months since the last Beta. Very excited for this beta 7. Can't wait! :cool: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593356014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 9, 2010 Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2010 Will Beta 7 be the first one with JaegerMonkey? I've been using the nightlies so I haven't kept track of the milestones that well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593356040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock86 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Beta 7 still not released Wednesday ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593356054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero_Alchemist Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Will Beta 7 be the first one with JaegerMonkey? I've been using the nightlies so I haven't kept track of the milestones that well. Yup.. if no blockers are found. Beta 7 should be released within the next couple of days. looking forward to beta 7 myself. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/page/121/#findComment-593356060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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