- #What is my current version of firefox install#
- #What is my current version of firefox update#
- #What is my current version of firefox manual#
- #What is my current version of firefox upgrade#
#What is my current version of firefox upgrade#
The ubuntu-mozilla-daily ppa also upgrade your default Firefox installation with the latest testing version of Firefox 3.x and other Mozilla applications.
#What is my current version of firefox install#
To install from ubuntu-mozilla-daily on Karmic, Lucid or Maverick, run the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppaįor additional info about PPA repositories see What are PPAs and how do I use them?.
#What is my current version of firefox update#
You need to add one of those ppa repositories to your sources list, then update and install Firefox 4. Method #3 - Installing from PPA repositoriesįirefox 4 is currently available through ubuntu-mozilla-daily PPA repository (semi-official) and SilverWave PPA repository (non-official). This method will only be available to 32bit users, after the release of the final version of Firefox 4. There are also additional steps on that tutorial if you want to make it fully compatible with plugins. Basically, you will extract the downloaded file to your /home directory or the /opt and execute the firefox file inside it. If you prefer to do it manually, then follow the instructions of method #1 from the Installing Other Versions tutorial. Although this extension is not intended for upgrading Firefox, it also allows to make any version installation permanent. Everything is done through Firefox context menu, without typing commands or even closing Firefox. It allows you to install any number of different Firefox versions, without interfering with your default installation and user profile. The easiest way to install Firefox 4 downloaded from Mozilla is to use my extension FoxTester.
#What is my current version of firefox manual#
Method #1 - Manual Download & Installationįirst you need to download it form Mozilla : Since it is still a Beta release and there are some radical changes in this version, is recommended that you install it side-by-side with the default version and use a different user profile, in order to avoid data loss. I recommend the manual installation method, since depending on the PPA you choose, you will also update Firefox 3.6 and other Mozilla products. Pick one and stick with it or revert the changes before trying a different one. So I will post here only the relevant information regarding Firefox 4. Google’s backup plan is to use a flag to freeze the major version at 99, and Microsoft hasn’t detailed a backup plan as far as we can tell.There are several methods of installing a non-default version of Firefox, that are covered by my tutorial Installing Other Versions, which has detailed explanations and method comparisons. Mozilla says it will either hot fix broken websites or temporarily freeze Firefox’s major version at 99 if breakages are widespread and unmanageable. There are also plans in place if there are widespread issues. Developers can enable a special flag in current versions of Chrome, Edge, and Firefox to make the browsers report as version 100 and aid in testing sites. While there are concerns around some websites breaking, a lot of hard work has been going on behind the scenes - much like what happened to avoid major headaches with the Y2K bug 22 years ago - to make the transition to version 100 go smoothly.
Much like the infamous Y2K bug that made the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900 for some computers, browsers have different formats for user-agent strings, and “it’s possible that some parsing libraries may have hard-coded assumptions or bugs that don’t take into account three-digit major version numbers.” “When browsers first reached version 10 a little over 12 years ago, many issues were discovered with User-Agent parsing libraries as the major version number went from one digit to two,” explains a team of web developers in a Mozilla blog. The work behind the scenes is like the Y2K bug
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