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Here comes the first build of Firefox 4!

14 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/here-comes-the-first-build-of-firefox-4.128870/

NewsBytes
NewsBytes Original post #1
Jun 29, 2010 at 6:32 PM
We have finally, a build of what is to become Firefox 4!
Those who live in the Nightly realm of Mozilla’s Minefield, will notice that the latest update is Minefield4b2. While this is essentially the same as the Firefox 3.7a6 line of code which was building on Gecko 1.9.3 this line was to some day become Firefox 4, and that day is today.
Since the nightly line has already been labeled 4b2 for working on the second beta, you can expect that Firefox 4 beta 1 will be released soon, of...

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topgear
topgear #2
Jun 30, 2010 at 6:29 AM
Get it from here :

For Windows :

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%204.0%20Beta%201.exe

for Linux :

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-4.0b1.tar.bz2

for Linux x64 :

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-4.0b1.tar.bz2

For Mac :

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/mac/en-US/Firefox%204.0%20Beta%201.dmg

For Mac x64 :

ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/mac64/en-US/Firefox%204.0%20Beta%201.dmg

if you are interested here's the source code directory :
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/4.0b1-candidates/build1/source/


Link fixed and added new :p
X
Jun 30, 2010 at 5:02 PM
So.. Impressions?
skeletor
Jun 30, 2010 at 6:05 PM
So.. Impressions?
Huge increase in JavaScript performance.

Here's how it looks in Windows 7: *img37.imageshack.us/img37/888/firefox4.th.jpg
G
Jun 30, 2010 at 8:20 PM
give the link of 64bit win
jkultimate
Jul 1, 2010 at 9:33 PM
is it faster than google chrome??

---------- Post added at 09:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:30 PM ----------

:grin:is it faster than google chrome??
X
Jul 1, 2010 at 9:35 PM
is it faster than google chrome??

Not by a long shot. But now it's half as slow instead of one third. :p
Give it time, more performance improvements are on the way.
topgear
topgear #10
Jul 2, 2010 at 6:47 AM
I think it would be better to wait for the final build - I think it will be quick enough :p
X
xitij2000 #11
Jul 2, 2010 at 6:53 AM
By end of this year I think. Who can wait that long?
Not me! Nightlies it is!
topgear
topgear #12
Jul 7, 2010 at 5:54 AM
Re: FireFox 4 beta 1 ready to download, test & taste.

^^ why posting double thread when one thread regarding this topic has already started :

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/technology-news/128870-here-comes-first-build-firefox-4-a.html

and FF beta build 2 is already out.

so look before creating a new thread - use the search feature and collect latest news as far as possible and avoid creating thread on same topic
skeletor
skeletor #13
Jul 7, 2010 at 7:53 PM
Re: FireFox 4 beta 1 ready to download, test & taste.

Now this is actually the "Beta 1". The previous ones were just nightly builds, I think. Merging the threads anyways.