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Confirming the new development process for new versions of its flagship browser, Mozilla has released the first beta of Firefox 5. At the same time, the aurora channel has also been made official to test the next version of the browser (in this case beta 2). |
At first glance, there are not many changes on an aesthetic level. The tabs are still at the top, the status bar is still absent, and the menus are displayed just as you can see in version 4.0.x. The changes have really been made internally. So if you usually enter pages like gmail, or others that make intensive use of the JavaScript engine, you will notice the difference.
As a list to highlight the improvements:
- Added improvements in CSS animation support.
- The "Do Not Track" feature has been moved to make it easier to see (now you can see it in Options / Privacy).
- Improvements in canvas, JavaScript, memory and network performance.
- Better support for HTML5, XHR, MathML and SMIL
- Changes in the spell checking of some languages.
- Better integration with Linux.
- Added support to facilitate switching between development channels (accessible from the "About ..." menu)
In theory, the final version will be for the end of June (it is said that for the 24th as a tentative date), showing an unprecedented agility for what we were used to, but which confirms the new way of working.
Keep in mind that despite its stability and good performance, it is a development version and everything can fail. It is remembered as always, that this type of version is for testing and for those users interested in collaborating with the development.
However, if you are risky, express your opinion with the "Opinion" button on the toolbar, or report bugs in bugzilla. And if you like challenges, try switching development channels from within the same browser. You have a SUMO article that explains it very easily.
Installation on Ubuntu
I opened a terminal and wrote:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa: mozillateam / firefox-next
sudo apt-get update
Through this repository, Firefox 4 is updated to Firefox 5 using the semi-official PPA packages, because they are not stable. If we do not have Firefox installed, we must install it with:
sudo apt-get install firefox
In the case that you have Firefox 4, to update only enough with:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Installation on Arch Linux
yaourt -S firefox-beta-bin
or, to install the Aurora channel version
yaourt -S firefox-aurora
Installation on other distros
In case Firefox 5 is not available in the repositories of your favorite distro, you can always download the binaries.
Sources: Hispanic Mozilla & Soft-Free
I removed it after 5 minutes.
Most of my plugins do not work with this version.
I prefer to wait some time, since 4.01 suits me well with everything I need.
How weird because supposedly all the extensions are compatible with those of version 4.
A hug! Paul.
the comment has nothing to do with firefox, but Arch Linux is making me curious ... so yaourt is the equivalent of zypper or apt-get right?
Hi Marce! No, the equivalent of aptitude or apt in Arch is called pacman. The yaourt is to install from the AUR repositories, which would be something like PPA repositories from which to download everything that is not yet in the official repositories. However, the difference is that instead of packages there are installation scripts. It seems kind of complicated but once you grab his hand it is bullshit. What is going to "cost you the most" with Arch is the installation, but there is an excellent Wiki, which is also entirely in Spanish. https://wiki.archlinux.org/
A big hug and consult anything ... there is no drama.
Pablo.