When was firefox 4 released

A flag which shows whether a bug is being investigated for possible resolution in the Firefox XX release. Bugs marked tracking-Firefox XX are bugs that must be resolved one way or another before a particular release ships.

Release drivers will track and shepherd the bug until it is determined the bug no longer impacts the release. Refer to these guidelines on setting the tracking flag.

Please make sure to fill in the populated list of questions [Approval Request Comment] that come up on the attachment. If this form is left incomplete it will be sent back to you for completion.

Once we track a bug for a particular release we will make sure to follow-up on the progress or help with any road blockers till you have a patch nominated for approval. Note: Bugs denied for tracking-Firefox XX are still important. It merely means based on the information we have now,we do not feel the bug would prevent us from shipping a release. The button next to the Profile Directory line in Application Basics will open your profile directory in your system's file explorer.

Please note that if you keep your profile, any version of Firefox that you install after removing Firefox 4 Beta will continue to use the bookmarks, web browsing history, add-ons, and other data from this profile folder. Add-ons installed with previous versions of Firefox may not yet have been updated by their authors to work with this Firefox 4 Beta. If you wish to help test Add-ons, please install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter - your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!

This list covers some of the known problems with Firefox 4 Beta which will be resolved in future versions:. We need help from developers and the testing community to provide as much feedback as possible to make Firefox even better.

Please pick your favorite way to give us your feedback at any time! Extensions and Themes can be downloaded from Firefox Add-ons. Lots of people. A tarball of the Firefox 4 Beta source code is available for download. The latest development code can be obtained through Mercurial.

Firefox-specific source is in mozilla-central's "browser", "toolkit", and "chrome" directories. Please follow the build instructions. Firefox 4 Beta works with whatever mail client is the default on your system.

However, we recommend Mozilla Thunderbird , our next-generation email client and the perfect complement to Firefox. These are unofficial builds and may be configured differently than the official Mozilla builds. You can browse through the available contributed builds on the FTP site. Except where otherwise noted , content on this site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License v3.

Beta version 3: released August 11th, We rely on your feedback to help shape our products, so we've bundled a Feedback Add-On with the Firefox 4 Beta that provides an easy to use Feedback button. Web authors can now get touch events from Firefox users on Windows 7 machines. A new way of representing values in JavaScript that allows Firefox to execute heavy, numeric code used for things like graphics and animations more efficiently.

See the complete changelist from the previous beta. As well as these features from previous Firefox 4 Betas: Tabs are now on top by default on Windows and OSX - Linux will be changing when the theme has been modified to support the change. You can turn any tab into an "App Tab" by right-clicking on it and selecting "Make into App Tab" from the context menu. Web developers can animate content using CSS Transitions. Past branch dates More details on contents of releases can be found in the release notes archive or Wikipedia: Firefox version history.

Notes: Four week schedule starting late Irregular schedule targeting six to eight week intervals, adjusting for holidays, starting Six week schedule from to with some dates delayed to avoid conflicts with holidays.

Firefox 5 was on a slightly different schedule. It spent five weeks each on Aurora and Beta while later releases spent six weeks on each branch. Category : Release Management. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in Request account.