How to find and test pre-release versions of Firefox, safely and enjoyably.

1. Testing baby foxes. Dietrich Ayala, Mozilla

2. Help us help you.
Try out pre-release versions of Firefox.
Blog, tweet, chat about your experiences.
Report bugs.

3. Constant flux.
Massive codebase.
Unintended consequences.
Testing localized builds.

4. Hold up.
This software
can bite.
Backup your data.
Back it up again.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/profiles

5. Branch Nightlies
Stable. Mostly.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nig
htly/latest-firefox-3.6.x/

6. Alphas, Betas
https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-
beta.html

7. Trunk Nightlies
Living dangerously.
http://nightly.mozilla.org/

8. Updating
Windows: Help/Check for Updates
Mac: Firefox/Check for Updates
Linux: Help/About Firefox

9. Foxes and foxes.
Windows: Install to a different directory.
Mac: Rename the .app file.
Linux: Install to a different directory.

10. Profiles: Gotta manage 'em all!
-profilemanager on the command line
Profile Manager
http://people.mozilla.org/~jgriffin/profilemanager/

11. Safety Dance
Backup with Dropbox, Time Machine, etc.
Firefox Sync, new in Firefox 4 (Weave add-on)
Copy profiles to back up

12. Uh-oh.
Windows: Feedback button
Mac, Linux: Help/Submit Feedback
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org
Blog it, tweet it (#firefox)

13. Thanks!
@dietrich on Twitter.
dietrich@mozilla.com
http://flavors.me/da
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