firefox 1.0.1 candidate builds

Well, we're there -- or nearly there. We're basically at code complete for our Firefox 1.0.1 update. The candidate builds are available for testing at ftp and if all goes well with our last minute testing, we'll be making these available as Firefox 1.0.1 sometime tomorrow afternoon.

We're still working on some with the application update infrastructure and the installer so for the first few days, we'll only be offering the release via full download at the website and then turning on the automatic update system hopefully sometime next week.

If you're interested in trying out these candidate bits, please download them and report back here if you find any problems. If you're a nightly build user, do not install on top of your current build. You'll likely experience problems, so uninstall first or install the candidate build to a new directory. If you're a 1.0 user, please do install on top of your current build -- that should work just fine.

This release is a security and stability update for 1.0.1 and does not contain significant new features. If you'd like to help us with testing, please look into the areas Jesse mentioned in the previous post, IDN, downloading, the lock icon in the status bar and address bar, autocomplete, XPI installation, the ways web applications can open and manipulate windows. I'm also interested in feedback on extensions, profiles, or any other areas that might be impcated by an upgrade.

update: We also have localized 1.0.1 candidate builds if you'd like to test those. You can get them here. Thanks to everyone that's been helping test these builds!

Posted by asa at February 23, 2005 01:36 PM