The Firefox 5 beta is only a month away thanks to Mozilla's speedy new development cycle, but you needn't wait until then to try the new browser.
A new channel called Aurora gives Firefox users an even earlier look at Firefox 5. It's not as stable as the Firefox 5 beta, but it's more reliable than the browser's nightly builds. In that sense, it's kind of like Google Chrome's dev channel.
In a blog post, Mozilla's Christian Legnitto explained that the expectation of quality for Firefox's beta channel is considerably higher than it is for nightly builds. Aurora splits the difference, and allows Mozilla to work on features without creating a backlog of patches for the beta.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/225235/
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A new channel called Aurora gives Firefox users an even earlier look at Firefox 5. It's not as stable as the Firefox 5 beta, but it's more reliable than the browser's nightly builds. In that sense, it's kind of like Google Chrome's dev channel.
In a blog post, Mozilla's Christian Legnitto explained that the expectation of quality for Firefox's beta channel is considerably higher than it is for nightly builds. Aurora splits the difference, and allows Mozilla to work on features without creating a backlog of patches for the beta.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/225235/
