It is buried a few folders down from the URL given.
I've given it a go but the Bookmarks sidebar is not actually available, making browsing a pain. Back to the previous version for me.

I love Firefox, but I think I'll hold of for Beta phase to give this a go.

Definately. I can't believe they released it to the public. What was the point to that??

It is a preview for testers I assume.

Lemme know when the browser finally has proper tabbed browsing (like Opera) -.-

Maybe when Opera has fully UI customization (like Firefox).

Maybe when Opera can display all web pages properly and not just Acid2 :)

opera's UI is LOT more customisable compared to FF.
try opera first and later post such comments

what color is the sky on the planet where you live? We all have tried opera and dumped it. Opera's UI is more cusromizable than FF....bwhaaaahahahahahahahaha

Maybe when Opera has support for MS Proxy

Who cares about proper tabbed browsing, what the hell is that even. Around here you'd get your a** kicked for saying something stupid like that.

my human friend, sky is red on my planet.

pleez explain it to me exactly how is ff more customisable.
"bwhaaaahahahahahahahaha" what is meaning of that.
pardon me for bad language(still learning human languages).

I don't use any extensions so I downloaded this new build. So far no crashes. Uses less memory than its predecessors too. Viewing this page alone is 21mb and each new windows is another 1mb much better than before. I used to always be using over 100mb with less than 10 windows/tabs. We finally have close buttons on each individual tab which is definately a big benefit. Looks promising.

Remember - they say on the main page that it's for developer's only. I used to download anything and everything in the past, but FF1.5 is good enough on my system right now, so I can afford to wait for the finished version of 2.0.

If you want to continue using your old profile and test this, your best bet is probably to download PortableFirefox, move your profile over(extensions/skins may break), and then install the alpha.

terminalx . . .

This is the first alpha test build. The likelyhood of any of your extensions from Firefox 1.x
working in this build is somewhere between extremely unlikely and totally non-existant.

There is a high possibility of bugs and crashes though, as you can no doubt imagine.

I downloaded also and have easily gotten all but one of my extensions to work...
No need to uninstall the old ext...Here are 2 ways...
1) go to the ext's authors homepage, and install your ext. THIS TIME check the "override maxversion compatibility checking" button on left side of the installation window then install.
2)if you are a bit more daring... on the authors home page, right click the extension, chose save link. Then go the saved directory and open the ".xpi" with winzip, winrar, 7zip..... look for and extract the "install.rdf" find the line that has the "maxVersion" statement and change the maxVersion from 1.5 to 2.x example 2.5+ then put it back into the ".xpi". Close winrar and open Bon Echo and drag -n- drop the .xpi to a blank area of an open web page and allow the install... then restart Bon Echo.... GOOD LUCK

FROG

why did my firefox extensions stop working though after installing bon echo when they are installed in two different folders? sorry if its a stupid ? but I dont understand why it would

Did you read the documentation?

it's probably reusing the same profile used in your 1.5 installation ... search google for "create new firefox profile"

He admitted he was asking a question that might seem obvious to some people, so I fail to see how your response answers him, considering I did read the documentation and only see what they recommend about it... not an explanation why (which is what he asked).

They changed the way profiles and extensions work in an effort to provide better security and performance is the understanding I have... which means that they're fixing some bugs and adding some new capabilities for developers (which means mostly squat to us as users). FYI, extensions are almost always written to be version-specific, so you'll probably experience this every new release you get. I almost never install a Firefox build within 72 hours of its release, so that extension writers have a chance to release their updates. :)

less innovative compared to opera 9 bp.
im using opera 9bp(as my default browser) without much trouble and im really enjoying bittorrent support and widgets(chess).
im expecting mozilla to introduces as may innovations in their future builds.

I never could use Opera. I like the browser, but it just doesn't seem to work for me.

I still try from time to time, but I just can't get into it..

Do you find it doesn't work as well with IE pages? Java seems to be fine.. but IE gives me the most problems.

at first it was a bit hard for me to get used to it.
few days later i had customised it a lot and it became my default browser.
yes there are some pages that it cannot render properly.eg. windows vista, my yahoo and other work properly with v9.

Firefox 1.5.1 has bugs????????

printing "selection"s comes to mind as something that consistently crashes firefox 1.5.0.1.

I can print selections just fine in Firefox 1.5.0.1. I am using Windows XP x64 Edition and this version of Firefox never crashes.

- Firefox never crashes. -

Famous last words

Strangely, my 1.5.x builds just print blank pages for "Selections". I always have to copy/paste to Word or something to print them. An irritation, but not so much of a hassle to turn tick me off about it. :)

Probably has a very clean system install for now... give him a few months, and I'm sure it will change.

And that would be Firefox's fault, how?

I'm using it now. Not crashed for me, decent for an alpha. Changes (visually) are minmimal and extensions obviously aren't going to work with this version.