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Mozilla needs a few good beta testers

By Ed Oswald, BetaNews

December 20, 2007, 1:43 PM

The company is looking to reach out to the community of users of its software by building a mailing list of those interested in beta testing software.

Mozilla is currently in the midst of testing out its next release of Firefox, however the company is apparently planning ahead for future products. Testers will be responsible with putting release candidate and developer builds through their paces before shipment.

"Our community is a valuable resource, and we hope to build a network of trusted testers who we can count on to help us make the web experience great for all of our users," quality assurance team member Marcia Knous said.

Those with experience in advanced web development are especially welcome to the program. It should be mentioned that these are not betas per se, but rather developer builds, which mean that problems with these applications could be more troublesome than the average beta.

From the beta call, it appears that Mozilla is attempting to keep the program out of the general everyday tester, mentioning that there are other programs for that.

"There are Bug Days and Test Day events that you can participate in if you are interested in becoming a nightly tester or interested in general testing," Mozilla said in an FAQ.

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By trynow

posted Dec 25, 2007 - 4:59 AM

I am using IE7 but not last beta.Because all softwares knew the original stable one. Not betas known by the other softwares. Stay a few months see results then try it on a Xp Sp1 then try on SP2 installed or SP3. But dont install all XP security fixes later on try it only. Also dont install any software on XP test Xp and browser in a PC thats all. Also use System info programs see whats happenning.You may use freeware security or software monitoring behaviors.

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By Hollywood__

posted Dec 20, 2007 - 4:45 PM

I used Firefox for a while but went back to IE when 7 came along. It always seemed so foriegn to me.

Microsoft basically stole all of Forefox's good ideas and implemented them into thier latest browser like any smart company would do.

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By yountmj

posted Dec 21, 2007 - 1:24 AM

Including a feature or two that I wish Firefox had... such as the Quick Tabs button. I love the way that feature is implemented in Internet Explorer 7.

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By gzt7d8

posted Dec 22, 2007 - 10:44 AM

I agree with you, yountmj. I like the quick tab buttons in IE7 over FF.

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By Skyfrog

posted Dec 20, 2007 - 7:52 PM

Firefox didn't invent tabbed browsing, it's been around for eons. IE7 is an improvement over 6 in most ways (except for the horrible interface) but it's still a pretty crappy browser.

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By mdotwills

posted Dec 20, 2007 - 7:32 PM

"like any smart company would do" - Why do you work for them or something? What a stupid comment.

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By the artist

posted Dec 20, 2007 - 4:03 PM

INDEED! and some fresh coding talent too.

I want to like FF3 but even if i know it's at beta2 out of possibly 7-8, it's slow and has a crawling feel that hmm... i doubt will be repaired. it seems to be profiling that way already, but anyway it feels more mature than FF2 all the way.