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style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Once
again, warm greetings to all of our great community testers - you are
our most valuable resource. We now have a *Firefox 4 Beta 5 candidate*
available for testing. Note that this build is a development build and
is intended for pre-release testing. We would like your help in testing
the build and identifying any possible regressions or issues. You can
read all about the release here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/</a>
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*What to Test/Where to Get Builds: *
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*Please see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html</a>
- there are direct links to the builds on that page.
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Please hammer on these builds mercilessly to make sure that things work
well!
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Read the Release Notes
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* Please also make sure to read the <a
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0b5/releasenotes/">Release
Notes</a>
which detail the known issues and describe the complete list of changes
in this version. <b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>Mac
users<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> may want to pay particular
note to the following bugs since they were not present in Beta 4:
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** Mouse/keyboard events sent to plugin while in background tab, in
Cocoa event mode - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592563">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592563</a>
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** Screen artifacts scrolling, and switching tabs from, pages
containing
(Flash) plugins - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592453">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592453</a>
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*Some cool things to try:
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** Windows 7 Users only: Try out the sites listed at the
bottom of this page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/Direct2DDemo">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/Direct2DDemo</a>
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** Try out Firefox Panorama!
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** Try out Firefox Sync!
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** Try out the Feedback button!
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** Make sure to go to Mozilla Plugin Check <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/"><http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/></a>
to verify you are running the latest version of Flash and other
plugins.
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*How to Report Feedback:*
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(1) File a bug in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/</a>.
*Note in the comment if it is a regression from a previous release.
Things to remember when filing a bug:
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(a) Always include the Build ID that you tested on. If you type about:
in the URL bar, this will give you the Build ID.
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(b) Always include clear Steps to Reproduce the bug
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(c) Always check to see if your bug has already been filed. This link
will help: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://tinyurl.com/2465be">http://tinyurl.com/2465be</a>
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(d) Use the <i class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag">/</span>regression<span
class="moz-txt-tag">/</span></i> keyword if it indeed a regression
from a previous release.
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(e) If you happen to crash, please submit your crash information! This
helps us continually improve the product. Please also include the
Breakpad Crash ID in the bug. You can get the crash ID by typing <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:crashes">about:crashes</a>
in the URL bar.
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(f) If you tend to run with lots of extensions, try starting Firefox in
Safe Mode before filing to bug to see if the problem persists. Info
about safe mode is here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode">http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode</a>
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(2) If you don't wish to file a bug, report issues through the Firefox
Feedback button, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://feedback.mozilla.org">http://feedback.mozilla.org</a> or
through the mozilla.feedback.firefox.prerelease newsgroup (also
available on Google Groups). However, we prefer bugs as feedback is
easier to track.
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Thanks in advance to all of you for helping test Firefox and making it
the browser of choice for millions of people all over the world!
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marcia, on behalf of
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Team Mozilla QA
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