I downloaded it (first links worked for me, that might be Gmail's magic in fixing broken links, now if they could fix it when they BREAK links...), installed it, and it worked just fine for me. I had to recombobulate things after I uninstalled it (I run 64-bit, not 32-bit), but nothing horrendous (the helper app needs to have SOME indication that it's Mozilla, I was unprepared for the UAC, and almost didn't let it run, although all it seemed to do was to pin Nightly back on my task bar).<br>
<br>The one nit I saw, was that I had my 64-bit Nightly still running during the installation. The alert that I needed to close Nightly never popped up on top, didn't flash on the taskbar, or even turn it yellow for me to notice. I thought it should be done, and that's when I found the pop up under the installation window. Granted, it's not something that probably even .01% of people are going to run into. So when you give the alert, make it top most. :)<br>
<br>Although I'm not one for these kinds of installation stubs, personally. I think counting on 100% Internet connectivity isn't quite there. I think it will be, but not yet. I installed Windows 7 on this new motherboard, and found myself unable to update because it didn't recognize my Ethernet ports. Luckily I found the DVD for the mobo and got all the drivers installed I needed. Windows 8 (the first OS on the motherboard) curiously didn't have that trouble.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Jason Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsmith@mozilla.com" target="_blank">jsmith@mozilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Nightly Testers,<br>
<br>
See the message below - we need your help testing out the new stub
installer that we just implemented on Nightly! The biggest area of
help I need here is that if you are on Windows, try installing
Firefox Nightly with the link below. If you hit any problems, let me
know.<br>
<br>
If you are interested in helping out test this feature in more
depth, let me know, as I would greatly appreciate the help.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Jason Smith<br>
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<div><span>Hi Mozillians:<br>
<br>
We need your
help! The
growth rate
for desktop</span><span> is</span><span>
</span><span>currently
strong</span><span>, thanks </span><span>in
part </span><span>to</span><span>
recent </span><span>projects</span><span>
like CDN</span>
<span>-supported
downloads</span><span> (</span><span><span><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2012/08/03/dear-mozilla-mirrors-thank-you/%29" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/it/2012/08/03/dear-mozilla-mirrors-thank-you/)</a></span></span><span>. We are now </span><span>testing
a new
improvement: a
stub
installer.</span></div>
<div><span> </span></div>
<div>
<span>For
those of you
who don't
know, a stub
installer is a
tiny piece of
software</span><span> that allows a user to perform a
majority of
the software
download
during the
installation
process</span><span>. </span><span>Our</span><span> new </span><span>stub
installer</span><span>, live in Nightly now, will make </span><span>Firefox</span>
<span>
desktop faster
and easier for
Windows users</span><span> to install</span><span>.</span><span> </span></div>
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<div><span>We know it's going to rock</span><span>,</span><span>
but before we
launch it to
the world we
want to make
sure </span><span>the </span>
<span>Stub
Installe</span><span>r </span><span>provides</span><span> a solid user experience</span><span>.
That's where y</span><span>ou</span><span>
come in.
Please take
three minutes
to try it out
and let us
know what
happens.
Here's how: </span></div>
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<span>Click
this link: </span><span><span><a href="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/firefox-18.0a1.en-US.win32.installer-stub.exe" target="_blank">https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/firefox-18.0a1.en-US.win32.installer-stub.exe</a></span></span><span> (or </span><span><span>
<a href="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/firefox-19.0a1.en-US.win32.installer-stub.exe" target="_blank">https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/firefox-19.0a1.en-US.win32.installer-stub.exe</a></span></span><span> on <span>Monday</span>)</span></li>
<li>Open the
downloaded
installer</li>
<li><span>Continue</span><span> through the installation steps,
and open
Nightly
afterward</span></li>
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<span>If
</span><span>you
run into any
problems</span><span>, please report the bug </span><span>(</span><span><span><a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Installer%29" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Firefox&component=Installer</a></span>)</span><span>, or </span><span>email
<span><a href="mailto:stub-feedback@mozilla.com" target="_blank">stub-feedback@mozilla.com</a></span></span><span>. </span><span>Note
that the
installer is
still in
testing and is
currently
English-only. </span>Thanks!</div>
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<div><span>-Alex Keybl</span></div>
<div><span>Release
Manager</span></div>
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<div><span>P.S. We've
heard some
rumblings on
SUMO about
issues around
Firefox 16
(Beta) with
the TD
Waterhouse and
Ameritrade
websites. If
you have an
account and
can
confirm/deny,
please shoot
us a quick
email at <span><a href="mailto:release-mgmt@mozilla.com" target="_blank">release-mgmt@mozilla.com</a></span>.</span></div>
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