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Firefox nightly vs regular firefox.. wtf?
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Aug 26, 2004, 01:54 AM
 
So I was doing my usual night browsing and talking to a friend of mine when I snap a screenshot and it happens to have firefox in it.. one of the recent nightlies too ...

He points out something odd.. hey your toolbar is different! I see his and sure enough, his is different.. maybe my nightly is out of date..

Odd, firefox 0.9.3 is out. I didn't think my 0.9.1+ build was that old. I go grab the newest nightly, stick it in my apps folder, and to my confusion.. it's pretty much the same damn thing I had except with an august 25th date.

I go grab the 0.9.3 version and it's marked august 3rd.. but the icons are more apple-esque. I don't really see any other differences, what gives?
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Aug 26, 2004, 09:14 AM
 
Simple answer: It's a nightly...
     
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Aug 26, 2004, 11:05 AM
 
This kind of thing happens in nightlies. They have up-to-the-minute code and interface changes, including things which have not yet been put into a release or even a beta. It's the ultimate in convenience for people who suffer from LAGS (Latest-And-Greatest Syndrome). At the same time, stability can suffer.

Personally, though, I stil pine for the older button-style "icons" myself.
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Aug 26, 2004, 12:58 PM
 
Originally posted by Millennium:
Personally, though, I stil pine for the older button-style "icons" myself.
I used to have the same opinion, but lately I've become accustomed to the new ones.. Atleast they're better than the aqua-styled ones we had a couple of weeks ago.

     
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Aug 26, 2004, 01:05 PM
 
Things change in the nightlies! Shocking!

Actually I like the new Tiger-style bookmarks bar, and the icons themselves aren't bad. Hopefully older versions of Pinstripe will be available as a separately-installable theme at some point.
     
   
 
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