Firefox 76 - not available yet to everyone

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Download was blocked for me in Firefox 75 on Windows 10 Pro x64

76 Was released today and I do not have the block.

[AdvancedSetup]

I'm not seeing an update when I check. Don't see an obvious note about 76 either.

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/

Do you have a link for where version 76 is listed?

 

[Porthos]

12 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Do you have a link for where version 76 is listed?

I noticed it on Majorgeeks today and when I was working on a computer today, Patch My PC also installed it as well.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/mozilla_firefox_76.html

Edited May 5, 2020 by Porthos

[AdvancedSetup]

Oh.. I see. It's a beta version. I don't run the beta builds.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/76

 

 

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Oh.. I see. It's a beta version. I don't run the beta builds.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/76

 

 

Does not look beta to me. I do not do betas either. MG usually states beta.

 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by Porthos

[AdvancedSetup]

What is that link?

 

[Porthos]

1 minute ago, AdvancedSetup said:

What is that link?

 

I got it when I clicked release notes in the about Firefox Window.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_campaign=whatsnew

Edited May 5, 2020 by Porthos

[AdvancedSetup]

Doesn't look like Mozilla is / was ready for prime time release. Certainly something odd about how it was offered to you.

When I go to download a new copy to install it is still 75.0 as well

I'm going to split our chat off to a different topic though

 

[Hardhead]

I found this too!

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https://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-760-released-for-download

But nothing here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

I believe it has been released but nothing is showing up yet.

[Porthos]

Guess we will see tomorrow or the next day. Mozilla might be contacting Major geeks a day early. Many time i have noticed they list it a day or two early.

Edited May 5, 2020 by Porthos

[AdvancedSetup]

I believe you it's coming, but just doesn't seem it's quite ready for the masses yet.

 

[pal1000]

First spot where Firefox releases usually appear: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/

I think that's where Majorgeeks and others are finding releases with a fewer hours sooner than official announcement.

This is nothing new. I recall things being like this for many years.

[ky331]

MajorGeeks (and sometimes Neowin) always "jumps the gun" on Firefox by a day.   

FF 76 will be "officially" released later today (Tuesday, 5 May).

[Porthos]

New Release notes since you keep up a topic on this @AdvancedSetup

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_campaign=whatsnew

 

[AdvancedSetup]

Thanks everyone.

I've updated my post too @Porthos

https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/255470-firefox-760-release-now-available/

 

[AdvancedSetup]

From the notes: I'm on the fence about this feature. I find it often annoying as it now takes more effort to close a video window than before. But on the other hand it helps prevent those time where you accidentally close a video window and can't seem to get it back.

Picture-in-Picture allows you to multitask, the small video window following along no matter what you are doing on your computer, across different applications and even workspaces. Now, when you are ready to focus on the video, a double click can take the small window into full screen. Double click again to reduce the size again.