Closed Bug 417179 Opened 16 years ago Closed 12 years ago

Installer defaults to official install directory for beta releases

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

3.0 Branch
x86
Linux
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: oouc, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [testday-20120615])

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020513 Firefox/3.0b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020513 Firefox/3.0b3

I dl ff 3.0.3b which should have a better name by date eg. ff 20080211.  It tells me I should read the release notes.  I click and get an offer to dl ff 2.0.more nonsense.12.  It does not tell anywhere that I should just give pathname/firefox in order to start it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Just dl the beta and click trying to find out how to start it.
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Actual Results:  
I had to go to google and verify that it started the usual Linux way.

Expected Results:  
When I click I should get information specific to this OS and this release.

I know you are busy but giving one size fits all that does not tell users how to do something is the next worst thing to not making improvements.
Bug 402999 is a windows only bug and was due to the Win32 installer which Linux does not use
Summary: Not fixed for me Bug 402999 – Installer defaults to official install directory for beta releases → Installer defaults to official install directory for beta releases
Version: unspecified → 3.0 Branch
Closing this, don't think this is relevant now with the rapid release cycle.
If you still think this is an issue, please add a new comment with any relevant explanations.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Whiteboard: [testday-20120615]
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