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To: Ken Adams who wrote (1885)	7/20/2012 10:39:34 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 2471

You where on the regular channel, and did "Help - About Firefox", and updated, or you downloaded an update. If you downloaded the Beta then it would make sense that your on the Beta channel, and I would expect that future updates through the help menu would be beta updates. If you want to move to the regular channel you could just uninstall (leaving your user data if you choose to) and re-install a fresh download from the main channel. If you want to run both forums.mozillazine.org due a custom installation and install in a different folder support.mozilla.org more about channels geek.com

To: Ken Adams who wrote (1885)	7/20/2012 11:23:24 PM
From: sbt48	Respond to of 2471

Hi Ken, Just picked this up re FF 15 Mozilla Releases Test Version of Firefox OS By Chloe Albanesius July 20, 2012 05:33pm EST 0 Comments inShare 0digg Mozilla this week released an early desktop version of Firefox OS that will let developers experience the mobile OS before comes to phones. The builds are available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. "We've been culturally challenged to build up a interested community of testers, but limited to our distribution of builds due to legal contracts," Mozilla's Tony Chung wrote in a blog post. "However, the release engineering team was able to get Daily desktop builds created and published online for anyone to play with." Setup instructions are available on the Gaia/Hacking site. You'll need a Gaia profile to launch the build; without one you might encounter a black screen; more details are in Chung's blog post. "If you're a web developer, you can use these builds to create and test your webApp against," Chung wrote. "If you're looking to help do some testing, these desktop builds will also give you an immediate opportunity to play with and help us write testplans and file bugs. We encourage anyone interested to give the desktop builds a spin." Earlier this month, Mozilla announced that its standalone, mobile operating system - codenamed Boot to Gecko - will be known as Firefox OS, with TCL Communication Technology and ZTE as its first manufacturing partners. The first Firefox OS-powered devices will run a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and are expected to launch in Brazil in early 2013 via Telefónica's Vivo service, Mozilla said. Operators like Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, and Telenor have also committed to offering Firefox OS devices. In other Firefox news, Mozilla this week released a beta version of Firefox 15. The update includes memory improvements via add-ons that deliver a more optimized browsing experience. There's also native PDF support, allowing users to view PDFs within the browser. More details are on the Mozilla blog. Firefox 14 was released earlier this week with a number of security boosts. For more from Chloe, follow her on Twitter @ChloeAlbanesius.