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I'm frustrated by the amount of versions of the Firefox browser that there are in the play store: five. It's not immediately clear which one is the closest to t

by bzb3 6y ago

I'm frustrated by the amount of versions of the Firefox browser that there are in the play store: five. It's not immediately clear which one is the closest to trunk. Beta? Nightly? Preview? Preview Nightly? (The other one is the stable branch)

EquallyJust 6y ago
It goes Stable -> Beta -> Nightly in terms of closeness to trunk. I believe Preview == Beta and Preview Nightly == Nightly now. The Preview apps are going away since the new interface is releasing soon
- cortesoft 6y ago
  Now I am even more confused
  - Izkata 6y ago
    IIRC, the two "preview" ones are the new Firefox, the other three are the long-existing Firefox. So once the new Firefox replaces the old, the two "preview" apps won't be necessary anymore.
rohan1024 6y ago
You did not mention Firefox Focus!
jml7c5 6y ago
It'll be simpler once the switch to the rewrite (currently called "Firefox Preview") is done. Then presumably we'll just have: "Firefox" / "Firefox beta" / "Firefox nightly for developers" "Firefox Focus"
- input_sh 6y ago
  The private windows in Firefox Preview behaves exactly like Firefox Focus. You can open links by default in a private window in settings. I'm not sure if this means that Focus will be deprecated in favour of Preview, or will it remain a stripped down version of Preview.
  - jlokier 6y ago
    Exactly like? I'm under the impression Firefox Focus on Android uses the native (Chrome) renderer, not the the Gecko engine.
    - input_sh 6y ago
      That was accurate until Focus v6. Since then, Focus switched to GeckoView, which is somehow different than Gecko, though I don't know how.
lucideer 6y ago
Beta & Nightly indicate different versions of the one app Preview on the other hand is the name of a 100% different app (new codebase): it is intended to eventually replace the legacy Firefox app Transitions/migrations can be confusing times
rsanek 6y ago
It's trendy now to have multiple listings for your browser. See other examples: Opera (5): https://play.google.com/store/search?q=opera&c=apps&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/search?q=opera&c=apps&hl=en_US Chrome (4): https://play.google.com/store/search?q=chrome&c=apps&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/search?q=chrome&c=apps&hl=en_U...

by bzb3 6y ago

EquallyJust 6y ago

It goes Stable -> Beta -> Nightly in terms of closeness to trunk. I believe Preview == Beta and Preview Nightly == Nightly now. The Preview apps are going away since the new interface is releasing soon

cortesoft 6y ago
Now I am even more confused
- Izkata 6y ago
  IIRC, the two "preview" ones are the new Firefox, the other three are the long-existing Firefox. So once the new Firefox replaces the old, the two "preview" apps won't be necessary anymore.

rohan1024 6y ago

You did not mention Firefox Focus!

jml7c5 6y ago

It'll be simpler once the switch to the rewrite (currently called "Firefox Preview") is done. Then presumably we'll just have: "Firefox" / "Firefox beta" / "Firefox nightly for developers" "Firefox Focus"

input_sh 6y ago
The private windows in Firefox Preview behaves exactly like Firefox Focus. You can open links by default in a private window in settings. I'm not sure if this means that Focus will be deprecated in favour of Preview, or will it remain a stripped down version of Preview.
- jlokier 6y ago
  Exactly like? I'm under the impression Firefox Focus on Android uses the native (Chrome) renderer, not the the Gecko engine.
  - input_sh 6y ago
    That was accurate until Focus v6. Since then, Focus switched to GeckoView, which is somehow different than Gecko, though I don't know how.

lucideer 6y ago

Beta & Nightly indicate different versions of the one app Preview on the other hand is the name of a 100% different app (new codebase): it is intended to eventually replace the legacy Firefox app Transitions/migrations can be confusing times

rsanek 6y ago

It's trendy now to have multiple listings for your browser. See other examples: Opera (5): https://play.google.com/store/search?q=opera&c=apps&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/search?q=opera&c=apps&hl=en_US Chrome (4): https://play.google.com/store/search?q=chrome&c=apps&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/search?q=chrome&c=apps&hl=en_U...