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> The site mentions Firefox Developer Edition. What is that? A quick search seems to indicate that it's just one version ahead of Beta, what was called Aurora i
by lol768 6y ago
> The site mentions Firefox Developer Edition. What is that? A quick search seems to indicate that it's just one version ahead of Beta, what was called Aurora in the past.
> Certainly if you want to test new features that's good. But what is the benefit for general Web development?
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8583747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8583747
In short, separate profile, quicker access to new developer tools/new web standard implementations by virtue of being its own release channel (as you mention), developer-friendly defaults.
- evo_9 6y agoThanks for this, this should be the top comment. It's nice to praise Firebug - it's awesome and I agree with all the praise - but none of the praise explains / points to this awesome FF Developer Edition which up until this comment I had never heard of.
- zwarag 6y agoDo you know if they are going to keep developing the Developer Edition after all the layoffs?