Firefox 6 available

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe

On 15/08/2011 19:14, Gordon wrote:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe
>

This is what I get

Firefox%20Setup%206.0.exe is not a valid win32 application

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:23:41 +0100, Justine Time wrote:

> On 15/08/2011 19:14, Gordon wrote:
>> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe
>>
>
> This is what I get
>
> Firefox%20Setup%206.0.exe is not a valid win32 application

Try copying the link and pasting it into the address bar of your
browser.

If your newsreader and browser were set up properly, clicking on the
above link would have given you an opportunity to download or run the
file (the file is "Firefox Setup 6.0.exe"; the symbol %20 stands for a
space).

It works for download here, in accordance with my setup, but I won't
install it until Mozilla asks me politely.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Justine Time wrote:
>
> On 15/08/2011 19:14, Gordon wrote:
>> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe
>>
>>
>
> This is what I get
>
> Firefox%20Setup%206.0.exe is not a valid win32 application
>
>

You're holding it wrong :-)

Try this. Open this link in your browser.

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...0/win32/en-US/

You should be seeing something like this:

Name Size Last Modified
Firefox Setup 6.0.exe 13650 KB 8/11/2011 10:57:00 PM <-----
Firefox Setup 6.0.exe.asc 1 KB 8/12/2011 12:06:00 AM
index.html 1 KB 8/13/2011 2:20:00 AM

Locate this entry. Right click on it and select "Download"

Firefox Setup 6.0.exe

When I downloaded, the file I got on disk is

Firefox Setup 6.0.exe 13,977,256 bytes

I can open it with 7ZIP for a look, and inside it
has a "core" folder and a setup.exe file.

I'm not going to actually execute it, because that's
your job :-)

Running the file.exe program against it, reports the file type as:

Firefox Setup 6.0.exe;
PE32 executable for MS Windows (GUI) Intel 80386 32-bit

so, yup, it's a program of some sort.

Have fun,
Paul

On 15-Aug-2011 16:23, Justine Time wrote:
>
> On 15/08/2011 19:14, Gordon wrote:
>> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe
>>
>>
>
> This is what I get
>
> Firefox%20Setup%206.0.exe is not a valid win32 application
>
>

Try this:
http://majorgeeks.com/Mozilla_Firefo...nal_d5905.html

--
Leala.

On 15 Aug 2011, Gordon <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...s/6.0/win32/en
> -US/Firefox%20Setup%206.0.exe

This is a beta or release candidate and is likely to be buggy. Best to
wait until its officially released.

Gordon wrote:
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...etup%206.0.exe
>
I'll wait until next week and get FF7 or 8.

Paul in Houston TX wrote:

> I'll wait until next week and get FF7 or 8.

They've realised people are going to get bored of version numbers
rolling over every few weeks, so are now going to not have a (user
visible) version number at all ...

Sunny Bard wrote:
> Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>
>> I'll wait until next week and get FF7 or 8.
>
> They've realised people are going to get bored of version numbers
> rolling over every few weeks, so are now going to not have a (user
> visible) version number at all ...

Yea, I saw that and read the bug reports on it.
FF must be designed for the mindless masses.
All my software is set for manual updates or is blocked.
I don't like software that calls home automatically so that
their servers can see what is on my computer.

In message <j2cd2g$sn5$>, Sunny Bard
<> writes:
>Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>
>> I'll wait until next week and get FF7 or 8.
>
>They've realised people are going to get bored of version numbers
>rolling over every few weeks, so are now going to not have a (user
>visible) version number at all ...
>
So how are they going to persuade people to upgrade?

Or, will one of the upgrades switch auto-upgrade on irreversibly? (If
that happens, someone please warn us!)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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