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I installed the Minefield 3 build for Solaris 10 from
http://releases.mozilla.com/sun/firefox-3.0-en-US-solaris-10-fcs-sparc-pkg.bz2
(see http://blogs.sun.com/pengyang/entry/enjoy_firefox_3_0_on)
I seems to work fairly well, but some FX 3 add-ons don't quite work on it (like Colorfultabs). I have Sol 10 11/06 sparc.
Now there is a Firefox 3 build for Solaris 10 on the mozilla ftp site, contributed by
the Sun Administrators division of the Student Systems Administrators program
at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). (?!? - What the...)
Some questions:
1) Are both packages basically the same, or is Minefield a post-Firefox 3 beta release? Is it based on the beta nightly builds, and thus not fully tested?
2) Is the new Firefox 3 Solaris 10 build the REAL FX 3 release, fully tested and stable?
3) Has anyone compared these two packages with each other on Solaris 10? Any opinions on relative stability/functionality?
Thank you...

sparcmaster wrote:
I installed the Minefield 3 build for Solaris 10 from
http://releases.mozilla.com/sun/firefox-3.0-en-US-solaris-10-fcs-sparc-pkg.bz2
(see http://blogs.sun.com/pengyang/entry/enjoy_firefox_3_0_on)
I seems to work fairly well, but some FX 3 add-ons don't quite work on it (like Colorfultabs). I have Sol 10 11/06 sparc.FYI, Minefield is the name given to Firefox if you don't use the --enable-branding switch.
Check the web site for Colorfultabs to see if they have an updated version for FF3. If not then there are some web pages that describe how to trick Firefox into running them if you decide to go that route.
Now there is a Firefox 3 build for Solaris 10 on the mozilla ftp site, contributed by
the Sun Administrators division of the Student Systems Administrators program
at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). (?!? - What the...):-) Lovely.
alan

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