Firefox dropping its channel switcher

Firefox dropping its channel switcher



See that channel switch drop-down above? Get a good look, because it's about to disappear.


Since its introduction in Firefox's fast-track builds, Mozilla has noted a few interesting things about bleeding-edge versions and the users who run them. While the channel switcher seemed like a good idea going forward, it was really only useful as a springboard. Once users made the switch to a particular channel, the dropdown was rarely used.


Firefox users, it turns out, are much more interested in running multiple versions of the browser side-by-side, and so Mozilla has decided that its efforts are best directed elsewhere. You'll still be able to make the jump to Aurora and Beta, of course -- just visit the Future of Firefox page to download them.

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