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WARNING: THIS IS NOT A FINAL VERSION OF FIREFOX. This program is provided without any guarantees of stability and you should back up your profile regularly as there may be bugs that corrupt your data. If that sounds scary, please use the latest version of Firefox.

Congratulations! You're using a "trunk build" and are now part of Mozilla's QA community. Thank you for helping improve future versions of Firefox. Learn how else you can get involved with Mozilla and help build a better Internet!

How Can You Help Test Minefield?

Run Testcases
One of the simplest ways to test Minefield is by running Litmus tests. These tests are easy to use, so create an account and dive in.
Report Bugs
Found a problem in Minefield? You can file bug reports in Mozilla's bug tracking system which gets triaged by volunteers. As you learn more about Minefield, you can help triage bugs as well.
Submit crash reports
The Crash Reporter provides valuable data to help us fix crashes. All you have to do is make sure the "Tell Mozilla about this crash" box is checked. You can view your reports by typing about:crashes in the location bar.
Report Broken Sites
Minefield comes with a tool for reporting broken web sites. From the 'Help' menu, select 'Report Broken Web Site' and provide as much information as you can about the issue. You can view reports on the Reporter website.
Install Testing Tools
Additional QA tools are available to help with your testing.

Minefield News

Feb. 2, 2010: Out-of-process plugins (OOPP) are now on by default for Windows and Linux builds and will load Flash and all other plugins in a separate process by default. Please file any plug-in related bugs in the Core:Plug-Ins component. Read more...

If you have SVN access, feel free to update this news item on the Minefield page.

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