Metro Firefox can't accept standard command line parameters since it must be launched by Windows. The harness acts as a pass through for mozilla command line parameters firefox.exe can accept. Incoming params are written out to an ini file @ dist/bin and read in via nsBrowserApp when the browser starts up.
Download Mozilla Firefox Metro Ui
By default the test harness assumes the default browser (firefox.exe) is in the same folder metrotestharness.exe is located. If you want to launch the default browser at a different location from metrotestharness.exe, you must specify a firefox path using -firefoxpath (fullpath):
Firefox is ready for the next leap with modern/metro UI Interface for Windows 8 users. You can download it as a Nightly build with present version 18.0a1. The interface has been completely redesigned to suit Windows 8 Metro UI and you will have a complete set of new experiences with this version.
the current version is firefox 26 - 27 is going to be released this week. if you download either of those, you'll just get the normal firefox browser on desktop as you're used to. firefox 28 which is also going to be released as beta this week will include a (minimalist) touch-optimized version of firefox for the windows metro ui...
Dotzler wrote: "We should be able to build a single product, that when installed into the Classic environment via traditional means - a download from www.mozilla.org - will be able to become both the default browser in the Classic environment and in the new Metro environment. We'll, of course, have a Metro-specific front-end that fits in with the new environment, but we will not have to deploy two completely different browsers." 2ff7e9595c
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