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# Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/nightly-tester-tools/ Nightly Tester Tools] extension. Same caveats as for MR-Tech Toolkit above. | # Install the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/nightly-tester-tools/ Nightly Tester Tools] extension. Same caveats as for MR-Tech Toolkit above. | ||
# Restart the application. | # Restart the application. | ||
# The menuitems "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Insert Build ID into Textbox" ''(if a text input box has focus)'' or "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Copy Build ID | # The menuitems "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Insert Build ID into Textbox" ''(if a text input box has focus)'' or "Tools → Nightly Tester Tools → Copy Build ID to Clipboard" ''(otherwise)'' are now available. What they copy includes the full User-Agent string, the 14-digit (in recent builds) build ID, and the Mercurial changeset. ''(In SeaMonkey and, I think, in Thunderbird, it is the '''comm-central, comm-aurora, comm-beta or comm-release''' changeset, not the one shared with Firefox, which appears in the'' <tt>about:buildconfig</tt> ''page).'' | ||
=== Pluses and minuses === | === Pluses and minuses === | ||
* '''Advantage:''' This way you get the full build ID, sometimes with a better precision (up to the second in recent builds) than what appears at the bottom of the about: page. | * '''Advantage:''' This way you get the full build ID, sometimes with a better precision (up to the second in recent builds) than what appears at the bottom of the about: page. | ||
* '''Disadvantage:''' (obviously) This requires a third-party extension. | * '''Disadvantage:''' (obviously) This requires a third-party extension. | ||