Firefox 1.0 PR at last :)

Stark · 14-09-2004 01:57PM #1

It's been a month delayed but Firefox 1.0 PR is out. Download it from www.mozilla.org

1.0 Final should be out mid-October.

Edit: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 and Mozilla 1.7.3(a security update) are also out now.

seamus · 14-09-2004 02:00PM

That's some...eh....scarily quick work there Stark. I downloaded 0.9.3 twice this morning from that front page.....

Have to give this a go....

(Actually, I checked my files and it would seem I downloaded 0.9.3 at 9.30, and then 1.0RC at 10.15, I just didn't notice the front page had changed. I was wondering why it looked so much funkier.)

OfflerCrocGod · 14-09-2004 02:04PM

1.0 Final still has about 300 bugs or so to go before release - if we see it this year it will near x-mas day Oct is when the RCs will be released.

Creamy Goodness · 14-09-2004 06:17PM

got this on sunday morning, it's good, and i haven't come across any of these said 300 bugs yet.

pickarooney · 14-09-2004 06:33PM

grr, all the extenions and themes are gone

Creamy Goodness · 14-09-2004 06:38PM

most popular themes/extensions have been updated check for updates.

also another way to get round this is type about:config into the address bar.

find "app.extensions.version" and change it's value from .10 to .9

Mutant_Fruit · 14-09-2004 07:13PM

Aaawww, i loved my Mozilla Firebird, and mozilla Spider, and Mozilla Waterfowl. When will i get you back!

**does the about:config thingy**

Thats the stuff. Thats a GOOD tip

Syth · 14-09-2004 07:40PM

Cr3m0 wrote:

most popular themes/extensions have been updated check for updates.

also another way to get round this is type about:config into the address bar.

find "app.extensions.version" and change it's value from .10 to .9

That's a good tip. It got my 'Add Bookmark Here' Extension back working.

Now all I have to do is get that spell checker working. It broke when I went from 0.9 to 0.9.3. Grr..

tman · 14-09-2004 09:16PM

seems to make better use of my dsl connection when starting from a fresh cache.
love the way they copied ms with the new popup blocker location

and the plugin installer is so goddamned handy. no more trawling around macromedia.com/the nether regions of my hard drive to find flashplayer installer

unklerosco · 14-09-2004 09:33PM

It doesnt work with packetnews/mirc... Wont let me paste into mirc. Mind u theres prob something im doin wrong as ive never used it before. Tis a hell of allot better than IE, love that tab feature n the way u can load up with as many websites as u want as ur homepage. Its the Simple things that matter....

OfflerCrocGod · 14-09-2004 09:39PM

Cr3m0 wrote:

got this on sunday morning, it's good, and i haven't come across any of these said 300 bugs yet.

AY this the sign of good open sauce software where ye cant find the wee little buggies at all. Another way of installing extensions when they are not updated/not installing is to download them to a folder and then drag and drop them into the extensions pop-up window. The extention will install but it *may* not show up in the extension window, so you may have to go into Tools --> Options --> Extensions to change options etc..

Creamy Goodness · 14-09-2004 09:48PM

tman wrote:

love the way they copied ms with the new popup blocker location

afaik firefox had that position before MS.

also firefox totally integrates with my irc no problem

tab feature has been a feature ever since i started using firefox 0.7 (AKA Firebird)

zAbbo · 14-09-2004 09:50PM

The integration with Thunderbird is a brilliant touch, Tools > Read Mail

)

Creamy Goodness · 14-09-2004 09:54PM

bazH wrote:

The integration with Thunderbird is a brilliant touch, Tools > Read Mail )

yeh i just noticed that, it's well cool

uberwolf · 14-09-2004 09:55PM

unklerosco wrote:

Tis a hell of allot better than IE, love that tab feature n the way u can load up with as many websites as u want as ur homepage. Its the Simple things that matter....

That's cool, cos I was going to post next week when I take delivery of my laptop as to how I could sort it that clicking on that firefox icon I could arrange this very thing. Now I don't have to. yay. \0/

X-SL · 14-09-2004 10:00PM

I'll wait for the full realease.

Bri · 14-09-2004 10:18PM

Just got it and despite my joy at seeing Auto-detect connection settings...it can't pick up my wifi network connection and I don't have any manual settings. Pity cos I'm stuck with IE6 which can pick up the settings itself.

Boo Hiss.

Stark · 14-09-2004 10:23PM

X-SL wrote:

I'll wait for the full realease.

Why? It's totally stable, and at least as stable as 0.9.3 which was also a pre-release. It rates far higher than Mozilla and Internet Explorer.

unkel · 14-09-2004 11:21PM

I switched from netscape to IE in '95 and have used that as my main browser since early this year when trying Firefox. Tabs rule :cool:

uberwolf · 14-09-2004 11:23PM

Any word on when the OS X version will be available?

suppafly · 15-09-2004 12:54AM

what new features and stuff those this new version have? Can u still use the noia extreme theme in the 1.0 version?

Bri · 15-09-2004 12:59AM

I've Noia 2.0 on the new version working fine. Crashed first time I tried it though.

RobertFoster · 15-09-2004 07:58AM

bazH wrote:

The integration with Thunderbird is a brilliant touch, Tools > Read Mail )

What's with that? I don't have Thunderbird, yet it shows that I have "1 new mail" - when I click it it opens Outlook, but I don't have a new email

Creamy Goodness · 15-09-2004 01:34PM

suppafly wrote:

what new features and stuff those this new version have? Can u still use the noia extreme theme in the 1.0 version?

well i updated from 0.93 and the main difference i saw is the live bookmarks for news feeding from RSS sites.

the read mail link under Tools menu.

RobertFoster wrote:

What's with that? I don't have Thunderbird, yet it shows that I have "1 new mail" - when I click it it opens Outlook, but I don't have a new email

maybe it's that welcome to outlook mail?

Winters · 15-09-2004 04:09PM

A few things I noticed after I instaleld Firefox on longhorn here.

The "Find on this page" gives a toolbar on the bottom and removed the page search from the search box. Also highlights partial words. I never noticed if that was in 0.93 so correct me if I am wrong.

Some more new/modified icons. Direct default windows mail link. The Tools > Read Mail will open your default mail client/whatever you have it set to in Windows. Also the "promote firefox" under the Help menu seems new.

All they need to do is install some Mouse Guestures as default and I'll be super happy

aidan_walsh · 15-09-2004 04:30PM

Winters wrote:

A few things I noticed after I instaleld Firefox on longhorn here.

Umm...

I have to say that one feature I love is the new installation for plugins like Flash or Shockwave. Letting Firefox handle the whole thing, and then run without having to restart is a work of genius... Can't find a link to suggest a few of the more esoteric unsupported ones, though...

Creamy Goodness · 15-09-2004 05:36PM

tbh i'd rather them sticking in the installers for flash and shockwave actually come to think about it why don't they?

off topic: winters is that some php code you use for your sig?

Winters · 15-09-2004 05:39PM

The Plugin installer, and also the popup notification like that of Internet Explorer on SP2 is very nice. Some nice changes.

Cr3m0, its bordem and manually changed every few hours.

doodle_sketch: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10"

suppafly · 16-09-2004 02:07AM

i think i might go off and get the new version so

Bri · 16-09-2004 11:52AM

On a side note: Am I missing something here? I thought you could get firefox to keep an eye on bookmarks to see if they were updated back in the 0.9 series. I can't find it in the new release but I don't remember if it existed or I'm just dreaming?

Winters · 16-09-2004 12:39PM

They did mention something of the sort but I havent noticed it in the 0.10 release.

Just check http://update.mozilla.org and find yourself an extension though. That should sort it out.

Firefox 1.0 PR at last :)

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