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mozilla.org Releases Mozilla 0.9.8

Posted by timothy on from the chatzilla-rocks-hard dept.

asa writes: "Today mozilla.org released the Mozilla 0.9.8 Milestone. New to this release are improved Address Book functionality, page setup(for printing), MNG/JNG support, native-style widgets on winXP and OS X, dynamic theme switching, improved BiDi support, speed, stability and footprint improvements, and much, much more. www.mozilla.org and www.mozillazine.org have the full scoop." The build I'm posting with (2002020305) is a little crashy, but most aspects are shaping up very nicely.

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  1. I don't know if I like the additional features... by irony+nazi · · Score: 0, Troll
    Shouldn't there have been a code freeze or something by now?

    Come on!! Get to 1.0... this is taking forever!

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  2. Cool Beans... by eric_aka_scooter · · Score: 0, Troll

    So when is 1.0 going to come out? It's seems like they've been in beta for 3-4 years... Eric

  3. Mozilla is a badge of Open Source failure by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's seems like they've been in beta for 3-4 years

    it seems like they've been in beta for 3-4 years because they have. and even now at 0.9.8 they are cramming in new features, breaking things in the process. and even now at 0.9.8 Mozilla is unstable ("crashy" as the Users would say) and definitely not ready for prime time.

    Mozilla is a glaring example of why Open Sourcing a company project is no guarantee that anything good will come of it. mod me flamebait if you must, but i maintain that as long as OSS is not as featureful OR as stable as its propietary competition, no one, but NO ONE will use it.

  4. Re:Mozilla Nighlies forever! by cygnus · · Score: 1, Troll
    but for the most part it is way stabler than Navigator ever was.



    does that make it more better?



    sorry, couldn't resist.

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