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Mozilla.org Releases Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate

Posted by timothy on from the they're-askin'-for-it dept.

asa writes: "Today mozilla.org made available for download binaries of Mozilla 1.0 Release Candidate 1. RC1 will be used to gather feedback and crash data in preparation for an RC2 or a final release. Please hammer on these builds, report bugs and send in talkback reports. New to RC1 are fixes for about 2000 bugs including more than 150 crash fixes so grab a build and let us know what you think."

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  1. View Source bug by wraithgar · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, the biggest reason everyone where I work is getting exited is because the View Source bug was finally fixed a week or so ago, and this is the first major release that will incorporate the code.

    Woohoo!!

  2. Some sweet add-on's for Mozilla by yota · · Score: 5, Informative
    Spellchecker: For who can't spell.

    Optimoz: add gestures to Mozilla.

    Enigmail: add PGP/GPG support in Mozilla Mail.

    Googlebar: the cool Googlebar for Mozilla too.

    And if you want more just look in MozDev and you'll find something interesting.

    Andrea

  3. no. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative


    (sorry)

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. No - Re:Mozilla Embed control? by Malc · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can find out about it here: http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm. One of the biggest drawbacks is that there is no scripting.

  6. Re:Help wanted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    UNCONfirmed, not UNCONditional, think about what the word means

  7. How crashing Mozilla can help by jbn-o · · Score: 2, Informative
    How does that help anybody?

    Perhaps one of the developers will chime in and help clear this up. I believe Talkback builds are put together to catch crashes and return valuable data back to the development team. A similar question could be asked of coredumps on Unix boxes—they help because they allow post-mortem analysis.

    --
    Digital Citizen
  8. Re: Don't wait for next RC! by Noers_ark · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't install over an exisiting Moz directory, clear it out, then do the install.

    I've had the same issue on the RC1 nightlies on Windoze, there is a mention of it somewhere on the release notes... somewhere...

    But this release is really quite nice, I'd hate to see it not get used for something thats really pretty minor.

  9. Help out now to make it better by masri · · Score: 2, Informative
    If that's the best you can do to explain the bugs you're seeing, then perhaps it's just as well that you haven't bothered to register for a bugzilla account.

    There are those who believe that with a little help from everyone, Mozilla will become the best browser on every platform. And there are those who believe that Mozilla "sucks" currently, or laziness sets in, so there's no reason to help out at all. For the first set, I invite you to check out http://www.mozilla.org/get-involved.html. With just a bit of your time, you can help make Mozilla the best browser on any platform. And every time you spend 15-30 minutes helping out the project in whatever way you choose to, keep in mind that someone else has spent 30 minutes helping fix something that won't be a problem for you. That's why it works.

    In the end, if something you come across isn't working, and you do nothing to help, then it's your fault. The project only gets better when you do the work to properly post your bugs to Bugzilla.

    - Adam