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Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is out

Posted by michael on from the zeno's-paradox dept.

ferratus writes "The Mozilla organization just released the second release candidate for the upcoming 1.0 due out in a few weeks. See the updated release note and remember to see the mirror list before hitting the main server."

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  1. Slashdot's template for software release articles by red_dragon · · Score: 0, Troll

    $PackageName $VersionNumber is out

    The $OrgName organization just released the $ReleaseOrdinal candidate for the upcoming $NextStableRelease due out in $RandomTimeInTheFuture. See the updated release note and remember to see the $URLofMirrorList before hitting the $URLofMainServer.

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  2. Check out this great Mozilla easter egg! by Flarners · · Score: 0, Troll
    I was looking through the Mozilla source, and I nearly laughed my ass off when I saw this bit of code in the XUL source :-) It's a cute little thing that should make even the most die-hard Linux zealot crack a smile. It's only compiled in Linux and FreeBSD builds by default, so if you're running Mozilla on one of those platforms, fire it up and check this out:

    1. Open any page in Mozilla.
    2. Click on the little icon to the left of the URL in the address bar, and drag it onto the Bookmarks menu in the Personal Toolbar.
    3. Hold it there until the text in the button changes colour.
    4. Release the button.
    Isn't that great? :-) It should work in all versions of Mozilla on Linux since 0.9.6, including 1.0RC1 and the newly released 1.0RC2.
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  3. RC1 was a terrible release. by burtonator · · Score: 2, Troll

    Here are my thoughts:

    By now I am sure most people have seen that Mozilla RC1 has been released .
    The press has picked this up and now there are a number of reviews .



    They all fail to compare RC1 to the last release (0.99) which leads to almost
    all positive feedback.


    The truth is that Mozilla really screwed up their release process. This is the
    worst stable Mozilla build I have tested in the last year. They litterally
    broke every rule in the book:


    - They introduced major UI changes which are incompatible with all of the builds
    since 0.80 or so.


    - Saving files locally (at least on my system) is totally broken. Want to save
    a PDF file locally? ... Too bad!


    - They have completely changed around a lot of the preferences. Where did
    these come from?


    There are also numerous other small bugs.


    RC1 should have been 0.99 with *only* patches to fix critical bugs. How many
    release candidates do they expect to have?


    Will there every be a Mozilla 1.0 or is it just going to be asymptotic to 1.0?