Mozilla 1.2 Betas Start Flowing

Asa Dotzler writes "Today mozilla.org released Mozilla 1.2alpha. This is a preview of what's to come with Mozilla 1.2 expected in early November. The new alpha contains great new features like Type Ahead Find which allows quick web page navigation when you type a succession of characters in the browser. In addition to the new features Mozilla 1.2a contains stability and perfomance improvements including a major boost in the speed of downloading mail on Mac OS X.This release comes on the heels of the security and bugfix follow-up to Mozilla 1.0. If you're a 1.0 user and you're not upgrading to Mozilla 1.1 or newer then you are strongly encouraged to get Mozilla 1.0.1 for security and stability fixes."

Comments

Re:Umm.. Just a question...

[stratjakt]

1) dont care.. If anything I find this annoying.

2) dont care.. I prefer keyboard shortcuts, and hardly touch my mouse.

3) gimmicky

4) dont care

5) IE has a search function on the sidebar. Whats so magical about Mycroft?

6) neat? i dont need neat, i need functional

7) gimmicky, though I guess there are some for whom downloading a 'captain kirk' theme makes them think they 'tricked out' their PC.

8) i much prefer a seperate client, thanks.

I'm not trolling.. but will it be posted on slashdot when a new beta of IE is released? Didn't think so.

All the features that geeks rave about on mozilla they'd bash incessently if they were the new features in the next IE.

We don't want to depend on mice, and since when did eye-candy fool us into thinking we're using a superior product?

So far, like Netscape, its selling point is "its not Microsoft". If they don't do better than that, it'll wind up like Netscape.