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Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released

Posted by simoniker on from the morrissey-said-to-be-delighted dept.

asa writes "Today mozilla.org released Mozilla 1.5 Beta, available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. This beta release features lots of bugfixes, the inclusion of a spellchecker for Messenger and Composer, and lots of minor feature improvements to Navigator, Messenger, Composer and Chatzilla. More information is available at the Mozilla Release Notes."

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  1. WARNING: Gentoo Zealotry Follows by mhesseltine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or

    emerge mozilla-1.5-beta.ebuild
    emerge -u name_of_plugin

    No incompatability based on compiler.

    </zealotry>

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    1. Re:WARNING: Gentoo Zealotry Follows by mhesseltine · · Score: 0, Troll

      Wow, you can post an insult without logging in first.

      Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot. Idiot.

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  2. Re:Spell checker by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why should a spell checker be a priority? Is it intended for non-native English speakers?

    I beleive that spell checkers are the equivalent to changing your grades by hacking into the school's computer.

    It takes about 4 seconds to type a possible misspelt word into an online big dic to check its meaning and correct sequence of letters. They even suggest alternate, widely-understood arrangements of the letters in case your spelling of "fish" begins with a "p".

    Or are all the brilliant Slashdot spelling apologists so involved and busy that they can't take the time to check stuff.

    "This sentence contains exactly threee erors."

  3. Newbie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am a newbie and have been browsing this website for a few months now. Is the email application in Mozilla better than Eudora? I don't want to use IE and OE anymore, so I need an alternative.

  4. They call it Gentoo, source code and dependencies by axxackall · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is a classic example of why Linux is still not quite ready for prime time on the desktop.

    Download a new version of a web browser, break all your old plugins because of a compiler incompatibility.

    This is a classic example of why EVERYTHING on Linux must be installed ONLY from the source code.

    Compile a new version of a web browser, recompile your old plugins both using the same compiler to guarantee compatibility.

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    Less is more !