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Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out
An anonymous reader writes "mozilla.org have released what are expected to be the final release candidates for their next versions: Mozilla 1.7RC3 (MozillaZine article; download) should iron out any final bugs in what will replace 1.4 as the new stable branch and Firefox 0.9RC (MozillaZine article; download) features the new default theme ported from Mac OS on Windows (though please bear in mind that the theme is nowhere near finished yet). The final releases of these versions are due very soon."
My main gripe with Mozilla is that when you leave it alone for about 30 minutes or so and come back, it takes like 15-50 seconds to be active again, which is extremely annoying (loading it from virtual mem ?). They really need to fix that
Also, some pages like WashingtonPost.com have a problem where it is constantly reloading itself (perhaps a JS error).
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Anyone notice that there are editor holy wars (vi emacs), distro holy wars, but no 'browser' holy wars (yeah, ie vs mozilla, but that windows vs linux... I'm talking all in linux). Stuff like 'theme isn't finished' would be jumped on by the 'other browser' elitists. So linux needs a second open source free browser project so we can have a browser holywar.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
Why do they put a default theme that is "nowhere near finished" in a product that's "due very soon"?
Yes, I know Firefox is "for those on the cutting edge", and I guess we shouldn't expect cutting-edge products to be completely finished in every respect, but Firefox is the only open source product most of my Windows-using friends are willing to even try. It would be a shame to hamper its continued spread by making the default theme an unfinished one.
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Yeah, Firefox did a great job of importing my bookmarks, from frickin' Internet Explorer, which I don't even use, but not the bookmarks from the previous Firefox (0.8) install. Real helpful.
Ah well, at least it's not IE.
Many users will whine on and on about the most trivial differences. Case in point:
We used to use Eudora around here. I don't know why, it was before I got hired. Well we have lots of people that STILL USE IT! Version 3 even. We try to push them towards Thundirbird. I mean there is nothing I can think of that Eudora does that Thundirbird doesn't (other than suck) and lots of things it can't do. Also an e-mail client is an e-mail client. I mean they all get your mail, list it, and let you reply.
Nope. There is man who bitch and whine and refuse to change. It's too hard to learn, they say. A Eudora skin would make my life much easier, though I'd reeally rather they learn the new interface (it takes what, 10 seconds to learn?)
So never say "people won't care because it's a little different. They can, and will, for some damn reason.
How can we let Mozilla know that we aren't happy with the new default theme? I realize that it is not complete, but I really don't like where it's going. I can't even make out what the "new tab" button is supposed to be.
Anyone else like or dislike the new theme?
I got nothing...
Firefox has great standards compatability, but has piss poor HCI.
URL fails to load -> url blanked
Switch from one tab to another while url loading -> old url displayed.
Page fails to load because of DNS lookup -> stored in the menu bar cache!.
Download -> gets sent somewhere whithout asking, doesn't tell the user that anythings happended.
Download again -> creates a new file blar+1 no continue/overwrite prompt or anything.
Close browser while downloading -> canceles all your downloads.
Download more than one extension -> get anoying prompts that are incorrect!
etc... etc.... etc.... etc.....
Firefox has to be one of the most anoying pieces of software I have ever used.
I only use it because it's more standards complient and faster than the alternitives.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
For anyone who's interested, Firefox 0.9 now supports the ability to run from a USB key without any major changes AND be able to take your entire profile with you. I've repackaged the Firefox 0.9 Release Candidate as a ZIP that will create an 8.1Mb install of Firefox on your USB key, complete with a built-in profile. Full details of the changes (if you're curious, or so you can try it yourself) as well as a ZIP are available here:
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http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox
Any commentary or questions on this new feature can be addresses in this thread on mozillaZine.
Portable versions of Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice, etc