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Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out

Posted by timothy on from the happy-browsing dept.

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."

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  1. I hope they fix the slow loading issue ! by Zanek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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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  2. Nowhere near finished, but due out soon? by OblongPlatypus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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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  3. Re:Very clean! by chromaphobic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

  4. Portable Firefox (Run from a USB key) by CritterNYC · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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:

    http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/

    Any commentary or questions on this new feature can be addresses in this thread on mozillaZine.

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