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Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released

Posted by simoniker on from the feedback-schmeedback dept.

Dave writes "The Mozilla Foundation has just made available interim releases of Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1. Apparently: 'These releases are designed to address early issues found in the new extension manager and automatic upgrade system as well as making changes to the new Firefox theme based on initial feedback.'"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Firefox .8, why because d/ling .9 would take too long.

  2. Say what you will... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but with all these new browsers, I still stick with the easy and convenient and superior MS Internet Explorer.

  3. Re:Firefox doesn't know it's been upgraded by EasyTarget · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's good that this is happening now before 1.0 or even 1.0beta is released.

    Nope.

    It's sad that such a stupid, obvious, user confidence destroying, DEFECT (real engineers use the word 'defect', sloppy hackers talk about 'bugs') is shipping in a widely promoted, vastly overhyped, beta.

    Even sadder, it's happening at the time that lots of general computer users are being told to get away from IE (due to the recent combined security issues). Their first experience of Open Source is going to be a OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PROGRAM.

    However, since the entire software industry is a shambolic shitheap of low quality barely working crap. This defect is just IT business as usual.

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  4. Elitist Playskool browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does it enable you to get rid of the fugly separate search textfield yet? It seems that being more configurable than IE, faster than Mozilla, and without the ad banner of Opera is all that matters.

  5. Uh, no thanks by simetra · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why don't you just install a browser that works, like Opera? Really, how can real users ever be expected to work with software that requires you to dick around so much? Christ!

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