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Firefox 0.9.1 and Thunderbird 0.7.1 Released
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.'"
I've upgraded to 0.9.1, and I still get notification that new updates are available.
Anybody else getting this, or have I bodged something?
I'm honestly happy they haven't changed the name again. Trying to get your office to adapt to a new browser is hard enough when they are afraid to use software that doesn't "come in a box" much less when it keeps changing it's name.
You know IE is in trouble when a minor point release meant to address bugs only makes Slashdot headlines..
Wait, then again, the smell of T-Rex's breath did too.. Never mind.......
I hope this version either includes Adblock as standard or at least makes it easy to install as an extension. Adblock is a major reason to adopt Firefox - and it was a huge step backwards to find that 0.9 didn't support Adblock by default.
Given that previous versions of Firefox didn't include AdBlock either, how does continuing to not include it constitute a `huge step backwards`?
Adblock does rule - but it doesn't work until you go into their message board and use their recommended ruleset (which then works incredibly). They should make that default, or at least question the user upon installation if they would like to use that as default setup.
Berto
Extensions for 0.9.x can be found here
It seems installing over 0.9.0 will keep your old extentions and themes
install firesomething too its the best extention there is
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The nightly builds of AdBlock seem to work fine for me under FireFox .9 and .9.1. .9 install -- but .9.1 fixes that issue)
(Although I did run into the "please wait while Mozilla finishes installing your extension" bug when upgrading from a previous version of AdBlock on my Mozilla
Get the AdBlock nighly builds at http://adblock.mozdev.org/dev.html
Kormac
When I upgraded from 0.8 to 0.9 a bunch of things stopped working; the browser would spawn new windows whenever I clicked on a URL regardless of the config settings, popup-blocking was less-reliable, sometimes the download manager wouldn't close itself after a download was complete, and other weirdness. I think I'm going to hold off this time on promptly upgrading because 0.9 was not an improvement over 0.8.
Apparently side steps or nonsteps also constitute steps backwards.
:O
I'm just as confused as you are
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/mozilla/
http://mozilla.gnusoft.net/
These worked for me. (Posted as AC to avoid whore-accusations. :) )
The theme in 0.9 was a work in progress released early in the hope to gain some feedback, the 0.9.1 release just is updated with the current progress of that theme.
The original theme in 0.8 and below was removed for licensing reasons. You can still install it by going to the themes secion of update.mozilla.org (also accessible from the Theme Manager in the Tools menu)
I was really skeptical of the new winstripe theme in Firefox 0.9, the new changes introduced in 0.9.1 however makes it a LOT better in my opinion. I just wish Thunderbird would now work to unify its theme with Firefox.
It's the small things that makes the browser for me, the look and feel. It's hard to explain it in detail. Going back to IE after using Firefox for a long time just doesn't feel right. For example, there's all these little half-second pauses in IE when the controls and scrolling are unresponsive, times when the right-click context menu won't show up when it's still loading. Sometimes the window stops redrawing for a second or two (especially while running Windows Update, but otherwise too) etc. All these little glitches drive me crazy when I have to use IE.
It's like deja vu all over again.
But that's what's great about this community. We complained anyway, and kept complaining. Our voices were heard - we have access to so many of the developers and are a vocal bunch. I'm not sure if the theme is switched back to Qute, which I like, but all I know is that the 0.9 theme just wasn't professional enough to "take over the world".
Good job to all those who helped the project realize that we needed something better. Open-source is not just software - it's social too. Compared to OSS developers, closed developers don't have close to the conduits of communication to see what the users truly want. Especially when we're that passionate about such 'silly' things.
So keep making your voices heard, and don't let autocracy-like decisions harm your favorite project.
Berto
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-- Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
They should have called this release "9.0 Optimized" just to force AOL to litigate them into yet another name change.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Did anyone else notice the CSS/Drawing bug on Slashdot where the side panel overlapped the side panel slightly. That bug has been fixed in this release.
:D
I love firefox
Si.
If you're having weird problems with Firefox it might be because there was a bug in some of ther nightly builds and maybe the release candidates (?) that could cause problems with your profile. If you've got nothing critical in your profile (bookmarks, passwords etc) then just try deleting all traces off it and starting again.
In Windows your profile will live in the %APPDATA% directory which in 9x is usually c:\windows\application data and in 2k/XP C:\Documents and Settings\user\application data\ (folder may be hidden).
In this directory delete the directories Phoenix, Firefox and the Firefox directory within Mozilla if it exists.
As this is pre-1.0 software, sometimes problems may occur.
There should be a close/cancel button. How can the application assume there is a "close" provided by the WM.
I found that Adblock works fine on my 0.9. However, I did also install the Show Old Extensions extension which has been a god-send for re-enabling stuff that 0.9 blocked.
I say we take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...
I upgraded without uninstalling too. It worked fine... until I closed the browser and tried to open it again. Then the splash screen would disappear without a trace.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
Firefox 0.9 has been quite unstable on my (Win) system compared to earlier relases [sic]. Hopefully this release addresses some of the issues.
Try uninstalling extensions.
When I upgrade to 0.9, it ran like a dog on my W2K box, hitting 100% CPU utilization nearly every time I did anything in the browser, making 0.9 nearly useless. (I'm sure there's a pr0n/masturbation joke to be found in the previous sentence; I leave it as an exercise for the enterprising troll.)
As I was about to revert to Fire$BEAST 0.8, I decided to look at the extensions I'd installed.
I tracked the slow-down to an extension designed to notify of javascript errors. This may not be the extension's fault per se, as I use Proxomitron to filter out ads and (some) javascript; the extension may just have been doing more work than it expected dealing with references to filtered-out javascript.
After removing the extension (and closing and re-starting Fire$VERTEBRATE -- don't skip this step) the ridiculous CPU utilization want away, and 0.9 worked fine.
Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
get it here
Well I hope those pages you're blocking the Banner Ads on find a way to completely block you from their site soon.
Seriously. You enjoy the services that some sites provide, the least you can do is to view their banner ads. That is still where a lot of revenue comes from. If everyone on the internet at one instance adopted FireFox with Adblock installed we would lose thousands of sites, or gain the most annoying advertising we have ever seen because someone thought they would be cool and block the banner ads.
While not the only cause, blocking of banner ads is one thing that has made these new cover-up-everything flash ads, pop-ups, pop-unders, and so on come around. People blocked the banner ads, revue went down, more revenue was needed.
It really comes down to this, if you block the banner ads, don't even both going to the site. If you can't simply let them get the fraction of a cent by some banner ad loading (yes CPM are still being used) you really have no right to use their free service. More and more sites will go away, employ more advertising that gets in your face, or go to a subscription model where you're going to have to pay your own hard earned money instead of just viewing an image.
View the banner ads. If you do that, blocking pop-ups, flash take-over ads, that's fine, at least you're letting the simplest and least annoying advertising load and actually giving back for the free sevice you are using.
Here's a screenshot of winstripe in 0.9.1.
Looks much better than in 0.9 if you ask me. Good Job!
Well, let me guess :
:
:
o okies.txt
1) No tabbrowser extensions?
Try here : http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/tbe (it works and I'm using it on 0.9 right now)
2) No Adblock or it doesn't work right?
Try here : http://adblock.mozdev.org/adblock-0.5-dev.xpi (again, it works perfectly on 0.9 and I'm using it)
Finally, if stuff still does not work for you, use this old trick that has saved me a lot of times
Close Firefox.
Rename your profile folder.
Start Firefox again - it will re-create your profile folder. Close it.
Copy over the following files to the new profile folder (overwriting the existing ones)
bookmarks.html
history.dat
formhistory.dat
c
signons.txt
That's it. Ofcourse, you will have to install your extensions all over again, but that does not take much time and it's worth the effort. Every single time I've used this procedure it's worked perfectly and Firefox has gone back to it's usual efficient self.
Hope this helps.
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
I migrated the famlies browsing to Netscape 7.1 and Firefox (IIRC 0.9) just before Micrsofts little trouble last weekend. So far Firefox has withstood my daughters browsing of Barbie, Cbeebies and Cartoon Network (including watching the web shows and playing the games) and successfully worked with my on-line grocers site. If any bit of software can survive prolonged contact with a small child, it has to be good.
You don't need a lab to make mud.
That's what you are saying, and what I already knew. But now there's also this:
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nah, it's the IE user that got the worm.
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
Well...since you'd be rolling back from 9.0 to 0.9.1, I think that might be a bad move...
Seriously, I went to take a look at the release notes linked to on the download page and got taken to the 0.9 page, but you can see the release notes for 0.9.1 here. This should give you enough info to judge whether you want to upgrade.
Denver Isuzu Suzuki
That would be a feature.
If CERT/Homeland Security publicly recommend people switch that's going to definitely have some influence. They came pretty close to doing just that with recent IIS/IE vulnerabilities. The Washington Post picked it up Saturday.
No, ActiveX itself isn't the root of IE's problems. The root of IE's problems is that it is closely tied into the OS and does not run in a "sandbox" of sorts. That means that any vulnerability in IE is a vulnerability in Windows. Where ActiveX plays into this is that there are holes in many ActiveX plugins that when exploited can alter the OS. ActiveX plugins that are run in a proper sandbox (and in an application that is not part of the operating system) are no more dangerous than Firefox extensions are.
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