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Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC1
islandroots writes "Mozilla has finally posted the first Firefox 1.0 release candidate on their FTP servers. This could very well be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th. Mozilla FTP Servers"
Seeing as firefox is a windows app mainly they should at least make the GUI work the same way as the Windows GUI.
Take the drop down box's, click on the arrow to drop down, click on the arrow again and the box *should* dissapear. But in firefox it doesn't?!
and double click, or tripple click on text in the browser window does different stuff to IE.
Argh!!!
Please fix this stuff!!
john.e.boy
Unless you want to test it, submit bugs or somehow get involved with the project, you shouldn't. According to the MozillaZine announcement:
"Today we have our first Firefox 1.0 candidate builds available for testing. You can get these test builds from FTP. If you've already downloaded 1.0 PR (the "feature complete" preview) and you're not really interested in testing and bug reporting, then you should probably stick with 1.0 PR for a couple more weeks and upgrade when we release the official Firefox 1.0."
I downloaded and run a firefox PR1 release on October 5th. (Check filedate, yes October 5th) Was that a rebranded 0.9.4 or has the the website been update only recently?
(Or am I going mad?)
P.S. RSS still needs work, but looks like it's going to kick @$$!
I been on a mission to convert people. Maybe this will help.
i cant seem to come up with a sig.
After reading comments that indicate that your installed extensions will show up as incompatible with RC1, I think I'll wait.
Oh for fucks sake. Again? And this is considered to be suitable for a 1.0 release? When a simple upgrade breaks things, it's not suitable for end-users.
Yes, I like Firefox, it's a decent browser. But I'm a geek and I understand the problems, I can fix them, and I don't really mind too much fixing them. But most end-users aren't like me. When routine upgrades break things, they are going to label it a piece of shit and never use it again. I wish the Firefox developers would set their priorities straight. A deadline isn't useful in the open-source world. An application that works properly is.
They described firefox as a technology preview for mozilla some time ago.
If you mod this up, your slashdot background will turn into a beautiful sunset!
Will there be a extension for a secret Halo 2 level!?
Come on, Bungie and Mozilla! We know you're working together! The release date says it all!