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Firefox 1.0 Released
New Here writes "November 9 has arrived and with it comes Firefox 1.0. According to its home page, Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely, and more efficiently than with any other browser. I'm New Here, but this Firefox does sound very promising! Firefox 1.0 is available now for Windows, Linux, and Mac from the mozilla.org ftp server."
Mozilla.org is really getting hammered. Try waiting a few hours for the mirrors to update.
Here is a Google cache of the Firefox Mirror List.
Mirrors:
s es/1.0 a ses/1.0/ e fox/releases/ / releases/1.0/ i refox/releases/
l eases/1.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%201.0.exe.to rrent
http://64.12.168.21/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/relea
http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rele
http://trillian.cc.gatech.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fir
http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox
http://mozilla.ussg.indiana.edu/pub/mozilla.org/f
Official Torrent:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re
http://almostsmart.com
Your extensions will be disabled unless they are configured as compatible with 1.0. Unfortunately right now trying to use the built in "search for updates" feature is very slow, from server load I presume. I found updates for several of my favorites by searching http://www.mozdev.org/.
http://firefoxfah.sourceforge.net/fftorrent.html
before it gets hammered too badly:
linux i686 torrent
win32 torrent
(both EN-US).
For now, at least: ftpmoz.newaol.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases /1.0/
Anyone know if the New York Times ad went through? Is it available to view anywhere?
New browser takes on Microsoft. Pretty fair coverage IMHO.
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
For the Europeans: http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/
Donkey:
OS X Will rule this world
Windows Exe
tar.gz
I will work to elevate you, just enough to bring you down
ftp://mozilla.isc.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rele ases/1.0/ r efox/releases/1.0/ e fox/releases/1.0/ e ases/1.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%201.0.exe.tor rent
ftp://mozilla.ussg.indiana.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fi
ftp://mozilla.oregonstate.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fir
Official mozilla.org torrent for Win32:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel
Its great! I downloaded it from here: http://mozilla.ussg.indiana.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fi refox/releases/1.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%201.0.zip
Don't think slashdot will be able to bring down an edu. Go firefox!
http://www.livejournal.com/users/metricmusic
Bad form to reply to my own post, but some more useful links here:
Windows torrent and executable.
Linux torrents for installer and tarball.
FoxyTunes: http://www.iosart.com/foxytunes/firefox/
AdBlock: http://adblock.mozdev.org/
More: http://update.mozilla.org
longer if you get the torrent (win32).
This one for Linux.
If you read the spreadfirefox FAQ, the ad wont run on the day of release but in some point within the next three weeks. They get better pricing if they dont demand a specific day.
were you expecting to see a sig here? perhaps you'd rather see the inside of an ambulance!
Help out grassroots advocacy for Firefox @ Spread Firefox. This is the community that organised the NYTimes add.
The site seems to be down so here is the Google cache and the Corel link.
James Tait, Programmer and Free Software Advocate
JID: jayteeuk@wyrddreams.org
What are the top 10 reasons to use FF over IE? I'll start:
1. Security
Any really good arguments here?
2. Standards
Open standards ensure that independent vendors can compete on fair grounds. The W3C is the de facto standards body for internet standards. Firefox is implemented from the ground up based on those standards. Standard compliant websites will show in any browsers (on any platform) that also complies to the standards, and not just in a specific browser with its own standard.
3. Extensibility
Different users have different needs. For most, the normal Firefox distribution has all required features. For some, a specific extra feature is of considerable value. Firefox has support for plugin's, which is small custom components of code that can deliver near any functionality.
4. Reliability
In firefox, what you see is what you get. No hidden agendas, no spy-ware installing behind your back.
5. Comfort
Do you remember how the internet was a few years back when there were no annoying pop-up's and you didn't have to worry about spyware installing on your machine behind your back? With Firefox, you can once again realize that blissful sensation of using the Internet.
6. Continuity
Firefox is not going to stop innovating at 1.0 or whenever it has market dominance. Firefox is here to stay, and to keep evolving.
7. Slickness
Firefox has stunning looks and sleek controls. You can download a theme with a few clicks, or you can create your own. Firefox is hot, Internet Explorer is not.
8. For the people, by the people
Microsoft is not your friend. Firefox, like much open source software, is built for the people, by the people. You'll find that Firefox is surrounded by an enthusiastic community of supporters, not big business. Firefox, like other Open Source Software, is built, maintained and supported by people who believe in sharing, cooperation, and community.
9. ?
10.?
Unable to read configuration file '/bigassraid/htdig//conf/14229.conf'
Geocrawler error message.
If you download one of the nightly builds, you'll see it's actually fixed in the "trunk," but not in the "branch" 1.0 came from, because it apparently caused too many other flaky reactions.
bug 264913
bug 217527
The good news is that Slashdot WORKS again in the nightlies. If you really want, you can grab a nightly build here and check it out for yourself. They are generally pretty stable, but thy sometimes f with your extensions.
Just depends on what you use primarily. I found myself before using Firefox and Thunderbird but not a lot of extensions on either one. I kept both open all the time. So why spend the extra memory when the combined footprint on Mozilla browser/client as a suite is smaller than the combined fox/bird?
If you find yourself as a power user that has a ton of diff extensions, don't find yourself stuck in your mail client all the time, then use firefox / thunderbird. Mozilla will meet your needs if you just want a browser with all the security of fox but nothing else of it.
I stole this
The IE one is designed to go in the explorer bar search pane of IE, thus it is narrow, small and lightweight.
I.O.U One Sig.
Some of us require browsers for work - web developers, researchers, IT people. Firefox contributes GREATLY to producitivity: tabbed browsing with middle click background-opening is unmatched in IE. It makes google'ing 10 times faster.
Plus, it's so much easier as an IT manager, because IE is a friggin magnet for shit - people end up with so much junk on their computer that DOES come from IE. Exploits are written for IE, and IE is more flawed than any other browser and the security fixes take longer than any other browser.
Maybe you SHOULD care!
Keep an eye on Moox's Site.
He's already in the past done release builds of Firefox with SVG. They were pretty nice.
I'd watch for it in a few days.
Meanwhile, I've already setup a Mirror of Moox's FireFox 1.0 Optimized release builds, just incase he gets slammed.
May this post be indexed by spiders, and archived for all to see as my Internet epitaph.
Please people, use the mirrors or the mozilla.org ftp redirect. The plugin finder is suffering from the slashdotting and massive surge in traffic. We don't want to drive people away as the first thing they experience is problems finding/updating their extensions/themes.
l eases/
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re
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Sweet. Pulled it down from the torrent in seconds. Can't even reach Mozilla.org or spreadfirefox.com or any of those sites right now. They are simply swamped.
;)
I wonder how bad my home server would get pounded if I were to post a link to the FireFox 1.0 download. Go ahead, pound it... It's a special occassion.
Using the executable installer to install to the path of my existing Firefox installation (PR1) resulted in the browser's shell completely flaking out when the browser was eventually launched. No start page would load. The Bookmarks menu was empty (clicking on Manage Bookmarks and then returning to the Bookmarks menu solved this). Visiting web pages didn't seem to affect the interface whatsoever (i.e.: no active back button, no loading page animation, no updating of location bar, etc.). In general, the shell seemed disconnected from the application itself.
A normal uninstall, followed by a re-install did not solve the problem. Files were left in the install directory and, when prompted, I chose to wipe out the entire directory. Only after performing a complete uninstall (completely deleting the install path, but preserving the profiles) and reinstalling did Firefox work properly. Your mileage may vary, but I hope this isn't a widespread problem, as a 1.0 release isn't the time for screwups like this.
Might I have been doing something wrong? Installing a new version to the old path seems to be a a well-supported idiom, as I've been doing that for ages without problems with all manners of programs.
Here are the Moox cpu-optimized builds for windows (I've been using these since 0.9.3, and they seem significantly faster on my Athlon XP).
Enjoy
"When a ball dreams, it dreams it's a frisbee"
I'll address your second first, because it's easier. Go to Tools->Options->Advanced->Accessabulity and uncheck "Begin finding when you begin typing." I'm not 100% sure that addresses all your concerns, but it's a start.
On the first one - I realize this is a lot more of a pain than deleting libullplugin, but I think I have solution for you. I presume you are mostly complaining about flash. Download and install the adblock extension. Ad an adblock extension for *.swf, and adblock will block all flash for you, and I'm betting that'll happen before it looks for the plugin and stop the warnings.
Why should I switch from Mozilla to Firefox?
There isn't all that much difference. But the Firefox extensions are good (and easy to fetch), especially Web Developer gives you loads of cool tools for inspecting web pages, and Mozilla Firesomething is an instant classic (it's a parody on Firefox' name's history - it gives your windows names like "Mozilla Superkoala" - this sort of thing cracks me up. But then I am a nerd).
Friends of mine love the mouse gestures extension, but I didn't like Black and White much...
I believe posters are recognized by their sig. So I made one.
Open Firefox and put about:config in the address line.
Put app.extensions.version in the filter.
Change value from 1.0 to 0.10
Most, if not all, extensions that work in PR should work now.
Your extensions will have to be reactivated by right clicking on each extension and selecting Enable.
Use at your own risk...Lawyers make me say that...
Slashdot, home of supporters of free software, free music, and free speech.Except for Moderators that disagree with you.
The only problems I've seen firefox cause are not the fault of firefox, but of poor web design. Those web designers who don't bother to test their work on anything but IE. IMHO, if you are going to be doing web design for anything more then your own personal page, you need to have numerous browsers installed on your machine, and either physical boxes or VMware session to other OSes to test, test ,test. But I suppose that is lost to many.
Don't Tread on Me
First of all, by default, you have to type '/' to activate the search as you find tool. Also, the Edit->Find features are still there. Type Control+F and the field will come up so you can type in whatever you want. And then you type in what you want, and then hit enter. Then to search again you can hit F3 or Control+G. So I really don't understand your gripe at all. If you want to change the search/find utility to automatically search as you type (meaning, no typing '/' first), then you can do that as well via Tools-Options->Advanced->Accessibility->2 nd Option.
So...I'm pretty sure I understood your post correctly, but it didn't make much sense, because you can still do CtrlF, F3 as you did before. That has not changed. If I'm wrong, then reply to this.
"Time is long and life is short, so begin to live while you still can." -EV
9. XUL really rocks:
Have a look here: http://www.faser.net/mab/chrome/content/mab.xul
Has anyone else seen Firefox render slashdot incorrectly?
Yes. And I've seen some other sites render incorrectly too.
In Slashdot case, simply Ctrl-+, Ctrl-= should do the trick, but unfortunatelly there are some sites out there, where even this trick will not fix the page. Also, there seems to be some sort of CSS rendering bug in Firefox, which fucks up Bloglines.com, if you use some proxy server.
There are some other bugs still in Firefox, which haven't been fixed even if there are several bug reports about these issues. (rendering, lock-ups, etc.)
There also seems to be a way to work around the pop-up filter. I've bumped into sites, which are able to open tons of pop-ups and crash the Firefox even if the pop-up blocker is on. I need to investigate this issue a bit more and file a report, if there already isn't a bug report in Bugzilla.
So, you're not only one having problems with Firefox.
In case it gets slashdotted, new features:
And improvements:
This one is right at the hub of NYC. Big pipes.
http://www.friedneko.com/Firefox Setup 1.0.exe
Firefox for Windows has built in NTLM authentication. Type your username/password combo in and go nuts.
Dammit! I'm left with an empty bookmark folder and to my dismay, bookmarks.bak has also been overwritten after installing firefox 1.0. Be warned!!!
The suite is not being ignored. Live bookmarks are in the Suite, as are all the Thunderbird features you mentioned. Tabbed-browser improvements are being added as well.
The reason you don't see this yet is development happens on trunk (currently 1.8a6), but the current release is on the 1.7 branch. Generally when a version branches, features are not backported to it - only more important and stable updates (crash fixes, rendering fixes, etc) get included. If you download a trunk nightly, you'll find all of these features.
Unfortunately, due to the Firefox hype, there are few users testing the 1.8 alphas, meaning that 1.8 will have to stay in alpha longer (it's on alpha 6 right now) before moving to beta and eventually release. A lot of the developers who work on Mozilla projects don't use, like, or care about Fireofx - the suite is not going to die any time soon.
My server
I believe this was done for consistency with microsoft's software in windows. The logical place is indeed under edit, but usability has little to do with logic. If most windows users expect it under tools, under tools it must go.
May I suggest the flashblock extension instead. It replaces the flash animation with a box containing a play button. Click the play button if you think you want to watch the flash animation.
the student/IT worker's best friend, Portable Firefox. Works great off of my USB keydrive. :D
The US Army: promoting democracy through unquestioned obedience
I disagree. "Edit" menu contains editing commands, right? Cut, copy, paste, delete (no matter if it spplies to text, image or other content). What's logical about placing Options there?
It's just as illogical to put options under "View" menu, which is meant for managing the way content is displayed in the program. You don't just "view" options, you view and modify them. "Tools" is a kind of a catch-all, but it makes most sense of the three.
"Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity." - Marshall McLuhan
If you are a regular Slashdot surfer, you might want to check out my extension, SlashFix which fixes the very annoying Slashdot rendering errors in the Firefox 1.0 branch.
These errors are fixed in the Mozilla trunk source code, but for apparently sound reasons, the developers didn't want to check the fixes into the 1.0 branch, apparently because they caused problems with some other, unnamed web sites. SlashFix is a good interim solution so you don't feel compelled to start up IE just to surf your favorite geek time-waste.
Your browser detecting technique is broken. If you send different content to clients depending on which HTTP request headers are sent, you need to send an appropriate Vary response header. Otherwise public caches could serve the wrong content to the wrong browsers, resulting in Firefox users getting "upgrade to Firefox" and non-Firefox users getting the content intended for Firefox users.
With thanks to escaflo:
Moox Firefox 1.0 M1 (MMX) Torrent
Moox Firefox 1.0 M2 (SSE) Torrent
Moox Firefox 1.0 M3 (SSE2) Torrent
Use the torrents and save his bandwidth.
Visceral Psyche Films
HEHEE...
:) :)
Think about it...
TONS of geeks downloading Firefox.
Each copy of Firefox has a live bookmark pointing to slashdot.
Slashdot's RSS news feed get's slashdotted and Cmdr. Taco goes nuts
Finally, this is what happened
I really wonder what the present download count is!
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
You're quite right about the Vary header, and I've updated the page (and the header viewer) accordingly, thanks: How to detect Firefox.
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Java and Flash on Linux are at least as good as their Windows versions. Yeah sites that use them can be slow, annoying, and sometimes, though very rarely, cause browser instability, but I see the same crap happen to my wife under Windows XP with IE.
The type of plugins that still suck on Linux are media player browser plugins. Sure there is an mplayer plugin for Mozilla, but after over a year of using it... I still feel that it is crap. So for video and music that is not streamed, I just download to a local folder and play from there. However, for streamed content, I tend to be up sh*t creek.
Go to the site that has the search for which you want to create a keyword.
... it will prompt you with the save bookmark dialog .. there will be a box labeled 'keyword' - enter the keyword you want to use.
On that site, Right click the form field and choose 'Add a keyword for this search'
Once added, FF will allow you to use that keyword in exactly the way you described.
You can also add them manually, by mucking with the URL the way you describe, but this UI method allows you to do it and automatically creates the passable fields for you.