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."

Comments

Mirrors

[ewithrow]

Mirrors:

http://64.12.168.21/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releas es/1.0
http://207.200.85.49/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/relea ses/1.0/
http://trillian.cc.gatech.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fire fox/releases/
http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/ releases/1.0/
http://mozilla.ussg.indiana.edu/pub/mozilla.org/fi refox/releases/

Official Torrent:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/1.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%201.0.exe.to rrent

Finding updated extensions

[Michael_Jarvis]

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/.

Re:Torrents

[praseodym]

http://firefoxfah.sourceforge.net/fftorrent.html

links to torrents...

[r1ch]

before it gets hammered too badly:

linux i686 torrent

win32 torrent

(both EN-US).

A better mirror?

[dschuetz]

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?

Runs like a breeze!

[choas]

For the Europeans: http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/

Donkey:

OS X Will rule this world
Windows Exe
tar.gz

Re:1.0 right now

[metricmusic]

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!

Re:slashdotted already?

[ink_polaroid]

Bad form to reply to my own post, but some more useful links here:

Windows torrent and executable.
Linux torrents for installer and tarball.

Re:Don't forget to check out the extensions:

[Anonymous Coward]

Posted as plain text by mistake ;)

FoxyTunes: http://www.iosart.com/foxytunes/firefox/

AdBlock: http://adblock.mozdev.org/

More: http://update.mozilla.org

Convert friends - add top 10 reasons for FF here

[Kingpin]

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.?

Re:Please tell me

[discordja]

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.

Re:Torrents

[Denis Lemire]

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. ;)

Had to completely uninstall the Preview Release

[clubin]

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.

Re:And not only that

[the_quark]

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.

Re:Unofficial Change Log

[tksh]

If you're wondering what's new in 1.0, here's a link to the unofficial changed log (link grabbed from mozilla.org's FF release notes).

In case it gets slashdotted, new features:

• New options for controlling where links from other applications open.
• New experimental options for controlling where links in web pages open. To make these experimental options appear, set browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs to true in about:config.
• Firefox is now available in 14 languages.

And improvements:

• "Sort by name" in Bookmarks should sort siblings, not children.
• Information bar (blocked popup, missing plugin, etc) should be closeable.
• View Source should use Find Toolbar.
• Find toolbar loses content when new tab clicked.
• Disable sites reloading onresize. (Many sites reload onresize to work around bugs in Netscape 4. This caused problems in Firefox due to tabs, the Find bar, and information bars.)

Re:what firefox needs

[MrPink2U]

Firefox for Windows has built in NTLM authentication. Type your username/password combo in and go nuts.

firefox 1.0 installer overwrote my bookmarks

[mwilliamson]

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!!!

Re:Where is Preferences?

[cicho]

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.

Re:1.0 right now

[Eric Giguere]

You're quite right about the Vary header, and I've updated the page (and the header viewer) accordingly, thanks: How to detect Firefox.

Eric
Reading C Declarations: A Guide for the Mystified

Re:Mirrors

[Pushnell]

In general, apps have no control whether they get swapped out or not under Windows. In fact, when an application gets minimized, Windows pretty aggressively swaps as much of that app out to try to keep the rest of your apps snappy, whether or not you're short on RAM. However, due to a nifty hack, the moz devs have found a way to prevent or at least reduce how much of their app gets swapped out when minimized. If your desktop habits include frequently minimizing / restoring Firefox, try this:

1) Go to about:config
2) Right-click in the content area and create a new Boolean value
3) Name it "config.trim_on_minimize" and set it to false.
4) Close & relaunch

See bugzilla bug# 76831 if you'd like more details. (no linking to bugs from slashdot)