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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."
No way really?
I've managed to download a copy and order a t-shirt and the site isn't slashdotted yet. What are you all asleep or something?
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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
Got it 5 hours ago.
The new homepage points to http://www.google.com/firefox. Fire your conspiracy theories at will...
0daymeme.com: Great stuff.
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?
They don't need to learn. At least that's their take on it. They include the browser with the OS. How many people who arent geeks like us will spend the time to download another browser and learn how to integrate it with their os - cuz we all know MS does not make that an easy task.. "Internet Explorer is no longer your default browser? Should I notify the FBI?!?!" etc.
Don't Tread on Me
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
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
When the Grauniad and the BBC report this story hours before it appears on Slashdot, you know something's wrong with the world.
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
Next desire, native SVG support so FireFox wins the enterprise space before Longhorn even gets to market.
We have two years.
[Vader]I find your lack of faith distrubing[/Vader]...
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.
Unfortunately Firefox 1 also comes with a number of 'improvements' that are rather dubious. The two that I personally dislike are:
/ Or chidaceae_coauthoring.htm
1. The 'default plugin' which used to be a dynamic library called something like 'libnullplugin.so' is now statically linked in, which means that you can't just remove it. What it does is nag the you every bloody time you go to a page that wants to display something that requires a plugin; these plugins are used intensively in adverts, which is why I don't have them.
2. There has always been a way to search in the displayed page - go to 'Edit -> Find in This Page' in the menu, or press CtlF. In earlier versions you had to press the 'Find Next' button in the search dialog in order to start the search. In Firefox 1.0 the search happens as you type. Some people like it, apparently, but to me it is incredibly disruptive. There are situations where you definitely don't want this functionality; one such is if you, like me, feel it hard to concentrate on the dialog box when the background moves. Another, rather lengthy example is the following:
Assume that you work with a big text that contains a large number of complicated words, like eg (WARNING: its huge):
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume25
This is a botanical text about orchids in China, and it is full of exotic names. Let's say that you have found 'Hemipilia kwangsiensis', and you want to find other occurrences of 'kwangsiensis'. If you are like me, you press CtlF, type the word (none of this mouse stuff for me if I can avoid it) and press [Return]. Except that the wods you are looking for disappears as soon as you start typing, and now you have the problem of finding the original place in a text of about 900 pages printed. And all that just to be cool. It would definitely have been nice with an option that could turn it off.
Apart from that it is a good browser; definitely better than IE. I can recommend v.0.9
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
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.
- Read the "Why Use Firefox?" document
- Go download Firefox and install it
- Use Firefox as you default browser for 5 days
- If, after 5 days, you're still not convinced that Firefox is the best browser there is, uninstall it and switch back
(From an original idea on Spread Firefox, but the site is -surprise!- currently unreachable)-- Serge K. Keller
No, no, see, it was all in the way you *said* the question. For example:
;)
Non-troll (honest question):
"Why should I switch from Mozilla to Firefox?"
Troll (indignant):
"Why should I switch from Mozilla to Firefox?"
See? It's all in the tone of voice.
In case it gets slashdotted, new features:
And improvements:
I ran Linux exclusively from 1995-2000, and the lack of a STABLE web browser than would handle LOTS of Java, Flash, etc ... it sent me to Windows 2000.
I kept Linux on the server, but Windows on the Desktop.
I was really not expecting much when I downloaded Firefox 5 months ago, as I had been using IE exclusively for 4 years.
What an incredible surprise. I have not used IE at all for three months, and am considering a switch back to Linux on the desktop.
Firefox has the potential to really open some doors to not only "alterntative" browsers, but "alternative" OS'es as well.
FF Default Home page?
Die, MSN, die!
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!!!
Hmmm... I wonder why they didn't create a page using XUL, like this page:
I wonder... could it be because it's ugly, looks different on different platforms, takes four times as long to load and provides no extra benefit for the user?
Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, all my base are belong to you
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
You're quite right about the Vary header, and I've updated the page (and the header viewer) accordingly, thanks: How to detect Firefox.
EricReading C Declarations: A Guide for the Mystified
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)