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Mozilla Firefox 1.02 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-your-update dept.

akadruid writes "Mozilla has begun rolling the Firefox 1.02 security update. It has appeared with the little fanfare and without the staggered rollout of 1.01 - have Mozilla sorted their distribution worries?"

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  1. How they solved distribution worries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's just say the bandwidth of vulnerable IE users is being put to good use.

  2. Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now if only they'd get going on Sunbird. I need a good calendar app.

    1. Re:Cool by xigxag · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What would a Mozilla-based IM client offer over any one of the other third-party IM clients (gaim, trillian, etc)?

      If you're trying to convince your organization to switch to open-source offerings, it's easier to bring up an integrated solution such as, "We can switch to the Mozilla Suite" than to have to sell three or four different projects like, "We can switch to K-Meleon for browsing, Trillian for IM, Thunderbird for email," etc.

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    2. Re:Cool by chrispyman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And this is exactly one of the big reasons many dislike the discontinuation of the Mozilla Suite. Until Firefox, Thunderbird, and the rest start integrating better (act more like a single app with optional components), there really isn't any other apps out there that make up a nice "Internet Suite."

  3. No need to panic... by mistersooreams · · Score: 5, Informative

    As the version number suggests, this is a pretty minor update. That's not to say that these security fixes aren't important; they are, and they proove once again that open source software can react far faster to new threats than any closed source development model. Nevertheless, it means that the Mozilla Foundation aren't expecting a major download rush. Of course, with Slashdot's intervention, maybe we can take them by surprise.

    Now, how long to the first "Firefox 1.02 ate my boot sector" post?

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  4. Mozilla 1.7.6 out, too by invisik · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't forget the suite is updated as well...

    -m

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  5. Update? by Transcendent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How it is an update when it acts as a total re-install?

    I love how firefox/thunderbird keep filling up my Add/Remove Programs list in XP everytime there is an "update".

    Not trying to flame, but shouldn't there be a better way?

    1. Re:Update? by Bauguss · · Score: 5, Insightful

      to all those saying how to change your registry or those saying uninstall first.

      This is moronic. We are talking about a program that is getting a lot of attention from a lot of people. Hell, my grandparents even use it.

      That said, my grandparents SHOULD NOT have to uninstall and then reinstall. It won't make sense to them because it is retarded. An update function should be just that. It shouldn't ask all the same questions it did back when you first installed it. It shouldn't ask if you want firefox as your home page. Those things have already been done. I think when you click update it should just do it. It should download, install, and then pop up a window saying it needs to restart the browser. It should then close the browser, and reopen it. (preferably back to the same url you were at when you got the update message)

      Now that I've said that, thanks for the registry edit info. I needed to know that. (the update for Google's Picasa did the same thing)

  6. Re:1.2.. by darthpenguin · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you want to block the javascript popups, just use the Adblock extension. Not only can it block images, but also scripts and flash and just about everything else. Combined with wildcards, you can block out everything from most major web advertising places, including most of those nasty js popup scripts.

  7. Adblock definitions site... by Golgafrinchan · · Score: 5, Informative
    Speaking of which...

    At this site, you can find updated Adblock definitions that you can easily import. Just scroll down to the most recent update, download, and install.

    Ever since I installed these, I've had to manually block something only a couple of times. They work great!

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    1. Re:Adblock definitions site... by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Geocities never lasts long...

      Here is a mirror to the latest updates 2005-03-20a.txt

  8. Re:Uninstall first please by tajmorton · · Score: 5, Informative

    Really? Mine worked fine with just installing right over 1.0.1 with Windows XP. Under Linux...no go (of course).
    However, Autopackage works great (if you've have FF installed from Autopackage): http://www.wildgardenseed.com/Taj/autopackage/fire fox-1.0.2.x86.package
    (BTW, if you do try this Autopackage, we'd love some feedback on how it works--taj at wildgardenseed dot com).

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  9. what would be very cool ... by bizitch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If Firefox incorporated a bittorrent agent inside the browser for updates. Simple click and launch a bittorrent download - then install followed by some minimal upload time - say 5 minutes of bandwidth

    that would be cool ... heh heh

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  10. Solution by Adam9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go this address: about:config
    Right click anywhere
    Select new, integer
    Name: privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins
    Value: 2

    -- Taken from another /. user

  11. Autodebug by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    With Bugzilla and the community, their backend that addresses security bugs is pretty tight. But why is the desktop end limited by the archaic announcement/download/install scenario? I'd prefer to accept subscription to the security bugfix channel, RSS polled every few hours or hundred pages. If it authenticated the patches, I'd get a nonmodal notification message, with "More Info" and "Always Autoapply" buttons in the window. That would make their rapid responses worthwhile. If they could upgrade in the background without slowing down my surfing, with on-demand rollbacks, I'd probably just autoupdate, looking for upgrade notices in my email.

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  12. then why bother with autoupdate at all ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful


    You should be uninstalling the old version before you install the new one.

    which bit of autoupdate don't they get ?

    i shouldnt be doing anything other than clicking an update icon,everything should be taken care of
    does Microsoft say "to install SP2 you must uninstall SP1" ? so why do i have to in mozilla ?

    never mind me having to disappear into advanced settings to check updates manually when in IE its on the tools menu, easy to get at if i want to check

    at the moment the word to describe their update process is rubbish

  13. Filterset.G instructions - important! by Mitchell+Mebane · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't forget the proper settings you need to get the most out of Filterset.G:

    Recommended Adblock settings for Filterset.G

    [To modify: Tools > Adblock > Preferences]

    Hide Ads x Remove Ads

    Ablock Options:
    Obj-Tabs
    x Collapse Blocked Elements
    x Check Parent Links
    x Site Blocking
    x Keep List Sorted

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