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Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite 1.7 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the get-your-dinosaurs-here dept.

ESqVIP writes "Not long after Firefox 1.0.2 is out, there's a new public release. Just like the other 1.0.x releases, this is mostly a security fix. The release should hold for a few more days and we could also get bug 171349 (wrong icon displayed on Win9x) fixed. Mozilla Suite, on the other hand, has quite significant changes, some of them "imported" from Firefox. As announced before, this might be the Suite's last major release from the Mozilla Foundation."

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  1. Mozilla 1.7.*7* by Jack+Comics · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just a correction to the original story, Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite 1.7.*7* was released today, not 1.7.

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    1. Re:Mozilla 1.7.*7* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      And here's a link to the correct readme file for Mozilla 1.7.7 .

  2. At least 1 fix by Pmkool1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This should fix the Add/Remove Programs bug where installing a new version over the old version leaves the both entries in the Add/Remove list.

    Other than that, mostly just security issues.

  3. D'OH by ReverendRyan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now if the update system would just not require a reinstall.

    Most of the people I've converted aren't great at installing software, no matter how simple it may be.

  4. Firefox startup time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have noticed that firefox isnt the fastest starting up on a windows computer, same on my linux machine, but I installed Mozilla couple of weeks ago and it started up almost as fast as IE. Then in this release it says "Size and performance have improved dramatically with this release. When compared to Mozilla 1.6, Mozilla 1.7 is 7% faster at startup, is 8% faster to open a window, has 9% faster page loading, and is 5% smaller in binary size." I am about to install and try it. But why can FireFox not take this and use it to make it's start up times faster??!?

    1. Re:Firefox startup time... by adam1101 · · Score: 5, Informative

      False: firefox 1.0.3 has gecko 1.7.7, same as the current Seamonkey suite. Only the unreleased 1.8beta suites have newer versions, but there won't be an official 1.8 suite release by the Mozilla foundation. Firefox 1.1 will be the official release of gecko 1.8. There is a group of old Seamonkey developers working on a release of the suite 1.8 (under a different name), but I doubt they'll have something ready before firefox 1.1.

      If you want to count beta's, the firefox trunk nightlies have gecko 1.8 as well.

  5. For Version 1.0.4 PLEASE by taxevader · · Score: 5, Insightful

    please please please dont let the URL disappear if the page times out.. its frustrating enough opening 10 pages to have 8 of them load. but for the 2 that didnt load to not even be reloadable due to a totally blank URL line is just unforgivable!!

    please fix this bug ASAP!! /end of rant

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  6. Re:My only request by drendite · · Score: 5, Informative

    this has been fixed in the latest trunk.. afaik we won't see it until 1.1