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Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the kick-the-tires dept.

elfguygmail.com writes "Firefox 1.5 beta1 is out! It includes many new features including a new automatic update system, reworked options dialogs, faster browsing, new error pages, memory and stability updates. Get your beta at Mozilla.org."

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  1. Yeah! by OctoberSky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah! New error pages! Finally no more of that 404 bullshit.

    1. Re:Yeah! by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, they said NEW ones.

      I would suspect they've introduced new errors, entirely! Maybe some 700s, 800s.. maybe even some googols!

      Since I'm not going to install it on my mac, someone want to post screenshots of the new screens? Please tell me they're more informative (for unsophisticated users) but not mimics of MSIE.

  2. Re:new error pages! by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, whatever. You say that now, but I bet you were one of those jerks hating on Network Solutions for making "new error pages" last year, weren't, you?

  3. I'll Crush Those Fuckers! by Basehart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right now Steve Balmer is running around naked, drooling at the mouth and ripping up pictures of Bambi, convinced that they named the beta Deer Park because of him somehow.

  4. Funny... by VinodTandon · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the hell of it I clicked on view source on the provided link...

    This was a comment in the code:

              Note to Editors of this Document!

              I have meticulously repaired the indentation here. DO NOT OPEN THIS
              DOCUMENT IN A WYSIWYG EDITOR OR (in the words of Robert DeNiro) I
              WILL BRING YOU DOWN! I WILL BRING YOU DOWN TO CHINATOWN!

                -Ben

    nice.
    -Vinod

  5. Re:Upgrade man by Basehart · · Score: 2, Funny

    "you can get a computer that will stomp that one into the dirt for a couple of hundred bucks easily."

    No way. Robot legs are very expensive, and fitting a pair onto a case would be run into the tens if thousands of dollars.

  6. Re:IE 7 is... by Titus+B.+Otch · · Score: 1, Funny

    IE 7 is out? How do I go about installing this in gentoo?

  7. A Rebuttal by Phil+Urich · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ugliness has no place on the Mac desktop, even on the web. Neither does actual functionality. Style over substance, baby! (Honestly, there's no OS without flaws)

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  8. Re:Deer Park !!!!!!!!!! by suyashs · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't seriously expect Firefox not to work on Slashdot, can you?

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  9. Re:State. by rastos1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Use the approach that is used in my company:

    Developers: Do you want to use approach A or B?
    Sales: Both! And make it configurable!

  10. Heh. by abulafia · · Score: 4, Funny
    Reminds me of a joke we repeat to each other.

    Consultant: No, what I'm asking is, do you want us to build the method that works, which you hired us to discover and spec out for you, or the broken one, for which you're now asking?
    Client: The broken one!
    Consultant: You're sure.
    Client: Are you billing me for this conversation?

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  11. Re:New error pages... a screenshot by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, ah, what exactly would you like the server you can't resolve to tell you?

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  12. Re:I hope it will turn out more stable... by Matt+Perry · · Score: 2, Funny
    My employer forces us to use firefox at my job...
    You might want to try an alternative browser such as Internet Explorer.
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