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Firefox 1.0.7 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the download-now-if-you-are-in-korea dept.

hackajar writes "Firefox 1.0.7 has been released today. From the announcement "Fixes are included for the international domain name (IDN) link buffer overflow vulnerability and the Linux command line URL parsing flaw. There are also other security and stability changes, including a fix for a crash experienced when using certain Proxy Auto-Config scripts. In addition, some regressions introduced by previous 1.0.x security updates have been resolved.""

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  1. More stable by buro9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been running it for 3 minutes, and I must say... it's VERY stable. Probably more so than ever!

    (please understand this is a joke)

  2. Some things, money can't buy ... by URSpider · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot subscription: $10.00.

    Getting to download the next version of Firefox before the site gets Slashdotted: priceless !

    1. Re:Some things, money can't buy ... by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 3, Funny
      Actually it is funny (if a little old), and I probably would have wasted a +1 Funny on it if I'd had mod points today.

      Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

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    2. Re:Some things, money can't buy ... by MoogMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've heard there's a Korean mirror that you can use if the main site goes down...

    3. Re:Some things, money can't buy ... by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 3, Funny

      Slashdot subscription: $0.00

      Getting to download the next version of Firefox because mozilla.org can withstand a slashdotting: $0.00

      Flaming a stupid use of an old joke: priceless!

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  3. Re:Nasty bugs. by stlhawkeye · · Score: 5, Funny
    The unix/linux bad-link problem allowing malicious URLs to run shell scripts is a bit nasty.

    HA! I don't have your insecure Linux problems. I run Windows!

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  4. Re:And yet..... by gordgekko · · Score: 3, Funny

    As usual means you wait up to two weeks before an arrow shows up or if you decide to manually check for updates under Tools>Options>Advanced>Software Updates.

    I like Firefox but being forced to wait days -- or longer -- for a security update is utterly pathetic. If I wanted a browser with known exploits that I can't patch I'd use IE.

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  5. Re:localised builds by gordgekko · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because you Brits insist on speaking English. When 1.0.7 is converted to English from American, you'll get your new localized version!

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  6. Re:localised builds by dkh2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try looking for the 'English' version instead. Along that line ... they don't have a separate 'American' version.

    Back in the day... John Clease was one of Jay Leno's guests during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. He described 3 differences between Americans and the British.
    1) We (the British) speak English.
    2) When we hold a world championship sporting event we invite teams from other countries.
    3) When we meet our head of state we only go down on ONE knee.

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  7. I think I'll wait a week or so by raitchison · · Score: 3, Funny

    For Firefox 1.0.8 to be released

  8. Re:localised builds by Bananenrepublik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because you Brits insist on speaking English. When 1.0.7 is converted to English from American, you'll get your new localized version!

    That would be localised then.

  9. Re:localised builds by Haeleth · · Score: 4, Funny

    At a guess, the English version doesn't have all those nasty spelling mistakes like "Fonts & Colors (sic)" which the careless American maintainers still haven't got round to fixing.

    It's possible that it also replaces outlandish words like "cookies" with more familiar terms like "biscuits".

  10. Re:More stable-Marketing. by eno2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you think it was stable before, you ain't seen NOTHIN' yet! Now it's also barn and silo!!!

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