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Firefox 1.5 RC1 Released
jgaynor writes "The Firefox team took another step towards version 1.5 this morning as it made public release candidate 1 of it's popular browser. Users running 1.5 beta should have already received notice via an automated update dialogue box. New features include improved Pop-up blocking, enhanced automated update, better OS X support and faster back and forward page navigation buttons. A full list of features can be found in the release notes as well as the downloaded page." My copy is 24 seconds away from downloaded ;)
did they forget about the DOS exploit in 1.0.7? I've been watching daily for an update and there still isn't one. Firefox sells itself on security. Everyone rails on microsoft for being slow to respond or ignoring threats in IE, but it seems like the firefox team is taking a page out of that book. At very least they've dropped the ball here. I can see not being quick to fix (and release an update) for a security hole in Beta software, but 1.0.x is supposed to be the stable production version.