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Mozilla Firefox 1.5 RC3 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the getting-close-now dept.

Jasper Bryant-Greene writes "It doesn't look like the official website has updated yet, but Firefox 1.5 RC3 has been just been released. MozillaZine has the scoop."

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  1. Update now popup is too forceful by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was in the middle of typing a posting and this thing popped up taking away focus.
    Didn't have full time to check, but hitting return would/could have started the update process off without informed consent.

    I realise they want to get it updated, but I think the new regime is just a bit too forceful - it should be on application startup and not checking whilst I'm browsing.

    --
    liqbase :: faster than paper
  2. Why do we care? by TheZeusJuice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not to be a troll or anything, but why does slashdot deam every minor release of Firefox to be worthy of a story? Its no different from any other OSS. And also, anyone who uses Firefox would notice and know what the little green upward-pointing arrow on the upper-right-hand corner means.

  3. Re:This Is Was On Digg.com Yesterday by Bullfish · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, this happens on sites all over the net. News is disseminated instantly over a large number of sites instantaneously. What makes slashdot good are the users who make good comments. You want a better site, quit whining and do that. The commentary is why I come here and digg's is not that good. Tech news I can get almost anywhere.

    As for politics, more and more it is impacting the nerds of world due to nervous politicians and evil content companies pressuring them. We would be remiss to ignore it.

    This thread is for FF RC3. I got mine automatically yesterday with no hitches. Considering how the last time I got an upgrade message it flopped about four times, this was an improvement.