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Mozilla M9 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

_m writes "The boyos at mozilla.org have dropped mozilla M9 and, from looking at the m10 nightly releases, it looks really promising. Go out and support your local developer. Still some small problems, but it looks like quite a lot of the important things have been sorted. Go alt tags! "

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  1. Instead of getting milestones... by Rayban · · Score: 5

    I know everyone loves getting the milestones, but the project could always use a few helping hands for stuff like QA (general bugfinding), development or even just suggestions.

    Take a look at bugzilla (bugzilla.mozilla.org) and get an account there. Browse the bugs to see what the report looks like and see if you can submit an original bug, make a test case for an existing one or whatnot. We're all going to be using this browser in the end, so you may as well have some say in how it turns out. ;)

    Enjoy M9! :)

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    æeee!
  2. Those who can... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    Those who can, do.

    Those not smart enough for that, test and submit bug reports.

    Those not smart enough for that, wait patiently while others work out the bugs.

    Those not smart enough for that, sit back on Slashdot and bitch about how the quality of pre-release software isn't good enough for them, make meaningless comments about momentum and market share, etc.

    Those not smart enough for that are dead, since they couldn't figure out how to breathe.

  3. 68 Freakin 6 by chocolateboy · · Score: 5

    It's not like I'm running on an Amiga or a Casio E-100 or a Palm Pilot or a Sinclair QL or a Dreamcast or a yawn... I mean, this is a red-hot-one-year-ago (remember how things were a year ago... a month ago... last week... kids today) laptop. i586. MMX. Quake II. WindowMaker. vi. Capisce? 1024x768 pixels of uncut attitude. Every Milestone I have to break it to my baby: the Man from Mozilla says 'No'.

    Laptop: Are you on crack? You're saying I have to put up with Netscape 4.07? That heinous piece of crap.

    Me: Hey, watch your language, laptop. Don't make me hafta open a can of Lynx on your ass.

    Laptop: Alright, alright. Couldn't you just download the source? Pretty please? Me: 20Mb on a 33.3k connection? Buddy, your F00F bug is showing.

    Laptop: But Navigator hates Java. The slightest applet brings it to its knees.

    Me: I know.

    Laptop: Why the hell don't browsers cache DNS lookups? There's some kind of DNS locking going on that causes it to whiteout. On DNS for chrissakes! You look at top and it's got like 96% of the memory.

    Me: I know.

    Laptop: Try reading Slashdot on that baby. Good luck. Back doesn't mean back on planet Netscape.

    Me: I know.

    Laptop: Don't get me started on Javascript. Or CSS. Bloat. Speed. Key Bindings.

    Me: I'm sure it will come. One day...

    Laptop: Yeah. That'd be a freakin Milestone.