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Firefox 1.5 officially released! by ~INVASION~ on 11-30-2005 at 02:18 AM

yep its out, also with this is a new site design. Go check it out at http://www.mozilla.com/

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 02:22 AM

- What I don't understand is.. why has it jumped from 1.0.7 to 1.5?

- Whats new in 1.5? Is everything just improved?

- Isn't getfirefox.com ment to go to http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ not mozilla.com ?

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by ~INVASION~ on 11-30-2005 at 02:30 AM

fluxiontech

Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla’s browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.

Mozilla Firefox has the following other editions available: Mozilla Firefox for Linux and Mozilla Firefox for Mac OS X.
Latest Changes:

* Automated update to streamline product upgrades
* Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance
* Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs
* Improvements to popup blocking
* Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut
* Answers.com is added to the search engine list
* Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and “Safe Mode” experience
* Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the i
* Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox
* Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer
* New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6
* Many security enhancements

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 02:42 AM

As I said.. basically everything is improved. Nothing as major as 'no tabs - with tabs' or anything like that.

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Supersonicdarky on 11-30-2005 at 02:55 AM

i like the new design :)

* Supersonicdarky thinks of jaking it... 8-)

downloading now

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 11-30-2005 at 03:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
Isn't getfirefox.com ment to go to http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ not mozilla.com ?
theres two mozilla things now
the Mozilla Corporation and the open source foundation

This may help to explain it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation


and alsoooooooooooo in Firefox 1.5 theres javascript 1.6 yes kids i know you've wanted this :P
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/New_in_JavaScript_1.6
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Weyzza on 11-30-2005 at 05:57 AM

Wow...

Firefox is getting better now although it is still slower than my default browser.

If someday the extension I want is made available, there's no doubt I'm switching to Firefox :p

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by TazDevil on 11-30-2005 at 06:12 AM

Favourite Extensions for Mozilla Firefox 1.5

- Tab X 0.9.1 - (put a close button X on each tab)
- FlashGot 0.5.9.98 - (downlaod manager)
- Image Zoom 0.2.1 - (zoom any image with your mouse wheel)
- PDF Download 0.5.1.2 - (choose to view/download PDF documents)
- Gmail Notifier 0.5.3 - (no comment)
- IE View 1.2.7 - (open current page in IE window)
- Tabbrowser Preferences 1.2.8.7 - (expand tab preferences )
- Download Statusbar 0.9.4 - (Download Manager)
- Feedview 0.9.8 - (view RSS links instead of XML)
- IE Tab 1.0.6.4 - (can embed IE windows in FF tabs really sweet)

and now you are all set to surf the web... ;) any way you like.

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 11-30-2005 at 06:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by TazDevil
Favourite Extensions for Mozilla Firefox 1.5

- Tab X 0.9.1 - (put a close button X on each tab)
- FlashGot 0.5.9.98 - (downlaod manager)
- Image Zoom 0.2.1 - (zoom any image with your mouse wheel)
- PDF Download 0.5.1.2 - (choose to view/download PDF documents)
- Gmail Notifier 0.5.3 - (no comment)
- IE View 1.2.7 - (open current page in IE window)
- Tabbrowser Preferences 1.2.8.7 - (expand tab preferences )
- Download Statusbar 0.9.4 - (Download Manager)
- Feedview 0.9.8 - (view RSS links instead of XML)
- IE Tab 1.0.6.4 - (can embed IE windows in FF tabs really sweet)

and now you are all set to surf the web... [Image: msn_wink.gif] any way you like.
pfffft IE tab and IE view? ... bit redundent there...
Heres what i consider to be needed :P
Best first.
- Tab Preview 0.2.1 - Preview tab contents on mouseover
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox

now for the others :P
- BugMeNot 0.8 - Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.
- Console˛ 0.2.5 - The next generation error console.
- MR Tech Local Install 4.0.20051102 - Local Install power tools for all users.
- Super DragAndGo 0.2.4 - Drag a link or anything like a uri (e.g. "abc.com" ), and throw it to anywhere blank on the webpage to open the it in a new tab.
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3 Alpha 0.2.9.2005102402 - Tab browsing with an added boost.
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Chestah on 11-30-2005 at 07:55 AM

By the way, if you already have Firefox 1.5 RC3, don't bother updating its exactly the same build :)

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Weyzza on 11-30-2005 at 08:23 AM

[Image: attachment.php?pid=571793]
It's definitely a very bad leak :sad:

What do you think the cause possibly would be?

I have DOM Inspector, CostumizeGoogle, Tab Mix Plus and IE Tab.

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by John Anderton on 11-30-2005 at 10:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
If you dont have that you are either Mike or you suck :P
Its a must :P

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- BugMeNot 0.8 - Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.
Bah .... it sucks :dodgy:

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- MR Tech Local Install 4.0.20051102 - Local Install power tools for all users.
- Super DragAndGo 0.2.4 - Drag a link or anything like a uri (e.g. "abc.com" ), and throw it to anywhere blank on the webpage to open the it in a new tab.
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3 Alpha 0.2.9.2005102402 - Tab browsing with an added boost.
Im trying those three :D

Im still on the beta that you linked me to dt. It auto updated a few times (which btw are teh pwnage) but thats it. Anything newer ??

quote:
Originally posted by thekid
It's definitely a very bad leak
Ive had 6 leaks in the past 2 weeks :-/ 4 of them consumed 60-80 mb ram, one consumed 95mb ram and the last one was late last nite after running ff for 4 straight hours with 3 windows and 4 - 5 tabs each there was a memory leak and it showed 112mb :-/

Something is seriously wrong.

And btw 112 mb is bad for me cause i have 256 mb ram whilst other ppl like dt have 1 gb ram and ive seen them loose about 800 mb ram to memory leaks :-/
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 11-30-2005 at 11:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by thekid
[Image: attachment.php?pid=571793]
It's definitely a very bad leak [Image: xso_sad.gif]

What do you think the cause possibly would be?

I have DOM Inspector, CostumizeGoogle, Tab Mix Plus and IE Tab.
...thats a leak? pfft ... also customizeGoogle is a compiled GM script so that could be your problem.

this is a leak.
[Image: ffmemleak.jpg]
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Lou on 11-30-2005 at 11:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
doesn't work with the current version. Believe me, I tried.
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 11-30-2005 at 12:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lou_habs
quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
doesn't work with the current version. Believe me, I tried.
Believe me you didnt try 0.6.4 cvs :refuck:  you tried 0.6.1.4

anyway just read oversome of the old gm mailing list
try this
http://random.thedt.net/GM/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.xpi

or if you prefer to rename it yourself.
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/attachments/20051009/8174bca4/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.zip
rename it from .zip to .xpi
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Mike on 11-30-2005 at 01:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by John Anderton
If you dont have that you are either Mike or you suck :P
How the heck do you know i dont have GM enabled? :P

Anyway, GM sucks... :dodgy:
If the memory leaks were fixed... :dodgy:
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by cardshark on 11-30-2005 at 04:41 PM

Are all the extensions the same as what would be used in the 1.5 Beta? I'm being lazy about updating the browser but am interested in the extensions themselves. :)

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Chris4 on 11-30-2005 at 04:45 PM

Hmm I just noticed it's got quite a big mem usage, don't know if it has always been like that. Although it's not as big as the screenshots above, it's around 46,844k...

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by TazDevil on 11-30-2005 at 05:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
quote:
Originally posted by lou_habs
quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
doesn't work with the current version. Believe me, I tried.
Believe me you didnt try 0.6.4 cvs :refuck:  you tried 0.6.1.4

anyway just read oversome of the old gm mailing list
try this
http://random.thedt.net/GM/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.xpi

or if you prefer to rename it yourself.
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/attachments/20051009/8174bca4/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.zip
rename it from .zip to .xpi
well i cant find a link for 0.6.4 nowhere :(
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Rodney on 11-30-2005 at 09:26 PM

I've got a bit of a problem here, and I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm using FF 1.5 and Greasemonkey 0.6.2.1. Everything worked fine. Then I tried to install a new script, and it just... err... completely fucked up. :undecided: Look at this screenie. None of the buttons work. I tried everything, in the end I just uninstalled FF and deleted every possible thing related to it - registry entries, temporary files, etc. Thinking this would surely have solved the problem I reinstalled everything, but no, it still didn't work. I can't use it at all and I have no idea why. Help?

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by Weyzza on 12-01-2005 at 12:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
...thats a leak? pfft ... also customizeGoogle is a compiled GM script so that could be your problem.

this is a leak.
http://random.thedt.net/ffmemleak.jpg
Well, yeah...

It's a leak for me, Mr. l33t-who-owns-1gb-of-ram-and-a-dual-screen-monitor.

As for your leak case, that's indeed worse :p
How could an application which is prolly used by hundreds of thousands of people nowadays have a major problem?

tbh, I've never seen a program had memory leaks that bad since I know that I could see processes by pressing ctrl-alt-del.

Anyways, I've removed CostumizeGoogle, and Firefox's still very slow.
Maybe my computer just hates Firefox... :p
...or it is not the fastest a fast browser like many people claim.
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by guanako on 12-01-2005 at 03:09 AM

at least it works better with live mail beta now :D

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 12-01-2005 at 04:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by TazDevil
quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
quote:
Originally posted by lou_habs
quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
- Greasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for Firefox
doesn't work with the current version. Believe me, I tried.
Believe me you didnt try 0.6.4 cvs [Image: refuck.gif]  you tried 0.6.1.4

anyway just read oversome of the old gm mailing list
try this
http://random.thedt.net/GM/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.xpi

or if you prefer to rename it yourself.
http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/attachments/20051009/8174bca4/greasemonkey-0.6.2.1-0001.zip
rename it from .zip to .xpi
well i cant find a link for 0.6.4 nowhere [Image: msn_sad.gif]
There is no link to it not yet anyway its still in the cvs and because Aaron (the guy who made greasemonkey) didnt want anyone to make an xpi version of that build yet.

if you know how to use cvs just connect to mozdevs server
guest@mozdev.org
tis a  pserver .
the repository folder is /cvs
module is greasemonkey
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by YottabyteWizard on 12-01-2005 at 05:01 AM

Everything is fine, except Mass Downloader plugin isn't compatible with Firefox 1.5 ¬¬ No more 'anatomy' pics :'(

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by linx05 on 12-01-2005 at 05:23 AM

I downloaded it and had a go at it. It felt pretty smooth. The menus felt faster, the configuration dialogs felt faster. Even clicking Ok saving the config appears faster.

But... with the huge leaks which still haven't been fixed I'll have to uninstall it again.

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by cardshark on 12-01-2005 at 05:26 AM

Anyone have a preference on a particular download manager for that to use with FlashGot? I know you can use it with just the built-in one with Firefox, but I'm trying to find something that will work a bit better.

RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by -dt- on 12-01-2005 at 06:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by cardshark
Anyone have a preference on a particular download manager for that to use with FlashGot? I know you can use it with just the built-in one with Firefox, but I'm trying to find something that will work a bit better.
Getright is a download manager i loveeeeeee though its not free.
RE: Firefox 1.5 officially released! by cardshark on 12-01-2005 at 07:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-
Getright is a download manager i loveeeeeee though its not free.
I may look into it, but for now, let's stick with the free stuff.
* cardshark pulls out the "Poor college student" membership card