Firefox browser: Version 1.5 is out!

[Siembambaa]

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5/

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Fasterfox

 

[noswal]

what is the difference between that and 1.0.7 which I currently use

 

[Compl33t]

Why isn't this on Slashdot, Cnet, or any of the other big news sites?

It isn't even on mozilla.org...

 

[noswal]

Right side of page - http://www.mozilla.org/
Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 3

 

[Siembambaa]

Why isn't this on Slashdot, Cnet, or any of the other big news sites?

It isn't even on mozilla.org...

Because the truely l33t also monitor www.digg.com

 

[bwana]

Why isn't this on Slashdot, Cnet, or any of the other big news sites?

It isn't even on mozilla.org...

Its on Digg.com - http://windows.czweb.org/show_article.php?id_article=352

Official release isnt until this afternoon California time (they're 10hrs behind us).

 

[Compl33t]

Because the truely l33t also monitor www.digg.com

Aha...clever, clever. ;P

I'm downloading it now. Will verify.

 

[Siembambaa]

Right side of page - http://www.mozilla.org/
Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 3

My link is for the final 1.5 release ... not a RC

 

[bwana]

Because the truely l33t also monitor www.digg.com

Figured as much

Downloaded the OsX version and its 100% afaik,

 

[Compl33t]

Yep, same here.

Cool. Ta.

 

[Siembambaa]

For the tinfoilhat brigade: http://windows.czweb.org/show_article.php?id_article=352

 

[bwana]

My link is for the final 1.5 release ... not a RC

According to another digg the 1.5rc and 1.5 have identical MD5 values. http://www.digg.com/security/MD5_Hash_for_Firefox_1.5_Final_is_exactly_the_same_as_1.5RC3 so there's good chance they're identical.

 

[noswal]

My link is for the final 1.5 release ... not a RC

Ok, but what is the difference/improvement?

 

[Siembambaa]

Ok, but what is the difference/improvement?

Been using 1.5 Rcs for a while. Lots of cool improvements.

The official press releases with a change list should start appearing soon.

 

[Siembambaa]

According to another digg the 1.5rc and 1.5 have identical MD5 values. http://www.digg.com/security/MD5_Hash_for_Firefox_1.5_Final_is_exactly_the_same_as_1.5RC3 so there's good chance they're identical.

Quite possible. They may have decided RC3 was good enough ...

 

[jarr]

thanks for the link - downloaded, installed and browsing away

 

[krycor]

The thing removed my search engines and the site that has them is experiencing problems.. seems the guys acc. is noy logginh into his sql server or something

The pref looks different.. but i liked the old one.. don't like the buttons on top.

 

[Turtle]

what is the difference between that and 1.0.7 which I currently use

Been using the 1.5 beta, and while I don't see any major differences, there are a few nice features:
- It can update itself ... this should improve security for end-users
- If you open a .html file from outside FF, it will open into a new tab, not replace an existing tab
- "Tools / Clear Private Data" can be used to quickly clear your history/cache etc. if others use your computer and you don't want them to know what sites you're visiting

Oh yes, forward/back are also faster.

 

[sun]

Thanks to Telkodemonopoly/SAIX and the 1st November price increases, I am very close to being [hard] capped at 3GB, and I cannot afford to purchase additional bandwidth for the purpose of downloading anything until Thursday 1st December when I get another whole 3GB to use very sparingly and whip myself with a personal cap of 100MB per day...what fun...thanks sooo much meneer Raucous van TelkodemonopolyInternet - and I still refuse to use your anti-competitive monopoly as my ISP - to eternity.

I would have thought the last day of the month would be EXACTLY the right time to start a big download (with a download manager so you can resume). Use up that last drop of petrol, test the system to its limit, you never know, it may surprise you.

 

[bekdik]

the spell check extension doesn't work for me on 1.5