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#1 Posted by 1NSAN3 on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:56

woohoo downloading now

(1 reply) #2 Posted by Dennis on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58

Downloading it now!

#2.1 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:35

Feh, what's the rush?

I'll download it tomorrow, at college.

Last edited by 55115 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:50

(2 replies) #3 Posted by Keito on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58

someone update gmail notifier quick! :p

#3.1 Posted by joker999 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02

just change version to 1.0 or something inside about:config

Last edited by 38476 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:11

#3.2 Posted by ClintEastman on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:16

Gmail Notifier 0.3.16 (0.40 beta)

#4 Posted by tlogank on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58

glad I got it before the mad rush started!

#5 Posted by mrk on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:00

yay!

(5 replies) #6 Posted by xTrinity on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:01

Hrm, hope I don't have to reinstall my plugins =P

#6.1 Posted by toadeater on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:05

You will.

#6.2 Posted by koocha on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:12

I didn't have to do any of mine, works like a charm

#6.3 Posted by xTrinity on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:29

Bleh... all but three of my extensions work :p

Missing:
Compact Menu, Allow Right Click, Sort Bookmarks, and Link Preview.
Hope the authors update these. Mighty helpful

#6.4 Posted by nic on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:50

Well, at least there isn't that 'profile' nightmare that the earlier versions (pre 0. suffered from.

#6.5 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 14:01

... and after Firefox 1.0 Final is released, there won't be this plugin nightmare either.
At least not until Firefox 2.0, but that's a long way ahead.

As for me, all plugins seemed compatible here (Fx left them alone and works fine with them), except for one, which it offered me to update if there was a newer one. There was, and then it worked too.

#7 Posted by Sporkguy on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02

woot we're in there early

(2 replies) #8 Posted by joker999 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02

Hey, where is thanks to mohan_168 :p

#8.1 Posted by lardiop on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:06

I've been refreshing the FTP site all day waiting for it. I went away from my computer for a few minutes, came back, saw it on the FTP, and immediately posted this on the FP.

Provided a link to mohan_168's thread in the BPN now.

#8.2 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:15

hehe thanks mohan and especially lardoip for posting on FP.

#9 Posted by neostyle on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02

a new browser milestone
now lets see if the longone skins work ...

#10 Posted by Kamael on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:09

Yes! Downloading...

(1 reply) #11 Posted by Shadow Dragon on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:10

Anyone know whats new? Or is it just some bug fixes?.

#11.1 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 07:19

Improvements/important fixes to the "find" toolbar, a new Tabbed Browsing category in the advanced options (which rocks and makes parts of TBE obsolote), probably more stuff too... Oh, and maybe a dozen of crash bugs fixed.

#12 Posted by cub-x on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:10

works great

but lost my plugins

-- edit: quite speedy btw

(1 reply) #13 Posted by zixyon on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:12

hmm which one is the file to download ?

#13.1 Posted by lardiop on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:13

For Windows: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...1,%20en-US).exe

(4 replies) #14 Posted by Sporkguy on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:13

bah it deleted all my bookmarks

#14.1 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:57

Learn to backup.

#14.2 Posted by Sporkguy on 28 Oct 2004 - 06:43

heh, what another great piece of advice from a quality neowin member.
Is anybody nice around here, or are we all bitter and lonely geeks?

#14.3 Posted by jardragon901 on 28 Oct 2004 - 10:40

How could it delete your bookmarks? The bookmark format hasn't changed.

#14.4 Posted by Puma on 28 Oct 2004 - 18:05

All your bookmarks are in your profile, not in your installation folder unless you deleted your profile.

(4 replies) #15 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:13

If your extension/themes dont work....here is the fix

Easy workaround, Close Firefox,
open /%appdata%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/randomname/extensions/Extensions.rdf
and change maxVersion="0.10" to maxVersion="1.0" (there may be a few).

Laridop could you add this to the FP so we don't have 5000 threads about this

#15.1 Posted by Manouweb on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:15

great news neowin always on top of the information
Thank for the compatiblity hint for the extensions

#15.2 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:18

works for themes also...although may be some weird behavior but nonetheless most things if not all will appear as they should

#15.3 Posted by lardiop on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:42

Thanks supernova_00

Just added your workaround to the frontpage!

lardiop

#15.4 Posted by 8-n-1 on 28 Oct 2004 - 15:14

Did this and it did not work. After replacing and restarting Firefox, none of the extensions even show up under Tools > Extension!

#16 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:21

lol did we kill the server there for a few minutes?

(1 reply) #17 Posted by kainashi on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:21

rought changelog: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/qa/changelog-rc1.html

#17.1 Posted by Shadow Dragon on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:26

Thanks Kainashi for the link .

I was just thinking, I think all of you remember that weird RC1 at Major Geeks, what was the whole story on that anyway? I tried it and it was totally buggy, I had to downgrade to PR1.

#18 Posted by mrk on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:22

YAY! mozilla have added the BEST option in firefox now, now when you click links in emails form your email client you can choose to open it in new window, new tab or current tab/window

#19 Posted by Papias115 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:29

Excellent! Firefox 1.0 RC1 rocks! It is faster and saved all my plugins. It feels stable and solid!
Now I am just waiting for OpenOffice.org 2.0 Office Suite! It looks great too! Long live the Open Source community!

(5 replies) #20 Posted by AntTripz on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:33

Wow, I might just become a firefox convert.

I use opera, and lately it hasn't been pulling it's own weight.


But firefox also fixed some of the issues it has had with some of the sites I have bookmarked in the past.


I have one bug with this release, sometimes the page just VIBRATES for no reason. It basically moves up and down like 1 pixel really fast. No idea why? Anyone experience this & have a solution?

#20.1 Posted by grasshopper on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:42

kinky. i haven't noticed anything like that yet. what pages does it do that on?

#20.2 Posted by Atomizer on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:44

sometimes its the skin you use, sometimes its a webpage, at least theyre the only reasons i can find.

#20.3 Posted by AntTripz on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:56

Okay, just figured out what was causing this. It's the bookmarks toolbar. I removed it, and now everything is completely fine. I love firefox now.

#20.4 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 07:17

Funny, my bookmark toolbar is "stable" here...
At least on the standard theme, not using any others...

#20.5 Posted by furby on 28 Oct 2004 - 17:08

I get this too, (just happened again when i hit reply to this thread) I don't know why but I like it I have the default theme and the bookmark toolbar off. wierd

(2 replies) #21 Posted by mrk on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:43

seems to work fine here although ive had it shake prevoously a few times, may be just teh site i was on though.



All extensions now working thanks to file mod. Now anyone got a QUTE theme update?

#21.1 Posted by Space Guy on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:33

hey... what theme is that? :|

#21.2 Posted by chacho on 28 Oct 2004 - 20:09

QUOTE

hey... what theme is that? :|

its the first google result...

its the theme that was default on firefox before .9 (i think?), and is much better than the current default, IMO

#22 Posted by masterren on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:44

Single window mode, at last!!

#23 Posted by fAthom on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:44

Excellent! The RC1 "About" box has been in the nightlies for some time, so I was wondering when they'd fully release it. Downloading now...

#24 Posted by Chrysaor on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:45

woot! go firefox!

#25 Posted by malebolgia on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:49

Firefox keeps on getting better.

#26 Posted by nic on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:52

So many people I know are switching to firefox. I remember trying to convince them in the earlier days when it was just "Phoenix"... after so many headaches of pop-ups and mystery toolbars in their IE, so many people are making the switch to Firefox.

Mozilla rocks!

#27 Posted by Ravemaster on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:12

The Download Manager Tweak extension doesn't work
Even after fixing it.

(2 replies) #28 Posted by Xtremz on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:24

Firefox 1.0 RC1 is here!

Last edited by 62692 on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:29

#28.1 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 14:00

Thanks! I would never have known.

#28.2 Posted by chacho on 28 Oct 2004 - 20:10

yeah, no sheit

#29 Posted by SSRules on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:26

I did'nt delete the whole mozilla folder when it asked me to..just uninstalled and installed rc1..I did'nt lose my bookmarks or plug-ins.

(1 reply) #30 Posted by lyunya on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:33

wasn't this supposed to be out like a week ago?

#30.1 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 07:15

Yes, a couple of nasty bugs delayed the release a bit.

(3 replies) #31 Posted by fobban on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:38

Does this one include mouse gestures and tabbed browsing (when clicking links, not when pressing down a friggin' key) in the installer or do you have to mess around with plugins for obvious functions like that?

#31.1 Posted by mrogers on 28 Oct 2004 - 04:28

Um, for the nearly two years I've been using Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox, you've always been able to simply middle click (press down the mouse wheel) on a link to have it open in a new tab. That is THE feature I use the most. I open almost everything in a new tab!

#31.2 Posted by tapo on 28 Oct 2004 - 13:27

That's also "single window mode" which they just added. Any normal click on a link that would open a new window opens a new tab instead.

#31.3 Posted by chacho on 28 Oct 2004 - 20:11

they won't include mouse gestures. not all people use them, and the whole point is giving you a bare-bones browser with good customizability that you can add on to in order to fit your needs/comfort.

(1 reply) #32 Posted by Xtremz on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:41

QUOTE

* Application Update! (see read more)

* Application Update! (see read more)

And:

QUOTE

Testing application update is one area we could really use your help. To test this, please see the instructions at Testing Software Update page. It will require you set a hidden preference to point your PR build at a testing server that should deliver you an application update to RC1.

Testing application update is one area we could really use your help. To test this, please see the instructions at Testing Software Update page. It will require you set a hidden preference to point your PR build at a testing server that should deliver you an application update to RC1.

It has to be striked since that is a bug that is reported and confirmed. (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/).

Last edited by 18091 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:19

#32.1 Posted by lardiop on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:20

Made a comment in the read more section of the article. When fixed, this IS new functionality, so setting it to strikethrough on the front page isn't necessary because Neowin doesn't track open bugs like Mozilla does.

#33 Posted by harrisonh1 on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:59

That fix for the extensions didn't work for me, can anybody help me?

#34 Posted by Soleen on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:00

I do not know, I ve been usuing FF for a long time as my second browser, but for some reason i found it boring...
Well may be just because i have not used to it? Or may be because Opera has a lot of features that I like and use all the time? Well in anyway, nice to see that opensource communities are getting stronger and stronger... :-)

#35 Posted by j.cloud on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:00

The BEST OF BEST Browser. 1.0 RC1 works great on my PC.

(4 replies) #36 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:07

QUOTE

Open /%appdata%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/randomname/extensions/Extensions.rdf

I cant seem to find this anywhere How do I access it?? I tried start > run, start > find, and entering it into adress bar in windows explorer. No luck

#36.1 Posted by sfamonkey on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:13

you must have extension already installed. just wait for the new one to be made some are already updated

#36.2 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:20

I do: CTODC (Close Tab on Double Click)

#36.3 Posted by Maga Dog on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:59

Cocuments and Settings*your name*Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesdefault.085extensions

#36.4 Posted by jardragon901 on 28 Oct 2004 - 10:53

first of all there shouldn't be a "/" before the "%appdata%" so it should be "%appdata%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/" then in that folder there will be a strangly named folder, its random mine is callled "h2dyeklo.default", then you should see Extensions.rdf in that folder.

(2 replies) #37 Posted by slimy on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:07

man, when will it hit 1.0 so i can test it

#37.1 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:22

9th September wasn't it?? Same day as Halo 2.

#37.2 Posted by Howard on 28 Oct 2004 - 12:59

You mean 9th November surely?

#38 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:14

QUOTE

man, when will it hit 1.0 so i can test it

9th September wasn't it?? Or same day as Halo.

#39 Posted by greg098 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:16

ive been looking forward to this! YAY

(2 replies) #40 Posted by HaZMaTiK on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:28

yay now i am able to play quicktime files in firefox or could be new quicktime alt codec who knows glad i can now

#40.1 Posted by lare2 on 28 Oct 2004 - 05:11

Something else, could do it before this release

#40.2 Posted by theefool on 28 Oct 2004 - 15:22

I've never had a problem with playing quicktime files with Firefox. Even with Pheonix it worked.

#41 Posted by allfive6 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:46

about time

#42 Posted by BTallack on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:46

Woohoo! They finally fixed the Mac OS Expose bug!

I might actually switch from Safari.

(5 replies) #43 Posted by NeoXP on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:52

Should I completely remove Internet Explorer?? I love this browser ... So Far!!

#43.1 Posted by sfamonkey on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:04

nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Firefox is great but A LOT of program require IE. Keep Ie just don't use it delete the shortcuts.

#43.2 Posted by tapo on 28 Oct 2004 - 13:34

You CAN delete iexplore.exe, and replace it with Firefox I think, but I havn't tried it. But do not, under any circumstances, touch mshtml.dll.

#43.3 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 13:59

QUOTE

Should I completely remove Internet Explorer??

You can't

Well, maybe if you're on a Mac you can.

#43.4 Posted by theefool on 28 Oct 2004 - 15:24

You can remove IE with the tool IEradicator. Note this doesn't work with WIndows 2000 SP2+ and XP.

#43.5 Posted by RangerLG on 28 Oct 2004 - 16:05

I think if you delete iexplore.exe, Windows Protection will replace it with a new one.

(3 replies) #44 Posted by b0b on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:52

okay. why the **** doesn't any of the toolbar controls work ? (Back button. Bookmarks.)

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

#44.1 Posted by NeoXP on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:01

Did you update from the previous version?? Mine works perfectly!!! I love this thing!!!! Loads pages very nicely, good configuration... BEAUTIFUL!

#44.2 Posted by mrogers on 28 Oct 2004 - 04:29

That happened to me once when I upgraded and was using an incompatible theme.

#44.3 Posted by Ashl on 28 Oct 2004 - 11:52

Or an extension which doesn't work and wasn't disabled

#45 Posted by Inspire on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:31

I love Firefox, i just can't imagine myself now with IE

#46 Posted by AlexMagik on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:35

very nice..
already installed, many extensions are not working.. but still wait for them
plus the CUTE (lite) theme is also not working...

Alex

(7 replies) #47 Posted by Structured on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:40

am I the only one that wonders why maxthon/avant/opera releases aren't on the main page too?

#47.1 Posted by Sushubh on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:00

coz this is neowin and they have special affinity (??) for firefox. i dont like it either. but then i get my news from other sources too.

#47.2 Posted by lardiop on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:29

Opera is a commericial product
Maxthon and Avant are not open source, and are all based on IE. Firefox is free, open source and completely customizable.

#47.3 Posted by Sushubh on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:37

and that explains why neowin place firefox news on main page and not software section? i don't think so.

also, i hope ur last statement does not mean opera is not completely customizable. and that neowin is a pro-open source community. atleast it does not look like from it's name.

#47.4 Posted by grasshopper on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:58

none of those are about to celebrate their 1.0 release. in other words, 1.0 is very new, therefore it is news.

it doesn't hurt that it's free either.

#47.5 Posted by lardiop on 28 Oct 2004 - 03:05

There has never been another open-source sofware product that has created as much interest in the general population as Firefox has. Firefox shows to everybody that large scale open-source projects do indeed work. Firefox isn't just a browser, its the first wave in a software revolution, that we here at Neowin intend to ride.

We choose to put Firefox on the front page because we feel it's that important. We completely support open-source software at Neowin, regardless of the fact that we have "Win" in our name.

Yes, Opera is customizable, I'm not debating that. I'm just saying that Firefox is free, open-source and is really hitting it off with the public

#47.6 Posted by Sushubh on 28 Oct 2004 - 07:26

thats what i said in the first comment, neowin has special affinity for firefox. it was someone else who discredited other browsers. which is unfortunate.

#47.7 Posted by ev0| on 28 Oct 2004 - 15:23

stop raining on our firefox parade ! go hang out on the my opera web forums or something. You can bash firefox in jealousy all you want there....

#48 Posted by EduardValencia on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:59

downloading immediatly

#49 Posted by ForeverUnknown on 28 Oct 2004 - 02:16

nice! i'm just happy that i got my extensions and themes to work with it