Posted by lardiop on 27 October 2004 - 21:56 · 173 comments & 29365 views
You heard it here first folks! Mozilla has finally posted the first Firefox 1.0 release candidate on their FTP servers. This could very well be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th.

If your favorite extensions are broken because of the version change, supernova_00 lets us know of a way to get them working again:

Open /%appdata%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/randomname/extensions/Extensions.rdf
Change all instances of maxVersion="0.10" to maxVersion="1.0"

Changes:

* Application Update! (see update in read more)
* Find toolbar, which received quite a few bug fixes.
* Gecko and website rendering -- we took a few significant layout/css fixes.
* Migration from other browsers on first run (You can just rename your profile directory to trigger migration.)
* Single window mode (load all pop-ups in new tabs,) set in the Advanced panel of the browser Options/Preferences window.
* Focus interaction between tabs, which was changed to fix several security vulnerabilities.

Download: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Release Candidate 1
View: Firefox 1.0 RC1 Changelog
View: Found a Bug? Submit it to Bugzilla
View: Firefox Release Candidate Discussion


Asa just updated his blog with more information on the release candidate:

Today we have our first Firefox 1.0 candidate builds available for testing. If all goes well in testing these builds, then we're on target for our 1.0 release in early November. If you're interested in testing these candidates and reporting bugs to Bugzilla, you can get them from FTP. If you've already downloaded 1.0 PR (the "feature complete" preview) and you're not particularly interested in active testing and bug reporting, then you should probably stick with 1.0 PR for a couple more weeks and upgrade when we release the official Firefox 1.0.

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. The release candidates include about 250 bug fixes since Firefox 1.0 PR and we'd appreciate any feedback around any of those areas. If you can help in verifying (feel free to skim the bug titles and find ones that interest you) that would be great! Update: According to Asa, the Mozilla Update function is confirmed to be broken in the RC

With this release, we're also featuring Mozilla Foundation builds for up to two dozen locales (slowly trickling in. if you don't see your language, try back in a bit.) These builds are hot off the press and haven't received as much testing as we'd like so if you're a non-English user, or speak any non-English languages, we'd encourage you to download one of the new localized builds and hammer on it some. The more testing we get at this stage, the easier time we'll have releasing all these localizations when we ship the en-US builds on November 9.

If you do find regressions from the Preview Release, please file bugs in Bugzilla and nominate them as Firefox 1.0 blockers using the "blocking-aviary1.0?" flag on the bug. Thanks for your help in testing Firefox!



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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by 1NSAN3 on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:56
woohoo downloading now
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Dennis on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58
Downloading it now!
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Keito on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58
someone update gmail notifier quick! :p
Quote this comment #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
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by ClintEastman on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:16
Gmail Notifier 0.3.16 (0.40 beta)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by tlogank on 27 Oct 2004 - 21:58
glad I got it before the mad rush started!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by mrk on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:00
yay!
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by xTrinity on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:01
Hrm, hope I don't have to reinstall my plugins =P
Quote this comment #6.1 Posted by toadeater on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:05
You will.
Quote this comment #6.2 Posted by koocha on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:12
I didn't have to do any of mine, works like a charm
Quote this comment #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
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Sporkguy on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02
woot we're in there early
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by joker999 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02
Hey, where is thanks to mohan_168 :p
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by vetlardiop 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.
Quote this comment #8.2 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:15
hehe thanks mohan and especially lardoip for posting on FP.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by neostyle on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:02
a new browser milestone
now lets see if the longone skins work ...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Kamael on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:09
Yes! Downloading...
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by Shadow Dragon on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:10
Anyone know whats new? Or is it just some bug fixes?.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by cub-x on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:10
works great

but lost my plugins

-- edit: quite speedy btw
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by zixyon on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:12
hmm which one is the file to download ?
Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by vetlardiop on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:13
For Windows: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...1,%20en-US).exe
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by Sporkguy on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:13
bah it deleted all my bookmarks
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:57
Learn to backup.
Quote this comment #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?
Quote this comment #14.3 Posted by jardragon901 on 28 Oct 2004 - 10:40
How could it delete your bookmarks? The bookmark format hasn't changed.
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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
Quote this comment #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
Quote this comment #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
Quote this comment #15.3 Posted by vetlardiop on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:42
Thanks supernova_00

Just added your workaround to the frontpage!

lardiop
Quote this comment #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!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by supernova_00 on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:21
lol did we kill the server there for a few minutes?
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by kainashi on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:21
rought changelog: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/qa/changelog-rc1.html
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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?
Quote this comment #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?
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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...
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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?
Quote this comment #21.1 Posted by Space Guy on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:33
hey... what theme is that? :|
Quote this comment #21.2 Posted by chacho on 28 Oct 2004 - 20:09
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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
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by masterren on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:44
Single window mode, at last!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by Chrysaor on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:45
woot! go firefox!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by vetmalebolgia on 27 Oct 2004 - 22:49
Firefox keeps on getting better.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by Ravemaster on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:12
The Download Manager Tweak extension doesn't work
Even after fixing it.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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
Quote this comment #28.1 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 14:00
Thanks! I would never have known.
Quote this comment #28.2 Posted by chacho on 28 Oct 2004 - 20:10
yeah, no sheit
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by lyunya on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:33
wasn't this supposed to be out like a week ago?
Quote this comment #30.1 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 07:15
Yes, a couple of nasty bugs delayed the release a bit.
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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?
Quote this comment #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!
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by Xtremz on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:41
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* 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
Quote this comment #32.1 Posted by vetlardiop 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.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #33 Posted by harrisonh1 on 27 Oct 2004 - 23:59
That fix for the extensions didn't work for me, can anybody help me?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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... :-)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #36 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:07
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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
Quote this comment #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
Quote this comment #36.2 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:20
I do: CTODC (Close Tab on Double Click)
Quote this comment #36.3 Posted by Maga Dog on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:59
Cocuments and Settings*your name*Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesdefault.085extensions
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #37 Posted by slimy on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:07
man, when will it hit 1.0 so i can test it
Quote this comment #37.1 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:22
9th September wasn't it?? Same day as Halo 2.
Quote this comment #37.2 Posted by Howard on 28 Oct 2004 - 12:59
You mean 9th November surely?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #38 Posted by k776 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:14
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man, when will it hit 1.0 so i can test it
9th September wasn't it?? Or same day as Halo.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #39 Posted by greg098 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:16
ive been looking forward to this! YAY
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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
Quote this comment #40.1 Posted by lare2 on 28 Oct 2004 - 05:11
Something else, could do it before this release
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #41 Posted by allfive6 on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:46
about time
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #43 Posted by NeoXP on 28 Oct 2004 - 00:52
Should I completely remove Internet Explorer?? I love this browser ... So Far!!
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #43.3 Posted by Jugalator on 28 Oct 2004 - 13:59
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Should I completely remove Internet Explorer??

You can't

Well, maybe if you're on a Mac you can.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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!!!!!!!!!
Quote this comment #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!
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #44.3 Posted by Ashl on 28 Oct 2004 - 11:52
Or an extension which doesn't work and wasn't disabled
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #45 Posted by Inspire on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:31
I love Firefox, i just can't imagine myself now with IE
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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?
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #47.2 Posted by vetlardiop 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.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #47.5 Posted by vetlardiop 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

Quote this comment #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.
Quote this comment #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....
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #48 Posted by EduardValencia on 28 Oct 2004 - 01:59
downloading immediatly
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #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