Beta 1 for the next generation Firefox browser is now available to download. Version 1.5 is due to be released this year, but Beta 1 allows you to get a first glimpse at some of the enhancements the Mozilla team are hoping to include in the next version of the browser.
Included in Beta 1 is a now updated “Automated Update” feature, allowing users to update the browser with updates less than half a megabyte or smaller. There has also been an improvement to how extensions are updated. Also included in Deer Park is the ability to drag and drop browser tabs so that they can be put in any order.
Other notable improvements include an advanced popup blocker and faster browsing through better backwards and forwards buttons. Beta 1 also includes the latest security enhancements. Beta 1 (Deer Park) is available to download from the Mozilla homepage.
News source: Mozilla.org
Download: Download Beta 1 for Windows
Download: Download Beta 1 for Linux
Download: Download Beta 1 for Mac OS X
Included in Beta 1 is a now updated “Automated Update” feature, allowing users to update the browser with updates less than half a megabyte or smaller. There has also been an improvement to how extensions are updated. Also included in Deer Park is the ability to drag and drop browser tabs so that they can be put in any order.
Other notable improvements include an advanced popup blocker and faster browsing through better backwards and forwards buttons. Beta 1 also includes the latest security enhancements. Beta 1 (Deer Park) is available to download from the Mozilla homepage.
News source: Mozilla.org Download: Download Beta 1 for Windows Download: Download Beta 1 for Linux Download: Download Beta 1 for Mac OS X
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I've installed it wuth 2005.09.08 branch and I see nothing
And yeah i have try Opera and IE, but nothing beats Firefox..
I am already using this version and so far it looks very stable..
Does this edition just install over the previous version?
Are there any problems with existing themes/extensions?
EDIT: w00t! 3rd post!
uh could it be because most of the users here use firefox and this IS a computer tech site
Yes, it's a computer tech site, i don't see why a beta browser should get FPN though.
i use Opera thank you very much.
This isn't just a Beta for any product, it is one that is used by millions of people, has a big media prescense and is one of the main competitors in the browser market. Its new for Beta 1.5, the next main version of the browser.
EDIT: Directed at Danny, not the person above my post.
i use Opera thank you very much.
most != all
you think people using Firefox will be more inclined to be proud and vote in such a survey
and anyway, im sure the admins know which browser is most used on this site, and if they wanted to tell us they could.
Who cares why it was posted, maybe because theres a few hundred or thousand people that want to know this news? if it doesnt interest you ignore it and move on.
Oh well, I've been using Deer Park Alpha 2 and the new 1.5 since last night and it's looking good.
be warned dont use any themes becasue quite a few theme changes have happened since 1.6a1 and even DPa1 so they wont work/look right at all in 1.5a1
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=3436
I wasnt able to install cutemenu to nightly branch
2. Open it in WinRAR (or similair).
3. Extract the install.rdf file.
4. Open it in notepad (or similair...) and look for the target application bit (if there's more than one then pick the one with the ID below) and modify it like this:
<em:targetApplication>
<RDF: Description>
<em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id>
<em:minVersion>0.8+</em:minVersion>
<em:maxVersion>1.5</em:maxVersion>
</RDF: Description>
</em:targetApplication>
5. Save the file and place it back into the XPI using winrar.
6. Install extension.
Or I suppose you could open the firefox executable in ResHack and change the version info... but that might confuse it, it might try to update etc... but it would save time.
totally sucks
although if you just launch original make a new profile, and then use that one for 1.5a1 it might work
Other than that it seems to start a bit faster but time will tell.
Is working great for me.
-Automatic updates (Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.): many people have been requesting this for a long time!
-Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
-New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6 (Wooh! Finally SVG support
-A few bug fixes
-Faster rendering and faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
A full feature list: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.5beta1.html
I cant believe they havent fixed the memory leak yet? I suppose thats planned for Firefox 7.0
var test = <foo baz="123"><bar/></foo>;
and do things like:
test.foor.@baz = "456";
Actually pretty cool. Read more here New in Javascript 1.6
All in all I love FF yea it chews a bit of memory but most if not all of today's PC's can more than handle it..............(pimps and modders insert PC specs here, I cant be arsed)
Will sit on the bench and wait..............now who has the juice and orange quaters? oi Ref make with the refreshments................
the reason themes dont work right is becasue the way things are placed is different to stable and DPa1
Last edited by 108898 on 10 Sep 2005 - 07:28
The nightly builds:
Firefox (deer park alpha 2): Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050909 Firefox/1.6a1
Thunderbird - version 1.6a1 (20050909)
I guess these are newer and they're working on two branches at the same time? because 1.5 beta 1 identifies itself as
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Last edited by 4205 on 09 Sep 2005 - 17:38
Branch = What will become firefox 1.5, with mainly only bugfixes going in
Trunk = Ongoing development, new features, mega breakage.
You can get nightly builds of both Branch and Trunk.
I am enlightened
I'm sticking with my copy of Netscape version 3! Who needs anything but text!
firefox.exe 27,528 K
website on this topic
after posting this topic in firefox 29,376 K
after posting this topic in iexplorer is 29,400 K
go figure? my guess is firefox must load some extra stuff up during run time whereas iexplore loads it all at the start.
All I want is a newer versio of Adblock, as it doesn't work with 1.5
http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=774
Make sure you uninstall the old version before installing this. Also set Obj-Tabs to disabled until a new version is released.
Try this, work fine with FF v1.5b1 ---> Adblock 0.5.2.039
Try this, work fine with FF v1.5b1 ---> Adblock 0.5.2.039
Last edited by 20795 on 09 Sep 2005 - 22:42
Classified - HIGHLY CRITICAL
Affects version 1.x, including 1.5 b1
Don't be too quick to rush out and download this version. They should be (hopefully) fixing this soon.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of an URL that contains the 0xAD character in its domain name. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation crashes Firefox and may potentially allow code execution but requires that the user is tricked into visiting a malicious web site or open a specially crafted HTML file.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.0.6, and is reported to affect versions prior to 1.0.6, and version 1.5 Beta 1.
Its becoming more and more like Opera I'd say.