Mozilla Releases Firefox 1.0 RC2
Posted by Tom Warren on 04 November 2004 - 14:05 · 93 comments & 14658 views
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#1 Posted by StaticFish on 04 Nov 2004 - 14:08
- kickass!!
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#2 Posted by Jasco on 04 Nov 2004 - 14:17
- **** yeah!
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#3 Posted by Solarix on 04 Nov 2004 - 14:17
- downloaded at 1.5mb/s how that was amazing 2 and a half second download
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#3.1 Posted by IGx89 on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:16
- I got ~8mbps, about 1mBps; I love fast mirrors
Unfortunately, it's completely messing up when accessing my Hotmail webmail, so I think I'll be sticking with IE for the foreseeable future...
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#3.2 Posted by fobban on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:17
- WOW, you get 1 milliByte/sec, that's awesome dude! (ps. learn the prefixes...)
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#3.3 Posted by IGx89 on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:26
- well, at least I didn't mix up bit/Byte like that first guy
Hmm, though CNET also uses mbps, and DSLReports uses mbits...
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#3.4 Posted by Solarix on 04 Nov 2004 - 21:33
- look neo-asses i dont care if i messed up the prefix or no the point was it was a fast reload , no need for the sassy wise ass comments , i dont need to learn the prefix's but u do need to learn manners
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#4 Posted by Apollo on 04 Nov 2004 - 14:22
- ****in' A!
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#5 Posted by toolo on 04 Nov 2004 - 14:49
QUOTE This should be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th. -
#5.1 Posted by Smigit on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:52
- actually no, RC2 had been on the blocks for months and only recently did they say it wont be released unless it was needed (read no problems in RC1). Since there was a problem or two with RC1 they have released RC2. This will be the last release before final.
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#5.3 Posted by toolo on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:49
- http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=25210&category=main
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#5.4 Posted by chacho on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:52
QUOTE what on earth did you just say?
his post makes perfect sense to me...
QUOTE http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=25210&category=main
from that page:
QUOTE This could very well be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th.
Thats what a release candidate is: a candidate for release. So anything with RC in the name "could very well" be the last before release. Now, if you bothered to look at the official firefox roadmap, it has been there for a loong time that there would be RC1 and 2, followed by the final. They pick between the candidates to release, or just fix the second in progression to the final.
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#6 Posted by L3onheart on 04 Nov 2004 - 15:06
- The icon's a bit diferent isn't it?
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#6.1 Posted by lunamonkey on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:06
- The tail is yellower.
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#7 Posted by someotherguy582 on 04 Nov 2004 - 15:10
- w00t... I still cant wait until Nov 9
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#8 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 04 Nov 2004 - 15:22
- uhm ... this release is the same as the nightly dated 20041103 that i got yesterday
3rd November 2004 and it works as great as this nightly.
i got today's build (nightly) 20041104 and still works great.
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#8.3 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 04 Nov 2004 - 16:33
- ahaha who cares ? didn't want to somebody really care about it .. i don't care too idiot
It shows that all the latest nightly i tested are good even better than official ones
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#9 Posted by Digitalfox on 04 Nov 2004 - 15:51
- I'm testing it, and it works great...
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#10 Posted by NeoMasamune on 04 Nov 2004 - 15:52
- Awesome!
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#11 Posted by DOGglee on 04 Nov 2004 - 16:21
- great
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#12 Posted by hulibecker on 04 Nov 2004 - 16:23
- super
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#13 Posted by Mambo Boy on 04 Nov 2004 - 16:50
- I can't seem to go back pages. The back button stays grayed out
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#13.2 Posted by Dirtie on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:06
- I've had the same problem before, but generally it can be fixed just by clicking on the window to bring it into focus (or on the webpage). The one thing I don't like at the moment is that when you choose File > New Window or press Ctrl+n it opens up your homepage not the page you are currently on.
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#14 Posted by allfive6 on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:27
- another beta when is Mozilla going to get it's head out of it ass and release a finaly
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#14.1 Posted by N_B on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:51
- If you had got your head out of your ass and bothered to read anything at all of the newspost, you would've noticed that it says in the second sentence..
QUOTE This should be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th.
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#15 Posted by joshtheowl on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:53
- Did they fix that annoying "document contains no data" error yet?
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#15.1 Posted by dismuter on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:09
- Indeed, they should do like IE, make some kind of error page and allow us to refresh the page to try again.
With the "document contains no data" message box, it bothers my reading in other tabs, and I can't even refresh the page that couldn't load. -
#15.2 Posted by joshtheowl on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:17
- You can make it display pages instead:
in address bar, type:
about:config
find the setting called "browser.xul.error_pages.enabled" and set it to true.
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#16 Posted by Bawx on 04 Nov 2004 - 17:54
- Maxthon Maxthon Maxthon Maxthon!!!!!
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#16.1 Posted by HellBender on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:44
- troll
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#17 Posted by Ficman on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:20
- Most Excellent...
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#18 Posted by SIG on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:33
- Argh... come quick November 9th!
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#19 Posted by Lee69 on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:46
- class thanks
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#20 Posted by SaLiVa on 04 Nov 2004 - 18:53
- What does this one fix again? I get occassional (Quite rare but annoying enough) crashes and very long slowdowns with Tabs in Friendster.com.
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#21 Posted by Dark Warhawk on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:12
- js5320.dll keeps crashing.
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#22 Posted by Webgraph on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:29
- Damn! I can't use the update function in order to upgrade from RC1 to RC2? WTF? Nonetheless, it's a good browser!
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#22.1 Posted by tapo on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:06
- You can, but the updater is still in testing. If you want to use the updater to update to RC2, follow the instructions here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/qa...wareupdate.html
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#23 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:33
- LOL the ULTIMATE browser is so **** it has to release another version within days of the 1.0 release!!!
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#23.1 Posted by Yochanan on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:20
- STFU ignorant n00b! Is it better to release a couple beta versions so users can let them know about bugs before the final release, or release the final version with lots of bugs, and then not fix them for 3 months like some other company we know?
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#23.2 Posted by elliot on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:41
- Oh I love Ben_G's fanboisms.
I guess releasing new builds every day is a hard concept to grasp for a user of Internet "5 years old" Explorer. -
#23.3 Posted by Arrowhead on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:42
- Go suck on your ATI graphics card, and INTEL pentium whatever.
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#23.4 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:46
- id rather use no browser before considering firefox......lol what a bab name
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#23.5 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:49
- to add to that....id rather use aol than firefox.....now thats is (rap
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#23.6 Posted by elliot on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:51
- Did Firefox murder your children or something Ben_G? The only time i've ever seen you post is when your on a rant about Firefox.
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#23.7 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:53
- no ive posted in many topics....maybe firefox was so bad that it didnt display them!
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#23.8 Posted by elliot on 04 Nov 2004 - 20:54
- Hahahahha yes maybe! Oh you're so funneh!
On second thouhgt, maybe it was doing me a favour. -
#23.10 Posted by p4n0z on 04 Nov 2004 - 21:09
- Ben_G i can understand why you don't like firefox my friend..
it doesn't crash every 5 pages, it doesn't eat up all your taskbar area when you open multiple windows,
it doesn't consume 10's MB of memory to open a simple html page,
you can't test your T3 downloading it
it wasn't written by big-buck paid "programmers" but by people on their FREE time,
you don't have to pay for it, nor does anyone oblige you to have it installed on your pc,
it doesn't need 5 updates per month for "security issues" exmm i don't remember any worms exploiting it and so many more...
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#23.11 Posted by RosUFO on 04 Nov 2004 - 21:20
- What I don't understand about people like Ben_G is that if he doesn't like Firefox then stop reading posts about it and leave it for those who like and understand it. He is wasting his time and our time.
Just let him keep using IE and AOL and let all that spyware and ad-ware take over his machine and we will never hear from him again. -
#23.12 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 22:08
- all i can say is hahahahahahhahahahahaha! ROFL!!!!!!! what a laugh
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#23.13 Posted by Ben_G on 04 Nov 2004 - 22:09
oh yeah....
"All Hail The Mighty Tabbed Browsing!!!!!"
IE tabs too...when u open too many windows is forms into a neat list that doesnt block my horizontal view of my screen
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#23.14 Posted by elliot on 04 Nov 2004 - 22:45
- Why don't you tell us why you hate it so much? If it's just the "bab name", then you are indeed a stupid noob, like everybody thinks already.
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#23.16 Posted by DOCa Cola on 05 Nov 2004 - 08:54
- I hope someone will make a noob filter extention for firefox soon
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#23.17 Posted by nookadum on 05 Nov 2004 - 10:15
- God damn it, you idiots! (No real offense here, but...)
He's baiting you.
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#23.18 Posted by sumeet on 05 Nov 2004 - 12:33
- this guy is a retard, windows XP makes it so that when you open too many of one thing is just makes it one tab.
Beat the noob! Grab your pitchforks and torches!
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#24 Posted by chacho on 04 Nov 2004 - 19:55
- cant wait
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#25 Posted by SniperX on 04 Nov 2004 - 21:53
- Is it me and my lack of Firefox knowledge, or is that really awful find bar incapable of searching text in a form's textarea?
Sure it seems to search pages ok but if you try skinning IPB forums and want to search in the CSS or HTML with it, it just doesn't work.
Am I missing a setting somewhere?
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#26 Posted by Ifoow on 04 Nov 2004 - 22:10
- Don't mess with the shrimps while doing the laundry, bitch!
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#27 Posted by Sushubh on 04 Nov 2004 - 22:42
- not on main page? wow. no sarcasm guys, but i am habitual of seeing anything related to firefox on the main news section...
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#28 Posted by greg098 on 04 Nov 2004 - 23:28
- cant wait for v1.0
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#29 Posted by -=MagMan=- on 04 Nov 2004 - 23:45
- I think p4n0z put it best with this comment:
QUOTE Ben_G i can understand why you don't like firefox my friend..
it doesn't crash every 5 pages, it doesn't eat up all your taskbar area when you open multiple windows,
it doesn't consume 10's MB of memory to open a simple html page,
you can't test your T3 downloading it
it wasn't written by big-buck paid "programmers" but by people on their FREE time,
you don't have to pay for it, nor does anyone oblige you to have it installed on your pc,
it doesn't need 5 updates per month for "security issues" exmm i don't remember any worms exploiting it and so many more...
you must hate it... i mean really hate it.. r u by any means on gate's payroll?
I personally have used many browsers over my 12 year run on the WWW, and lately have been guilty of using IE simply because it was conveinient and built-in to Windows. However now that the browser wars appear to be returning, I too have started looking around for alternatives believing that there MUST be something better than IE... I've tried Opera 7.5 and thought it was "interesting" but I found it too unpredictable when viewing certain sites. Tried going back to Netscape 7.2, but that just made me want to puke just like it did in the past.
My first experience with Firefox was with 1.0 PR1. I admit it caught my eye, but I found it had problems with the tabbed browsing features and, just like someone else mentioned here, had significant resource and/or slowdown issues with a lot of sites. However I did not discount it and kept it on my system. I just downloaded RC2 and am actually using it right now to reply to this column, and I must admit, if the final is this robust and stable on Nov 9th, I will be switching over (for now) my older laptop and run it here full-time to see how it performs. If its a good run, all my systems will be running Firefox from now on.
People like Ben_G seem to me to have an IQ of less than 20, or are so prejudice against new software or open-source software such as Firefox, that they should have their Internet privledges taken away and locked up behind bars. I admittedly too am a little sceptical about open-source software, and tend to examine such applications with a very fine toothed comb, but I try to keep an open mind and keep my mouth shut before I make any kind of comments about it. This is all I can say to Ben_G without sounding like him... Try going thru something new VERY carefully with an eye for detail BEFORE shooting your mouth open publicly and making yourself into a total jackass in front of the world, which is basically what you have done here.
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#30 Posted by NeoXP on 05 Nov 2004 - 00:37
- Ok.. I used the last build of Firefox.. I liked it.. but is it just me or does it seem a little rough?? I mean like fonts and stuff like that.. I'm sure I'd get used to it but that's just something I noticed.. Scroll boxes seem unstable.. or maybe I had a bad Java install since I had to remove Java Virtual Machine.. Well I'll download this release and test it out.. see what I get.... I love open source apps.. Later!
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#31 Posted by -=MagMan=- on 05 Nov 2004 - 00:49
- Oh, just a little follow-up post from me in response to "IGx89" in regards to Firefox messing up Hotmail... I just logged onto my Hotmail account using 1.0 RC2 without a single hitch. As long as you permit all cookies from msn.com, passport.com, and any other related MS site, Hotmail loads flawlessly in Firefox, including all the page formatting, scripts, dialogs and such.
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#32 Posted by Packman on 05 Nov 2004 - 01:08
- Not sure it really qualifies as a bug per se, but why does setup insist on creating an empty folder called Mozilla Firefox in my start menu when I have not selected the start menu icon? Honestly! It just looks unprofessional.
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#32.1 Posted by Skyfrog on 05 Nov 2004 - 01:55
- That annoys me also; you'd think someone would have caught that by now.
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#33 Posted by Solarix on 05 Nov 2004 - 01:37
- screw this version RC1 never crashed once now RC2 is give me random crashes
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#33.1 Posted by -=MagMan=- on 05 Nov 2004 - 01:57
- I never tried RC1, but so far I've been using RC2 all-day on my Dell Latitude CPiR 400GT laptop without a single hitch... And by all-day I mean all-day, without closing, just continuous use so I could put it thru the paces.
The most likely cause of random crashes is actually with either A) poorly written plug-ins that aren't 100% Firefox compatible or B) websites that don't conform to W3C HTML specification properly.
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#33.2 Posted by Solarix on 05 Nov 2004 - 14:05
- well i have never used any extentions or newer themes ive always left it alone, usually happens when i ether have more than 5 tabs or least one page that has alot more info on it than most, (lole 100+ images)
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#33.3 Posted by -=MagMan=- on 05 Nov 2004 - 21:54
- Ahhhhh, so your browsing truth finally comes out eh Solarix? I do admit I am guilty of viewing similar pages on sites like www.carbabeforum.com and www.offtopic.com
and even on pages with that many images it hasn't crashed on me yet. I've had it open 6 tabs so far, one of which is a site I publish myself, and can safely say it hasn't been unstable on me, even on this P2-400 laptop 
The best thing you could try, as I've found this to clear up a multitude of problems in "some" cases, is to first uninstall Firefox COMPLETELY (making sure to eliminate any "Mozilla" folders/entries from your "Documents and Settings/<your user name>" folder), completely uninstall any Sun installation of Java, and then goto www.java.com and download the latest Java package version available, and then repeat your installation of Firefox once you have a fresh Java install online.
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#34 Posted by _Dom_ on 05 Nov 2004 - 07:39
- installing via the updater at the moment...
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#35 Posted by hifigecko on 05 Nov 2004 - 08:14
- Who can tell me what tweak should I do if I want the download window display on the sidebar?Thanks!
BTW: The extension doesn't work for me on FF RC2!
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#36 Posted by mjrlagg on 05 Nov 2004 - 08:35
- What a bunch of assholes(not all of you).
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#37 Posted by tiagosilva29 on 05 Nov 2004 - 12:46
- It's almost there!
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#38 Posted by s0wi on 05 Nov 2004 - 16:10
- overrated
added: oh yeah, it's just a version number. so why you guys so excited about numbers. pooooozers
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#39 Posted by hindred on 05 Nov 2004 - 23:34
- I'll update when I can easily update without waiting for plug-ins to be recognized.
Mozilla has posted the second Firefox 1.0 release candidate on their FTP servers. This should be the last official release of Firefox before the big 1.0 launch date on November 9th.
The Firefox developers please ask that you look at the following areas:
Please test heavily:
Please continue to test:
No changelog at time of writing.
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