Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2
Posted by lardiop on 07 October 2005 - 19:19 · 31 comments & 5202 views
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. Also known as the 1.8 Beta 5 milestone, this is the last beta release of the next major Firefox update and is aimed at testers, extension/theme authors and Web developers. The final release of Firefox 1.5, which will be widely promoted to end-users, is scheduled for later this year.

This release does not contain any major new features since Beta 1. Improvements to automated update system, Web site rendering and performance, along with several security fixes are included in this release

Beta 1 users that want to help test software update, should wait for the automatic update to be triggered sometime in the next few days. The incremental update from Beta 1 to Beta 2 is 700K bytes.

Download: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 | ~ 5MB (Freeware)
View: Changelog | Release Notes
View: Mozilla Firefox Home | Mozillazine

CHANGELOG:
  • Support for DVD Burning has been added. You can now create a new Zip file on a DVD as well as on a CD. Note: CD/DVD writing is only available on systems with the Windows XP operating system.
  • The Job Wizard "Select Items" feature has been changed. The left pane now only displays folders, instead of folders and files.
  • In the Job Wizard, when you check (or include) a folder in either pane, the contents of that folder are now automatically displayed in the right pane.
  • The "Reuse WinZip window" option is now turned off on installation.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor enhancements, including:
  • WinZip startup - Certain configurations would cause WinZip to take a long time to boot up. This has been corrected. The delay may still occur when accessing the CD/DVD writing.
  • Job Wizard - "Select Items" no longer shows network shortcuts in either pane. To specifiy a network location, you must use Entire Network.
  • Check for Updates ? did not work with Norton Internet Security, even after granting connection permissions. This has been addressed.


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    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by cacoe on 07 Oct 2005 - 19:48
    it amazes me how fast they can churn these out
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by tlogank on 07 Oct 2005 - 20:16
    their link does not work, try this one...http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by HaZMaTiK on 07 Oct 2005 - 21:08
    anyone else have problems running java i think its just my noscript acting up as it can use IE and the sites fine as with this release no problems besides that one so far
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Heathen on 07 Oct 2005 - 22:03
    bum
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by DOGglee on 08 Oct 2005 - 01:05
    great
    (4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by kronik on 08 Oct 2005 - 01:36
    glad to see this didnt make frontpage news, like all the other times firefox coughs or sneezes
    Quote this comment #6.1 Posted by Apollo on 08 Oct 2005 - 08:59
    The only reason why IE7 and Opera aren't always on the front page too is because AFAIK they are in closed development while Firefox is Open Source and therefore in open development.
    Quote this comment #6.2 Posted by mr_demilord on 08 Oct 2005 - 11:39
    Maybe it's because Firefox isn't commercial software like IE and Opera.
    Opera and MS tries to make as much as possible money.

    Only if there is a vurnability in Firefox then it's news.
    Quote this comment #6.3 Posted by Joshie on 08 Oct 2005 - 23:36
    IE is commercial?
    Quote this comment #6.4 Posted by Knight' on 09 Oct 2005 - 11:49
    yep - it's a feature of Windows.
    (4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Zoiks on 08 Oct 2005 - 02:04
    is it worth using yet? or is the functionality still cutting it off at the legs?
    Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 08 Oct 2005 - 11:03
    I'm using it as my default browser... All-In-One Mouse Gesture wouldn't work but the "Mouse Gestures" extension works fine. Adblock doesn't seem to work properly and ends up blocking all Flash, even with the updated Build 50.
    Quote this comment #7.2 Posted by mdew on 08 Oct 2005 - 22:36
    if you update to All-In-One Gestures .17.x and the latest adblock-plus, everything should work normally
    Quote this comment #7.3 Posted by Ned on 09 Oct 2005 - 15:38
    I had the same problem... It started after the flash 8 install.

    Don't have object tabs set under adblock options. I think the problem is with that feature, turn it off for now and it should work.... or just go back to flash 7

    Last edited by 76077 on 10 Oct 2005 - 02:44
    Quote this comment #7.4 Posted by M2Ys4U on 09 Oct 2005 - 18:25
    Flash 8 is causing problems on 1.0.x with adblock (plus) too.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by HoochieMamma on 08 Oct 2005 - 03:03
    Can't wait for all my extensions to become naturally 1.5 compatible.
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by Starforge on 08 Oct 2005 - 04:14
    Just waiting for the CompactMenu extension
    Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by justlooking on 08 Oct 2005 - 14:21
    There's a fix here http://www.savefile.com/files.php?fid=2466160
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by capeche on 08 Oct 2005 - 04:51
    as long as all fifty of my extensions and all twelve of my themes work flawlessly, i'll be happy!
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by Ifoow on 08 Oct 2005 - 12:30
    Don't see a lot of progression.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by jpalo on 08 Oct 2005 - 12:34
    Having problems with styles...returning back to 1.0.7 and checking it again when it's final.
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by supernova_00 on 08 Oct 2005 - 14:37
    The partial update is now live. If your running 1.5beta 1, go to Help->Click 'Check for updates' to update to 1.5b2

    [quote]After jumping over numerous hurdles (viz. uncovering some unexpected bugs, sorting fixes, turning water into wine) we've now got the Firefox 1.5b1 to Firefox 1.5b2 update live for download! If you're running Firefox 1.5b1 you should see the update notification sometime over the next couple of days. It will be easy to try out because the partial patches from 1.5b1 to 1.5b2 for each platform are around a megabyte in size!

    As this is the first release we are issuing an update for using the new system, we anticipate things will be smoother going forward.[/quote]
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by Kasteo on 08 Oct 2005 - 16:08
    I feel like its GUI and the whole system are much faster than Firefox 1.0.7. Didn't encounter any bugs yet.
    (4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by TokeratorX on 08 Oct 2005 - 16:18
    If you use themes or extensions,most wont work with this version
    Quote this comment #15.1 Posted by justlooking on 08 Oct 2005 - 16:33
    In about:config you can create a new-string app.extensions.version and make it 1.0+
    also there's an extension to force compatibility and the trunk versions have a Nightly Tester Tool that makes everything compatible as well. Lots of possibilities.
    Quote this comment #15.2 Posted by Ned on 09 Oct 2005 - 15:42
    Cool, didn't know that.
    Quote this comment #15.3 Posted by Silence on 10 Oct 2005 - 05:10
    what's that extension called please?
    Quote this comment #15.4 Posted by elliot on 10 Oct 2005 - 08:24
    Nightly tester tools
    (1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by tm™ on 09 Oct 2005 - 03:07
    I'm guessing this is 1.4.1?
    Quote this comment #16.1 Posted by Dark_Angel on 09 Oct 2005 - 14:36
    Yep.
    When using the new update system that is the version number that shows up
    Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by Havin_it on 11 Oct 2005 - 10:59
    Hmmph. Still no autoupdates here for us en-GB folks.

    Been really itching to see this feature in action, since becoming aware of it circa Beta 1 (first version of DeerPark I've tried). Dang, sometimes it's just rubbish being British

    BTW, is anyone else having trouble with this 3-different-names-per-release business? I mean, 1.5beta2 is 1.4.1 I can dig, but how/why also 1.8beta5? How is 1.8 up to beta 5 if 1.5 is only at beta 2? I know this will be Let's all laugh at teh n00b time(TM), but I hae to know...
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