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Mozilla to release Firefox 1.5 Tuesday
Macworld ^ | 11/29/2005 | Elizabeth Montalbano

Posted on 11/29/2005 6:55:27 AM PST by Panerai

After a host of test releases and one false start, a new version of the Firefox browser will be ready on Tuesday, according to a media alert issued by the Mozilla Foundation on Monday.

Firefox 1.5 will be available for free on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Pacific Standard Time, at www.getfirefox.com and www.mozilla.com, according to the open-source group. A complete press release outlining the new features in Firefox 1.5, as well as some additional Mozilla news, will be issued at the time the new version is available.

New features in Firefox 1.5 include a better system for updating software, faster navigation using the “Back” and “Forward” tabs, and a redesigned Options/Preferences window that increases the number of category icons and moves them from the left side of the window to the top.

Firefox 1.5 also includes new support for Web standards, adding support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and new versions of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). SVG is a language based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) for writing sophisticated two-dimensional graphics, and JavaScript 1.6 is the latest version of the scripting language. CSS is a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standard for adding style elements, such as fonts, colors and spacing, to Web documents

In addition, the Firefox update adds better pop-up blocking and a host of security enhancements, according to Mozilla. Other new features include the addition of Answers.com to Firefox’s list of search engines and a Clear Private Data function that allows users to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.

Firefox, which celebrated its one-year anniversary Nov. 9, has become a popular alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser. Last month, downloads of Firefox topped 100 million.


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To: Panerai
I have been using Fire Fox for a while and I am very happy with it. I am having one problem, some graphics such as jpg or basic html controls do not show. Has anyone else had the same problem.
21 posted on 11/29/2005 7:23:20 AM PST by ghitma (Lifter)
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To: USS Alaska

In IE hold the Ctrl down and use the mouse wheel.


22 posted on 11/29/2005 7:25:55 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Base. All Yours = Mine.)
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bttt


23 posted on 11/29/2005 7:26:19 AM PST by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: TommyDale
So am I expected to spend several hundred dollars MORE to get Adobe to work with Firefox?

The reader's free. You don't use Acrobat Pro from within Firefox anyway, right?

24 posted on 11/29/2005 7:26:52 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: markedmannerf

I always download PDF-acrobat files to the desktop. Then open them with Adobe Acrobat. Goes a lot faster because Internet Explorer doesn't try to pull it's integration crap

OR EVEN BETTER uncheck the default "display in browser" option in Acrobat preferences. Under "internet"


25 posted on 11/29/2005 7:29:26 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: 4rcane

you are right Opera does have no security holes. theres alot of things I like about firefox though that opera doesnt have. And its definately alot more secure than IE


26 posted on 11/29/2005 7:29:30 AM PST by markedmannerf (I BELIEVE IN CONGRESSMAN WELDON!)
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To: Panerai
Huh?  I installed the 64-bit version of XP a couple weeks ago - installed Mozilla that day - and it's 1.5.

What is this article talking about?

27 posted on 11/29/2005 7:30:33 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Base. All Yours = Mine.)
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To: dennisw

I guess the thing I like about Foxit reader is.
1. Theres no installing all it is is a simple .exe file
2.It doesnt integrate into IE or firefox.
2. Its basic and simple.

FOX IT: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

I havent used acrobat in forever. But I guess with the speedup tweak it would be better. But foxit is good enough for me.


28 posted on 11/29/2005 7:33:22 AM PST by markedmannerf (I BELIEVE IN CONGRESSMAN WELDON!)
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To: markedmannerf

I just downloaded foxit and will use it. Do you know a good free program for making PDF files? Thanks


29 posted on 11/29/2005 7:35:01 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: dennisw
Goes a lot faster because Internet Explorer doesn't try to pull it's integration crap

Not to get hyper-technical but, it's Adobe that pulls the "integration crap" in that situation: Acrobat is hooking into IE objects...not the other way around.

Adobe's never gotten that right, either.  If you browse in full screen mode, like I do Acrobat usually screws up the browser session to the point of having to close the browser.

30 posted on 11/29/2005 7:36:31 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Base. All Yours = Mine.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I have 1.0.7. you might have 1.0.5. Maybe the new one is 1.5.


31 posted on 11/29/2005 7:48:43 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules ("Don't get Stuck On Stupid" and "Did I mention I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night"? NRA Member)
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To: markedmannerf; Red Badger

I wouldnt know a security hole from a hole in the ground....

I use this dealie everyday, both for work and as a personal distraction but all things considered, I wish they never invented it....


32 posted on 11/29/2005 7:52:33 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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To: dennisw
I just downloaded foxit and will use it. Do you know a good free program for making PDF files? Thanks

OpenOffice.org - their office suite is excellent, the Writer program is almost perfectly compatible with Word (and far more stable for large documents), and Writer can do the conversion to a .pdf format.

33 posted on 11/29/2005 7:54:08 AM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: dennisw
I just downloaded foxit and will use it. Do you know a good free program for making PDF files? Thanks

Check out http://www.primopdf.com/

34 posted on 11/29/2005 7:55:17 AM PST by LakerCJL
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To: Vaquero
...all things considered, I wish they never invented it....

I wish they'd never invented All Things Considered, too........

35 posted on 11/29/2005 8:00:41 AM PST by Red Badger (There are no female angels..............)
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To: LakerCJL; FateAmenableToChange

thanks!!!!


36 posted on 11/29/2005 8:04:38 AM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: Vaquero

Maybe this will give you a better idea of what a security hole is http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/poc.htm

This only works with IE it shows how IE can be used to execute another program on your computer from any website. the example above will execute calculator when you click on the link. Do you see where this could be a problem? This is a huge problem!


37 posted on 11/29/2005 8:05:39 AM PST by markedmannerf (I BELIEVE IN CONGRESSMAN WELDON!)
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To: TommyDale

Right on. That is the only thing I dislike about Firefox - PDF files. It drives me batty. In fact, it just happened again yesterday to me.... I've been waiting on a fix, but I haven't found one.

I guess I'll have to go another route...


38 posted on 11/29/2005 8:07:49 AM PST by cpanter
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To: Red Badger

"you can eat fishes...you cant eat wishes..." Capt. Coral to Pee Wee Herman.


39 posted on 11/29/2005 8:08:34 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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To: markedmannerf

absolutely not.....and dont plan on seeing it. Sorry.


40 posted on 11/29/2005 8:10:33 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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