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sparskter 11-29-2005 09:52 PM

Mozilla FireFox 1.5 FINAL !
 
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Firefox 1.5 Final Released
Firefox hit its second major milestone Tuesday with the release of version 1.5, arriving just over a year after the alternative browser debuted at 1.0. The update sports Mozilla's new Gecko 1.8 rendering engine to speed up Web surfing, along with a myriad of other fixes and improvements.
Notable changes in Firefox 1.5 include the ability to reorder tabs, faster back and forward buttons, a feature to clear personal data, improved accessibility and popup blocking, along with support for more Web standards such as SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6. Firefox 1.5 is available now for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.

Latest Changes:

* Automated update to streamline product upgrades
* Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance
* Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs
* Improvements to popup blocking
* Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut
* Answers.com is added to the search engine list
* Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience
* Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the i
* Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox
* Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer
* New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6
* Many security enhancements

Download:
Mozilla Firefox for Windows 1.5 Final | Linux | Mac OS X
note: FAST back/forward is not new! This was implemented on http://www.opera.com LONG time ago ;D

kwag 11-29-2005 10:03 PM

Thanks sparskter :!:
Downloading...

-kwag

rds_correia 12-03-2005 07:31 AM

Re: Mozilla FireFox 1.5 FINAL !
 
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Originally Posted by sparskter
note: FAST back/forward is not new! This was implemented on http://www.opera.com LONG time ago ;D

Downloading and installing right after I logoff from the forum :lol:.
Anyway the fast back/forward started on another browser AND firefox 1.5 is not as fast backing/forwarding as that other browser.
At least it wasn't untill 1.5RC3.
Let's see what Final has to offer...
Cheers

GFR 12-05-2005 06:08 AM

Beware...
:cry: Unfortunately, the "Mozilla Archive Format" extension does not work with the 1.5 version (yet).

jason 12-05-2005 01:25 PM

Re: Mozilla FireFox 1.5 FINAL !
 
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Originally Posted by sparskter
note: FAST back/forward is not new! This was implemented on http://www.opera.com LONG time ago ;D

Like a lot of others good things :wink:
But it's new to Firefox, anyway.


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