Firefox 1.5 Final released!!!!

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2005-11-29 07:00pm

Arstechnica wrote:The much-anticipated release of Firefox 1.5 has finally been posted on Mozilla's FTP site. This is the full release, unlike the Release Candidates 1, 2 and 3 that were posted on the Mozilla.org website on November 1, November 10 and November 17, respectively.

The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit foundation that supports Firefox development and promotion, in addition to its for-profit Mozilla Corporation subsidiary, plan to accompany the release with a media marketing blitz some time this week. The centerpiece of the marketing blitz will be user-submitted videos of Firefox users evangelizing their favorite web browser. These videos will be made available at the SpreadFirefox website. In addition, there will be a 30-second commercial, again chosen from the best of all videos submitted by users and fans. The Mozilla Foundation has not commented on where exactly this ad will be shown. Previously, the Mozilla Foundation took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, funded entirely by donations from Firefox users, to mark the release of version 1.0.

Firefox 1.5 comes in at a 5 megabyte download for the Windows version, 9.4 megabytes for the Macintosh OSX version and 8.1 megabytes for the Linux version. The source code, available as a zipped tarball, comes out to 33 megabytes.

The new release of the browser adds security enhancements, bug fixes, and some new features that were previously only available with third-party plugins, such as drag-and-drop reordering of browser tabs. The much-maligned Automatic Updating feature has been completely revamped, and new updates no longer require downloading a whole new copy of the browser. Accessibility features have been enhanced with support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. For paranoid or easily-embarrassed users, the new Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.

Firefox started as a fork from the open-sourced Mozilla web browser, which itself grew out of the late Netscape's decision to release all of its source code to the public. Recently, web sites tracking browser stats have shown that Firefox's market share has grown, and now stands at between 8 and 10 percent. Will the release of Firefox 1.5 continue this trend?

Pulse · Post by **Pulse** » 2005-11-29 07:44pm

It copied all my favourites and settings over from Firefox 0.93 without me asking it. That I like. And cool I can move around tabs, I'm sure there is some use for that.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-11-29 07:49pm

Dude, you were still using .93?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2005-11-29 08:48pm

You can move tabs? SWEET!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-11-29 09:02pm

Things I don't like:

Menus look ugly. God forbid there be consistency with the rest of Windows. Fortunately SH/SC has an answer!

dackz from SH/SC wrote:Put this in your %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\whatever.default\chrome folder if you want menus looking like they did pre-1.5.

Yay!

They broke my favorite extension (DownThemAll) and I somehow get the impression it may be awhile before it's fixed...

Mozilla Developer Center wrote: How to update extensions for Firefox 1.5
From MDC
Main Page > How to update extensions for Firefox 1.5

This document is, obviously, in the process of being created. Please do not add any categories to it until it is closer to being completed, thank you.
Retrieved from "http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Ho ... irefox_1.5"

* This page was last modified 15:33, 7 November 2005.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-11-29 10:08pm

I won't be upgrading simply because I found THE most useful addon ever for Firefox today - one that lets me search google and wikipedia in a single box in my browser! I never want to let this tool go!

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-11-30 03:52am

Session Saver is broke.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-11-30 04:02am

Can anyone give me a quick rundown on the differences between the 1.5 final and the 1.5 rc3?

Also can anyone please tell me how to delete a search engine? I installed wikipedia in rc3 but it's stuck as a non working blank, and I can't figure out how to g\delete and replace it.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-11-30 05:06am

DEATH wrote:Can anyone give me a quick rundown on the differences between the 1.5 final and the 1.5 rc3?

Also can anyone please tell me how to delete a search engine? I installed wikipedia in rc3 but it's stuck as a non working blank, and I can't figure out how to g\delete and replace it.

They are the same.

The MD5 for RC3 and Final:

d0cbbd5d8c47fe36ee8f26fb1255838c - Firefox Setup 1.5.exe
d0cbbd5d8c47fe36ee8f26fb1255838c - Firefox Setup 1.5rc3.exe

Pulse · Post by **Pulse** » 2005-11-30 05:17am

Pu-239 wrote:Dude, you were still using .93?

Yeah I was a lazy bugger.

It worked perfectly for until about a month ago when it started occasionally crashing. So I started using Opera. The only time I ever use IE is when I check my hotmail through MSN Messenger.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-11-30 05:35am

Jason von Evil wrote:Session Saver is broke.

Try this : open the xpi file with Izarc, change the maxversion in the install.rdf file wih notepad, then try to install again. Many older extensions work fine in 1.5, despite what the maxversion says.

lso can anyone please tell me how to delete a search engine?

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins

Delete <name of search engine>.src and <name of search engine>.png/.gif

althornin · Post by **althornin** » 2005-11-30 09:32am

Uraniun235 wrote:Things I don't like:

Menus look ugly. God forbid there be consistency with the rest of Windows. Fortunately SH/SC has an answer!

dackz from SH/SC wrote:Put this in your %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\whatever.default\chrome folder if you want menus looking like they did pre-1.5.
Yay!

They broke my favorite extension (DownThemAll) and I somehow get the impression it may be awhile before it's fixed...
Mozilla Developer Center wrote: How to update extensions for Firefox 1.5
From MDC
Main Page > How to update extensions for Firefox 1.5

This document is, obviously, in the process of being created. Please do not add any categories to it until it is closer to being completed, thank you.
Retrieved from "http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Ho ... irefox_1.5"

* This page was last modified 15:33, 7 November 2005.

go to the DTa homepage, email the devs for a RC of the extension. I did, they responded promptly, it works for me.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-11-30 09:44am

ALI_G wrote:I won't be upgrading simply because I found THE most useful addon ever for Firefox today - one that lets me search google and wikipedia in a single box in my browser! I never want to let this tool go!

Firefox already has that built in

althornin · Post by **althornin** » 2005-11-30 11:53am

Jason von Evil wrote:Session Saver is broke.

check out the new version in the mozillazine forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... ssionsaver

also, check out the dev versions of adblock plus:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... ssionsaver

gizmojumpjet · Post by **gizmojumpjet** » 2005-11-30 01:40pm

Yaaay! They changed the way it handles cursor focus! Thanks for fucking up my whole workflow, Firefox!

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-11-30 05:54pm

Bounty wrote:
Jason von Evil wrote:Session Saver is broke.
Try this : open the xpi file with Izarc, change the maxversion in the install.rdf file wih notepad, then try to install again. Many older extensions work fine in 1.5, despite what the maxversion says.

Tried something like that, Not entirely show if its working right.

Edit: Yay, it works now. I am teh l33t haxx0r!

montypython · Post by **montypython** » 2005-11-30 06:59pm

Firefox 1.5 seems to timeout much more frequently than 1.07.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-11-30 08:57pm

Dalton wrote:
ALI_G wrote:I won't be upgrading simply because I found THE most useful addon ever for Firefox today - one that lets me search google and wikipedia in a single box in my browser! I never want to let this tool go!
Firefox already has that built in

Bwahaha! The circle is complete. Now I am the master.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-12-01 03:45am

montypython wrote:Firefox 1.5 seems to timeout much more frequently than 1.07.

Not here it isn't. Firewall problem, perhaps ?

althornin · Post by **althornin** » 2005-12-01 01:22pm

Jason von Evil wrote:
Bounty wrote:
Jason von Evil wrote:Session Saver is broke.
Try this : open the xpi file with Izarc, change the maxversion in the install.rdf file wih notepad, then try to install again. Many older extensions work fine in 1.5, despite what the maxversion says.
Tried something like that, Not entirely show if its working right.

Edit: Yay, it works now. I am teh l33t haxx0r!

you'd really be much better off installing the later version i linked to above....

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2005-12-01 02:24pm

OK - would somebody explain why Firefox is now using double the memory that it used it on my system? I simply can't afford for 50mb minimum to be sucked from my system, especially when multi-tasking with games.

For so little change to get so bloated is bad news.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-12-01 03:01pm

ALI_G wrote:OK - would somebody explain why Firefox is now using double the memory that it used it on my system? I simply can't afford for 50mb minimum to be sucked from my system, especially when multi-tasking with games.

For so little change to get so bloated is bad news.

Most of the fixes are "underneath the hood" so to speak. With the vast majority being addressing security holes, improving rendering ability and java compatability. Among other stuff.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-12-02 01:59am

Does anyone know what a 'pure virtual function call' is? This 'thing' crashed FF without any interaction from me (I was browsing newly-acquired MP3s at the time).

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2005-12-02 06:40am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Does anyone know what a 'pure virtual function call' is? This 'thing' crashed FF without any interaction from me (I was browsing newly-acquired MP3s at the time).

A pure virtual function is an unimplemented function in a base class IIRC. Been a while since I used C++.

Post by **Dalton** » 2005-12-04 09:29pm

*shakes fist* Curses! My theme doesn't work and they haven't been updated!