Mozilla Firefox v0.8 is out!!! - Page 3

alva · February 10, 2004, 12:33

Sounds very interesting indeed, will try it soon ( need to do a clean install first as soon as I can afford to waste some time

)

Can anyone tell me btw how to update winXp without downloading everything again?
(I know there is a folder, but do I need to execute all these files individually ? or can I copy them into the clean install and then let it update from that folder automatically?)

Alex · February 10, 2004, 14:13

I'm more and more impressed with Firefox overall speed. It renders pages much faster than Opera, and Opera is much faster than IE... Amazing.

Sure, it takes some time to load for the first time, but even this was improved in v0.8. It's been stable so far, no crashes.

I don't like to install extensions (although I applaud this feature, it's really cool), because I think that they slow down the browser (at least TBE did that in my Firebird 0.7, but then the developers advised the community to not install TBE and opt for Tabbrowser Preferences instead, whatever rocks your boat). If TBP and mouse gestures don't slow down Firefox, I may install them.

Agathon · February 10, 2004, 14:35

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Good lord this is incredible!

And it's commieware.

Zopperoni · February 10, 2004, 15:39

Aw, fark this. I installed TBE, and now it added some splash screen on start-up. I can click OK till I weigh an ounce, but it won't disappear and Firefox won't load now.

I'll stick to Opera.

Asher · February 10, 2004, 16:47

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Originally posted by Agathon
And it's commieware.

Open Source isn't "commieware", it's akin to a government that lets the public see the inner workings of every facet of government.

If it were "commieware", updates would be called revolutions and nothing would work because i'd be a bloated monstrocity with so much overhead and beaurocracy that nothing gets done.

chequita guevara · February 10, 2004, 16:51

It's commieware.

Imran Siddiqui · February 10, 2004, 17:12

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hold down the mouse button and move the mouve down: you have just opened a new tab

Hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse up... new tab... that's the with All-In-One Mouse Gestures.

And it isn't commieware... but then again, neither is Opera

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Imran Siddiqui · February 10, 2004, 17:19

DP

Inverse Icarus · February 10, 2004, 17:24

a middle mouse click also opens a link in a new tab.

Inverse Icarus · February 10, 2004, 17:30

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Originally posted by Zopperoni
Also:

- where is my scroll-bar?
- why can't I make links be opened in tabs rather than windows?

reinstall the skin (theme) and reboot firefox.

Zopperoni · February 10, 2004, 17:39

Never mind that. I can't even properly load Firefox. The TBE has completely farked things up. I de-installed/re-installed twice. I even pruned Mozilla-related stuff from the register, and still that pos splash screen appears.

Asher · February 10, 2004, 17:44

What does the splash screen say? I've been using TBE for months and have never seen one...

You'll want to delete the Firefox profile.

It's in your Documents and Settings folder, then Application Data.

My folder says Phoenix but that may be just because I've gone from Phoenix -> Firebird -> Firefox...

Delete Phoenix or Firefox, then reinstall and TBE is gone.

Alex · February 10, 2004, 17:49

Zop: as I said in my post above, Firefox developers do not recommend installing TBE, for it may ruin things for the user in some cases -- unfortunately, that's what happened to you.

They recommend Tabbrowser Preferences, although this extension is less powerful and has less options than TBE.

gunkulator · February 10, 2004, 17:50

Just DL'ed it last night. Holy crap, this thing is fast! Oddly enough, it copied some of my extensions, like GoUp but not others like Mouse Gestures. I'll have to try Imran's link tonight.

The new download manager is nice and FireFox correctly plays .wma files now.

Zopperoni · February 10, 2004, 17:53

OK, thanks. I got it fire up now after deleting the Phoenix folder

Extensionroom is down at the moment, so I'll give it a go later.

Az · February 10, 2004, 17:54

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Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala

For those who don't know: http://www.foxxfire.com

YOU BASTARD! I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BROWSER LINK!

Imran Siddiqui · February 10, 2004, 17:55

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Holy crap, this thing is fast!

Indeed

And thank Asher for the link (I know it's hard

).

Nubclear · February 10, 2004, 18:02

I love it

It's become my default browser.

Az · February 10, 2004, 18:08

I love it. It's now my browser. It also displays hebew perfectly.

Zopperoni · February 10, 2004, 20:33

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Originally posted by Alex
They recommend Tabbrowser Preferences, although this extension is less powerful and has less options than TBE.

Yea, TbP only offers two options of which one doesn't work. The other option is not important to me.

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Originally posted by Asher
What does the splash screen say? I've been using TBE for months and have never seen one...

This is the splash screen:

Skanky Burns · February 11, 2004, 00:33

Stupid question, but how do you install extensions?

Imran Siddiqui · February 11, 2004, 00:36

You just download them and then run the downloads.

Urban Ranger · February 11, 2004, 00:48

I always install "Flash Click to View."

What is does is to render all Flash stuff into grey buttons that you can view by clicking on them.

It saves me a lot of annoyance.

Q Classic · February 11, 2004, 01:08

compiled it this morning.

i like the new logo.
i got rid of firebird.

still use opera as the default browser in linux, still use opera as the default browser in windows.

Imran Siddiqui · February 11, 2004, 01:14

I just DLed the Tabbrower extension. I like it

. I don't get a splash screen though (except the first time).

Asher · February 11, 2004, 02:03

I have lots of problems with TBE, so I've learned to do without it.

There's a bugzilla bug for Firefox to implement most of TBE's features natively for improved performance, but I don't have it onhand... Everyone should go vote for that bug.

Asher · February 11, 2004, 02:04

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Originally posted by Q Cubed
compiled it this morning.

i like the new logo.
i got rid of firebird.

still use opera as the default browser in linux, still use opera as the default browser in windows.

What I found interesting about the new Firefox is the new icons/logos for inside Firebird aren't going to be distributed on CVS or anything. Only "official" builds will get them.