[Brad]

Firefox 1.0 finally Released!

http://www.mozilla.org/

How long has it been? I've been tinkering with Firefox since about a year ago, I guess.

The main Mozilla site is really getting hammered. It's incredibly slow from here. I haven't even tried to download it yet. Though, it also can be found on all of the other usual channels such as MacUpdate and VersionTracker.

Firefox also has a cool new Google start page:
http://www.google.com/firefox/?en-US&act=1

A huge number of bugs have been squashed, even since the Preview Release and Final Candidates. Go out and give it a try!

[Luca]

Try http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/ for faster access. I would think that the download from mozilla-europe.org is the same as from mozilla.org, but I can't be sure.

[NosferaDrew]

Somehow I downloaded a non-English version.
Not sure what Napoveda, Nastroje or Zalozky mean, but I'll figure it out.

[usurp]

on my way cant wait. i doubt it will be different then the preview release though.

[usurp]

new firefox startpage
http://www.google.com/firefox

[Brad]

Originally Posted by usurp new firefox startpage http://www.google.com/firefox

Where did you find that??

[bassplayinMacFiend]

Originally Posted by Brad Where did you find that??

If your question is serious, Firefox 1.0 defaults to http://www.google.com/firefox/?en-US&act=1 when installed.

I've only installed it on my work PC, haven't downloaded it for my home Macs yet. I see no visible changes (other than start page) from the last two releases.

I use Safari @ home, but I've been running Mozilla @ work to try and lower IE's usage percentage.

[murbot]

No, he's referring to his posting of the same thing in the initial post.

BTW, I have this on my iDisk so it can be downloaded in less than an hour if you want... it was a whore to download. Got it from BT finallly (thanks ast3r3x).

http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/firefox.dmg.zip

8.6MB zipped disk image

[HOM]

Well, it seemes pretty good so far. I'm really missing the spell check, AdBlock doesn't seem to have been updated yet, and the Import fuction seems borked, but it's fast.

Not sure what to make of it yet.



EDIT:

Yay for rendering bugs!

[Luca]

Meh, VersionTracker sucks anyway.

[JayReding]

Originally Posted by NosferaDrew Somehow I downloaded a non-English version. Not sure what Napoveda, Nastroje or Zalozky mean, but I'll figure it out.

What, you haven't been brushing up on your Czech?

[Wrao]

Posting from it right now, I don't like it that much, especially the forum input window, it reaks of windws, heck, the whole application reminds me of windows trying to be mac. It does look like it has some very neat features, and I might use it from time to time if Safari and Camino fail me, but for the most part. meh.

Heh, right off the bat CMD+ up arrow(or CMD+ down arrow) doesn't jump to the top(or bottom) of the page like it does in safari, no way I could use this thing.

[autodata]

Originally Posted by Wrao Heh, right off the bat CMD+ up arrow(or CMD+ down arrow) doesn't jump to the top(or bottom) of the page like it does in safari, no way I could use this thing.

home/end should work

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by autodata home/end should work

powerbook keyboard.

[Luca]

Originally Posted by Wrao powerbook keyboard.

Fn + right arrow, Fn + left arrow.

[Kickaha]

Originally Posted by Luca Fn + right arrow, Fn + left arrow.

Or as it says on the keys, 'home' and 'end'.

[murbot]

I've never used the Command key on my PowerBook to do that man, just use Function + the arrow keys like the rest of the normal people. Hell, you can even just go down, like a page at a time!

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by JayReding What, you haven't been brushing up on your Czech?

Is that what that is?

I'm kinda' getting used to it!

[Wrao]

Originally Posted by Luca Fn + right arrow, Fn + left arrow.

Fn= on far left side of keyboard

CMD=far right side of keyboard

Arrow keys= far right side of keyboard


Thumb on clicker, index finger on CMD + middle, or ring or pinky on any arrow key= far more efficient

[DMBand0026]

It's good, but not good enough. I can't bring myself to use it full time. A shame too, because it's quick...just not quite all there yet.

[Luca]

The nice thing is that Firefox's keyboard shortcut for switching tabs is a one-hander. Ctrl-tab and ctrl-shift-tab do contort your fingers a bit, but they can be done with one hand.

If you want one-handed page up, page down, home, and end, you can always use uControl to remap the near-useless "Enter" key on the right side to the Fn key.

[Argento]

I love it, plus I just finally switched over all my PC crap onto my MAC and I'm pumped.

[torifile]

Originally Posted by Argento MAC

Mac.

[Majost]

So, are they ever going to implement native OS X widgets? I don't know if I can handle it otherwise... Safari has spoiled me

[Brad]

About Firefox Aquafication

[Chinney]

I did not know that 'Aquification' was even in the cards. Good news! I am willing to wait.

[johnd]

I can bank from my Mac again! Nothing else has worked for the last year, and I have tried hard. I was forced to RDC to my work PC to get anything done.

The kids school network also works! I can keep up with the lessons plans and progress.

[Moogs]

In the meantime, if you guys want to spruce up your button widgets try FireFoxy.
Nothing spectacular but it is an improvement for the pop-up menus and such.

[Mac+]

Well, this helps with a Uni page I have to log into - pretty much the only thing I need it for. But maybe, when I upgrade to Panther, I won't need it. Safari seems to handle what I ask for presently - aside from some horrendous CPU usage when emoticons are displayed.

[Paul]

A friend of mine noticed this the other day on his PC and I just tested it on my Mac...
in firefox (and only firefox) loading "w" in the location bar (no quotes) redirects to www.georgewbush.com is this a bug? can anyone else confirm this behavior?