mozilla.org Releases Mozilla 0.9.8

asa writes: "Today mozilla.org released the Mozilla 0.9.8 Milestone. New to this release are improved Address Book functionality, page setup(for printing), MNG/JNG support, native-style widgets on winXP and OS X, dynamic theme switching, improved BiDi support, speed, stability and footprint improvements, and much, much more. www.mozilla.org and www.mozillazine.org have the full scoop." The build I'm posting with (2002020305) is a little crashy, but most aspects are shaping up very nicely.

what's with the dept?

[Anonymous Coward]

it rocks!?

shouldnt that be something "moving-like-a-tortise-to-version-1.0"

dynamic theme switching

[evilviper]

dynamic theme switching

Whoohoo, we're back to where we were several months ago!

Don't /. mozilla.org yet

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey all you punks, don't /. mozilla.org yet!! I was downloading the file and my speed has decreased from 22k/s to 2k/s.... please please please don't /. it

For the love of god

Keep This Up! Please!!

[Lethyos]

I encourage all who experience this phenomenon to continuously download and install the latest versions of all software so that the next version will become immediately available. Please note that the slower the connection you use, the more likely you'll successfully push out new versions. Imagine how you could help in accellerating open source development! Keep the developers on their toes in their quest to keep your software obsolete!

Re:For testing or porn, use a nightly build

[taj]

dude... forget the snapshots. get a date.

Mozilla is a fair browser but also a platform wanabe. In the end thats not good for anyone.

Re:For testing or porn, use a nightly build

[Waffle Iron]

dude... forget the snapshots. get a date.

Why should he get a date? He got the pr0n sites working again...

Where is M$ on this one?

[Loki_1929]

"The build I'm posting with (2002020305) is a little crashy, but most aspects are shaping up very nicely"

If only Microsoft was as open an honest about such things on windowsupdate.com...

"This Version of Internet Exploder (6.0) is extremely buggy, has many features you won't like, and makes browsing the internet feel more like browsing the 2002 Toys R Us Christmas Catalog"

"This version of Windows (aka MacOS knockoff) is called WindowsXP. It stands for eXtremely Pissed off, which you'll be when you see that most of your software no longer works, but the boys in marketing thought up something about an experience or something."

Re:The most important fix...

[ThatComputerGuy]

*Well* *shit*, *aren't* *you* *special* *?*

sorry, couldn't resist ;)

Re:smime support

[asa]

the instant it has smime support in email I'll be there.

You're there! Get 0.9.8

--Asa

Am I the only one?

[groove10]

Who still uses Navigator 4.08 to browse? Call me old school, but I don't like lots of features in my browser, just something that won't crash too often and is not named *explorer. Oh, yeah I still use pine for mail too. Seriously, I'll never get a virus that way!

Logarithmic progression of version numbers

[netdemonboberb]

The following is provided for you're amusement - I wouldn't get too hung up over it.

Release dates of previous versions:

Mozilla 0.6 - Completed December 6, 2000
Mozilla 0.7 - Completed January 9, 2001
Mozilla 0.8 - Completed February 14, 2001
Mozilla 0.8.1 - Completed March 26, 2001
Mozilla 0.9 - Completed May 7, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.1 - Completed June 7, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.2 - Completed June 28, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.3 - Completed August 2, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.4 - Completed September 14, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.5 - Completed October 12, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.6 - Completed November 20, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.7 - Completed December 21, 2001
Mozilla 0.9.8 - Completed February 4, 2002

I took the release dates of Mozilla and made a list
of version numbers in number form, and months where
the length of each month is averaged to 30 days.

Mth Ver
0.2 0.6
1.3 0.7
2.5 0.8
3.9 0.81
5.2 0.9
6.2 0.91
6.9 0.92
8.2 0.93
8.5 0.94
10.5 0.95
11.6 0.96
12.8 0.97
14.1 0.98

I graphed it and got what looks to be almost a logarithmic
curve (besides the large dip around month 4) with an asymptote
around 1.0 - Available at:

Graph Here [netdemonz.com]
I'll try to remember not to get rid of this image or move it.

What does this graph mean about the release date of Mozilla? I'll
let you draw you're own conclusions.FWIW, I wouldn't take the implications of the numbers
too seriously, but thought you might be interested. ;-)

Re:Mozilla needs to focus on correctness, not feat

[Mike Schiraldi]

What this project needs is a nearly complete feature freeze ... Tabbed browsing [is an unnecessary feature that should not have been added to Mozilla at this time] ... In positive news, it looks like a spell checker might actually be included in 0.9.9.

One man's gold is another man's crap. A spell checker is completely worthless to me, along with the entire Mail/News package. On the other hand, tabbed browsing is my life, my love, and my passion.

Re:Ad counting

[cymen]

It's a huge annual gathering of ornamental landscapers who are investigating the strength of various strains of grass. To simulate the natural conditions out in the real world they have large heavy guys run around on the grass for hours on end. When it all began back in the day the large heavy guys quickly tired of just running around so they started kicking around the bloated carcass of a baby pig left over from the landscapers late night Hiwaiian style Lua.

Unexpectedly the joy of watching grown men play with pig bits took off and now some people come just for the that. But never forget that the real reason for "superbowl" is the annual grass endurance competition. The truth is out there.