Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is out 412
ferratus writes "The Mozilla organization just released the second release candidate for the upcoming 1.0 due out in a few weeks. See the updated release note and remember to see the mirror list before hitting the main server."
Better story about RC2 (Score:5, Informative)
Mozilla 1.0 RC 2 has just been released and is already available for download [mozilla.org]. This is what has changed from the previous RC [mozilla.org]. New stuff include support for "HTTP pipelining" [mozilla.org], something which can increase performance by 50%! (disabled by default, check the releases notes).
This was the story I have submitted, Slashdot staff is weird, really.. =)
Au revoir link-toolbar (Score:5, Informative)
Back for 1.1, hopefully...
Re:According to Bugzilla... (Score:2, Informative)
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cg
damn HTTP_REFERRER
Re:What gives?.. (Score:5, Informative)
--Asa
Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:3, Informative)
Mozilla is good, mozilla is great. The only thing keeping me from using it over Konqueror right now is the fact it seems to ignore my proxy setting. I use The Internet Junkbuster [junkbuster.com] to remove unwanted (read: all) ads and other things. Mozilla up to RC1 seems to overlook this and I see ads all over the place. It may be due to JavaScript url fetching not going through the proxy, but I'm not sure
And don't tell me to use moz's built-in ad blocking, because I've already got a huge blockfile, I want to block for all browsers across the network, and it usually screws up rendering to use the builtin stuff anyway.
This is a great web browser; it's really faster than other GUI browsers I've used, renders nicely, and has all the features. But until it respects proxies (I use Squid [squid-cache.org] to cache stuff too, helps a lot when all you've got is a modem), I can't use it. :-(
Re:Better story about RC2 (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:2, Informative)
I think mozilla rules. Go mozilla.
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:4, Informative)
And here is the text for those too lazy to scroll down....
Mozilla needs to be configured to work properly with proxies such as Junkbuster that do not support the most recent HTTP specification. By default, Mozilla tries to use HTTP 1.1. To use Mozilla with a proxy that only supports HTTP 1.0, edit the HTTP Version from 1.1 to 1.0 in Edit | Preferences | Debug | Networking. (Bug 38488)
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Alternate Mail Handlers (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Alternate Mail Handlers (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Are back menus fixed yet? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Icons? (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.lotekk.net/index.php?page=moz&sub=icon
This is a link that will auto-install the icons (and some additional ones including for "mail compose" and bookmark windows) into Mozilla for the title bar:
http://www.grayrest.com/moz/resources/icons.shtml [grayrest.com]
Lotekk.net [lotekk.net] has a few other useful Mozilla tricks, like some alternative Splash box graphics and a couple of search engine additions to the sidebar.
Google Search [google.com] can get you more references as well.
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:2, Informative)
First of all: you guys rule, the HTTP 1.0 thing worked great. I'll have to see if I can make Junkbuster HTTP-1.1-aware sometime.
Second: free-riding. Well, it goes like this. I've always ad-filtered since I discovered Junkbuster (and will soon try Privoxy, because I've wanted HTML-filtering for awhile too), because ads are annoying and are the largest consumer of my meager 2k/s bandwidth. So screw ads. Web pages look lots prettier without them.
That said, I have nothing against supporting sites I like, especially this one. I support IGN [ign.com] but subscribing to IGN Insider. [ign.com] for over $20 a year. You know what? It was the best $20 subscription I've ever bought. IGN has lots of content, up-to-date stories, the IGN Unplugged PDF magazine (free for insiders). $20 a year for daily updates is great.
What's the difference? IGN's subscription is value-added. I pay to get stuff I didn't have before. Slashdot's subscription is stupid: I pay to not get something I had. In fact, since there's junkbuster (the geek solution; isn't this a geek site?) I'm paying for not getting something I already didn't have. Kinda silly.
When slashdot starts offering exclusive pay-only features with enough value-added pay-only content, you will see me being the first to pay $20 a year to subscribe. Spellchecked and slightly edited stories would be kinda nice too.
Think of it like this. If the RIAA started giving away CDs (ok, implausible, but follow me here ;-)) that had ads between tracks, and offered ad-free versions for $20, would you pay or just rip and skip those tracks?
Add value, ask money for it, I'm there. Otherwise, something strikes a sour note in my geek side for paying for not getting something I could avoid anyway.
Re:please!!! produce an unstripped linux nightly (Score:4, Informative)
--Asa
Re:Where's the criticism? (Score:3, Informative)
--Asa
Privoxy is junkbuster. (Score:3, Informative)
Then his site seemed to stop updating, and many people wondered what had happened
But soon, the software was brought back [privoxy.org] by some great efforts by other people. It has many features I like. However, there are still bugs keeping it from 3.0:
* It stops responding after a few days unless you HUP it.
* It doesn't re-gzip data after it's been deziped and filtered.
* The re_filterfile code sometimes doesn't work (I use it to filter Google's link-wrapping, which I feel is a big of a cheater's way of looking at what I go to)
* Some minor HTTP 1.1 unhappyness.
All in all, a good piece of software -- just not complete (yet).
Re:Just to keep us more informed (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Alternate Mail Handlers (Score:3, Informative)
DHTML compatability is perfect (Score:3, Informative)
Of course, this code has already been carefully constructed to be compatible with NS4,NS6 and IE, but still, I'm impressed.
Re:plug-ins (Score:3, Informative)
If you like tabs, stick with RC1 (Score:3, Informative)
This bug seems to have been reported several times in Bugzilla.. but if you're a tab maniac, you might want to stick with RC1. It's annoying that you focus the tab you want to close every time now..
Re:Does it respect proxies yet? (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:Au revoir link-toolbar (Score:4, Informative)
--Asa
Yes - it can cause Win2K to BSOD - Re:Odd problems (Score:3, Informative)
There is also a bug on it [mozilla.org]. The bug has been marked as INVALID because the powers that be deemed it impossible for Mozilla to crash Win2K. If it's valid to your situatiom, please comment on it, and perhaps it will get re-opened.