View Full Version : Firefox 1.5 Final Released!
anonymez
30 Nov 2005, 11:57 AM
get it. now. you'll enjoy browsing the forum twice as much :)
official website: http://www.mozilla.org
download: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5/ (click 'win32', then 'en-us' to get to the file)
the main page hasn't been fully updated yet, i presume it will be very soon.
edit: here are the release notes http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.html
Chewy
30 Nov 2005, 12:32 PM
I was assimilated by the borg after aol bought netscape.
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 12:02 AM
i switched from IE as soon as i heard of 'tabbed browsing', which was some time ago :)
i just noticed, switching from tab to tab is much faster with 1.5 :D
Chewy
1 Dec 2005, 12:15 AM
bill will end up buying mozilla if he hasn't started already
nevermind he'll copy it
IE 7
blutach
1 Dec 2005, 07:51 AM
Waiting for tabbed IE browsing - hair already turned grey. Waiting for it to fall out!
Regards
Chewy
1 Dec 2005, 07:54 AM
beta 2 pushed back to early next year
huge influx to firefox makes more inviting target
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 11:12 AM
blu are you using firefox? i probably won't be using IE7 unless it has an amazing revolutionary new feature that i absolutely must have.
what i've always wondered is why neither browser has a decent download manager...
blutach
1 Dec 2005, 11:14 AM
IE6 :( Tried FF - wasn't that I didn't like - guess I was just comfy with IE. Plus you can't get fully away from IE, you need it for Window$ updates or something.
Regards
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 11:32 AM
there are times when i have to use IE too, only 2 websites, one being asus.com & the other cyberlink.com (i only have to visit it maybe once every few years though, if i see any decent changes in their decoder :P ). they may have been fixed now though.
i never touch windows updates unless they're service packs or unless its another one of those 'blaster worms'. ;) i don't take microsoft's use of the word 'critical!!' seriously anymore :P
Chewy
1 Dec 2005, 12:41 PM
blu are you using firefox? i probably won't be using IE7 unless it has an amazing revolutionary new feature that i absolutely must have.
what i've always wondered is why neither browser has a decent download manager...
I have been disconnected several times in the middle of a download
with this durn wireless setup at one of my stations during the middle of a download, recently I have noticed they resume as soon as I start them over.
From the point it was interupted. IE6 and all non critical patches.
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 12:47 PM
i've been using the download manager 'getright' for many years now
Chewy
1 Dec 2005, 01:15 PM
i've been using the download manager 'getright' for many years now
Haven't needed it in a year, on the fast dsl(1.5Mb) 150KB/s, most downloads
never get a chance to be interupted(after I trashed the wireless antennas).
My 1 gig portable drive carries the large downloads home to the crappy
13Kbps dsl lite. Getright was the best of many I tried over the last
5-6 years.
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 01:33 PM
i download very large files at my uni (very very fast), it easily more than quadruples the speed. i also have a 1GB usb that i use to bring stuff home ;)
i use getright at home (dialup :angry: ) cause its easier to manage downloads
Chewy
1 Dec 2005, 01:40 PM
Dance buddy of mine runs the switching station at locotelco,
their roadmap is 3 then 8 Mbit DSL(video)
My usb drive does 6 MB/s and I sleep with it.
dialup/was a modem apprentice in att newsgroup/never again
you must have the patience of job to upload those pics
anonymez
1 Dec 2005, 01:45 PM
you must have the patience of job to upload those pics
if you mean the HDTV screens, most were done at uni ;) . if i didn't have that access, i would get broadband immediately...
there are times when i have to use IE too, only 2 websites, one being asus.com & the other cyberlink.com
Last time I used IE was to download Firefox. :evilaugh:
anonymez
2 Dec 2005, 02:27 PM
lol well said :D
C.E.O.
3 Dec 2005, 05:31 AM
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1419&application=firefox
Theres an IE plugin for those sites that insist on it being IE.
Theres no excuses now
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