daniewicz Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Firefox 1.5 was released today. I am not sure how long it will take to get it out in rpm form. Since installation just involves copying a folder to the deisred location, I use the compiled version from mozilla.org. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomighty Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Very very nice :). I've been using the RC's for a while now, and I'm glad the final is out! Much faster :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelz92 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Excellent. Can't wait to test it out on my Linux machine(once i get it working :/). Does thunderbird come out with a new one also?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelz92 Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 hey i got it [my mandriva] working...i put the complete extracted gzip file into the directory where the old firefox was[hidden directory .mozilla] ....how do i make it install?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomighty Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 You don't have to, it's already all installed. Just cd into the directory and run ./firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crashdamage Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Very quick, a nice overall improvement. Using 1.5 now instead of my usual browser, Links-2, to post this. I *think* the 1.5 final release was exactly the same as RC3, both the Linux and Win versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) Just compiled it from source (quite easy, and quite a bit of fun in ArchLinux). I fail to see any differences from 1.5RC3, but there might be few. EDIT: Indeed RC3 and final are byte identical. Edited November 30, 2005 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Good! But I have to wait till my fav. extensions are made FF 1.5 compatible first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 EDIT: Indeed RC3 and final are byte identical. Yes, 1.5 RC3 was rereleased as 1.5 final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Running it now but can't really tell any difference - except that it breaks the ish theme slightly (probably specific to running the i686 verson on x86_64)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted November 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 The advantage of 1.5 that I have seen is the back button returns to the previous page instantly. It wasn't that way with 1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) No probs with themes here- but to be honest, I am a "Skypilot Classic" fanatic since ages, and that theme was (almost) always up-to-date. Edited November 30, 2005 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gul Dukat Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 You don't have to, it's already all installed. Just cd into the directory and run ./firefox <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Super, thanks. Works great here. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electraglider Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 New member, new user, new....well just new. Except for windoze. Been doin' that for awhile and well it's just time for a change. So, with regards to this post, my Mandriva 2005LE, courtesy of AussieJohn, came bundled with Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2. After having perused these forums looking for answers concerning the non-functioning or slowness of another version of Firefox, I configured this version accordingly and it is working unbelievably well. Even as a client on a NAT gateway, the server of which is my wife's XP box. Not to mention that we are sharing a dialup connection. Anyway, I have been using Firefox version 1.0.6 on my Win2K box and I really like it, especially the little fox logo wrapped around the globe. My question is, does the 1.5 version continue with the little fox logo and if so, is it worth the effort to upgrade when I have a perfectly good working version now? Even though it has the lame dinosaur looking logo in the upper left hand corner it still works just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 does the 1.5 version continue with the little fox logo yes is it worth the effort to upgrade when I have a perfectly good working version now Firefox 1.5 is noticeably faster when hitting the back arrow button. It also has more cleanup privacy related options. You decide I do not use urpmi to install or update firefox on my Mandriva 2005LE, instead choosing to directly download it from mozilla.org. Thus I am not sure if 1.5 is available yet over urpmi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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