Mozilla Firefox Version 1.5: From Beta to Final Release

[mandy]

Firefox 1.5 beta release notes: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/...beta1.html
Download the 1.5 beta here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

email client Thunderbird 1.5 release notes and download: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderb...beta1.html

( warning: the Firefox 1.5 beta suffers from the same security flaw as the current 1.06 release--details here: http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...ml#msg1410)

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5 Beta 1:

    * Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
    * Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
    * Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
    * Improvements to popup blocking.
    * Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
    * Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
    * Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience.
    * Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
    * Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
    * Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
    * New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
    * Many security enhancements.

Here's what's new in Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 1:

    * Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Thunderbird may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
    * Spell check as you type.
    * Built in phishing detector to help protect users against email scams.
    * Podcasting and other RSS Improvements.
    * Deleting attachments from messages.
    * Integration with server side spam filtering.
    * Reply and forward actions for message filters.
    * Kerberos Authentication.
    * Auto save as draft for mail composition.
    * Improvements to product usability including redesigned options UI, and SMTP server management.
    * Many security enhancements

[bargainbloodhound]

Screw the friggin security hole  :twistedevil:, I downloaded the Firefox beta this morning...so far it seems much faster...although the increase in speed could be because most of the plugins I was using aren't available for the beta yet.  :

[Nat]

Note: This is not the final release of our Web browser, it has been made available for testing purposes only, with no end-user support. If that sounds scary, you'd probably be better off with the latest version of Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

I haven't decided if I'm going to download that version or just stay with 1.0.6 since this 1.5 beta version still has that same security flaw. 

[Nat]

They'd updated Firefox and 1.0.7 is now available for download.  They say:

"Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability."

Release Notes:  http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/...1.0.7.html

[mandy]

Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the second Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback.

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5 Beta 2:

    * Improvements to automated update system.
    * Improvements to Web site rendering and performance.
    * Several security fixes.
    * List of notable bug fixes since Firefox 1.5 Beta 1.

download it here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

beta 2 changelog from beta 1: http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/re...1.5b2.html

[jezebel]

got it last night 

[bargainbloodhound]

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=727.msg2703#msg2703 date=1128781791]
got it last night  
[/quote]

upgraded today 

[diger7]

Ok sometimes I am sooooooo stupid!

How the heck to you update FF?

I downloaded the latest updates, by clicking on that arrow on the top, but I still have V. 1.07.

If I install it from the link provided above I think I am going to lose all my toolbars.  It happened once before. 

[bargainbloodhound]

I downloaded the latest updates, by clicking on that arrow on the top, but I still have V. 1.07.

1.07 is the latest official release.  If you're upgrading from 1.07 to the beta you have to do a full install.

[jezebel]

Your settings and preferences should stay the same if you go to 1.5.  Many 1.07 plugins don't work with 1.5 yet. Backup before the upgrade.