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Mozilla posts final Firefox 1.5 release

updated 08:00 am EST, Wed November 30, 2005

Firefox 1.5 released

Mozilla has released the final version of the Mac OS X support is now available for download from GetFirefox.com for most major operating systems or from the mirrors. According to the MozillaZine, users of the release candidates should receive the update soon. Firefox 1.5 introduces several new features, including an improved software update system, faster Back/Forward page navigation, a new options to clear private browsing data, drag-and-drop reordering of browser tabs, a redesigned Options/Preferences window and more robust popup blocking. The release also improves security, accessibility and standards support, adding support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6, and CSS2/CSS3. It also includes a better RSS discovery, a Broken Site Wizard, and better migration from Safari and Internet Explorer for Mac users.

 
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Safari integration?

11/30, 09:18am reply

The server isn't set right. Safari downloads it in the window, not as a file.

dru

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RSS support

11/30, 10:03am reply

How come no browser other than Safari has decent integrated RSS support?

ebeyer

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Safari Integration

11/30, 10:57am reply

Yes, but it downloads fine in Firefox ;-)

vickys_box

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Unreal

11/30, 11:15am reply

You have to use an older version of Firefox just to download the new version, since Safari loads the .dmg as a bunch of text. I've never seen this problem before from other developers, so I wonder why Mozilla can't get a DMG to download correctly within Safari.

nativeNYer

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bad link

11/30, 11:37am reply

Funny, but other language versions do download correctly - click on the link for "other systems and languages" and try it. Unfortunately, the British version is still 1.0.7.

alterbentzion

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how old is this?

11/30, 11:42am reply

i've been running 1.5 (final apparently, since firefox says there are no updates) for quite awhile now. my app's creation date is: Oct 6, 2005. did they re-release 1.5 without a version number change?

macnn is so timely!

rtbarry

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it's not in the director

11/30, 12:33pm reply

I tried dropping off the "Firefox%201.5.dmg" at the end of the URL, which displays the directory it's supposed to be in ... it's not there

http://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5/mac/en-US/

curtis0829

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it's not server config

11/30, 12:38pm reply

It's not a server config problem, Safari is content-sniffing instead of using the content type sent by the server and their content-sniffer is broken. See http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5883

justdave

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I figured it out 4U!

11/30, 12:51pm reply

I just figured out how to get it with Safari! ... 1. go to: http://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5/mac/en-US/ 2. option click on "Firefox 1.5.dmg" 3. delete ".html" from the end of the name of the downloaded file 4. click on an empty area of your desktop to apply the name change 5. click "Use .dmg" when asked if you want to change the extension 6. you now have the dmg file! ... your welcome ...

curtis0829

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GET IT WITH SAFARI!

11/30, 12:53pm reply

I just figured out how to get it with Safari! ...

1. go to: http://ftp-mozilla.netscape.com/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5/mac/en-US/

2. option click on "Firefox 1.5.dmg"

3. delete ".html" from the end of the name of the downloaded file

4. click on an empty area of your desktop to apply the name change

5. click "Use .dmg" when asked if you want to change the extension

6. you now have the dmg file! ... your welcome ...

curtis0829

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