Firefox 1.5
It's Available
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 by dave86 | Discussion: Internet
Firefox 1.5 has been officially released http://www.mozilla.com
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blackcat77
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:03 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:03 PM
I've been using it since about 0.7 and only use That Other Browser at sites which have proprietary content. It's hard to get really excited about FF any more, but it's still the best browser out there and just keeps improving in all the little ways that you don't really notice, but which make your internet experience so much better.
dave86
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:47 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:47 PM
There is an extension available called IE Tab -- allows specific web pages to be viewed using IE in a tab in Firefox. I've tried it out on a couple of sites and it seems to work out ok.
Gregory Hallam
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:35 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:35 PM
I am having a problem with DogmaX in Firefox 1.5. The Options box is transparent except for a few buttons. This ws not the case with FF1.07.
dave86
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:37 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:37 PM
I tried it out using the WB5 and WB 4.6 versions of DogmaX and didn't have any issues -- sorry I can't be of any help with that. 
lutikriss
Reply #6 Friday, December 2, 2005 11:44 AM
Reply #6 Friday, December 2, 2005 11:44 AM
I use the regular Mozilla suite, should I switch to Firefox? I'm pretty happy with Mozilla 1.7.
scratch_pentagon
Reply #7 Sunday, December 4, 2005 12:04 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, December 4, 2005 12:04 PM
Gregory: this is not an issue with your WB skin, it's an issue with your firefox theme. this means the firefox theme you are using is incompatible with firefox 1.5
lutikriss: if you're happy with the moz suite, you have little to gain from switching to firefox. there are a few differences, but the only one of any importance is that it doesn't have the mail client.
lutikriss: if you're happy with the moz suite, you have little to gain from switching to firefox. there are a few differences, but the only one of any importance is that it doesn't have the mail client.
CaptainWin
Reply #8 Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:49 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:49 PM
To all, 1.5 has not been released. The latest is still a beta and is RC3. The official release version is still 1.07.
liquidguru
Reply #10 Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:58 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, December 4, 2005 6:58 PM
Bichur
Reply #11 Monday, December 5, 2005 12:33 AM
Reply #11 Monday, December 5, 2005 12:33 AM
How come I can't quote here in the forum using 1.5?
scratch_pentagon
Reply #12 Monday, December 5, 2005 3:24 AM
Reply #12 Monday, December 5, 2005 3:24 AM
must be some kind of javascript incompatibility. apparently gecko 1.8 had a bit of a javascript overhaul, so wincustomize's code probably needs to be updated.
CaptainWin
Reply #13 Monday, December 5, 2005 1:34 PM
Reply #13 Monday, December 5, 2005 1:34 PM
Wow, when I wrote my post I had just went to Firefox's web site and only RC3 was offered. I just now went to the site and it is true! 1.5 has been released! 
scratch_pentagon
Reply #14 Monday, December 5, 2005 6:46 PM
Reply #14 Monday, December 5, 2005 6:46 PM
RC3 is 1.5 final. they decided that it was ready enough.
gfcentral002
Reply #15 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 4:36 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, December 6, 2005 4:36 PM
i have 1.5 
my 5-button HP mouse doesn't scroll in it - neither will my mighty mouse - only on my windows it does that - not my mac but i still like it
my 5-button HP mouse doesn't scroll in it - neither will my mighty mouse - only on my windows it does that - not my mac but i still like it
dave86
Reply #16 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 1:27 AM
Reply #16 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 1:27 AM
I have had one issue with it -- it seems to hog a lot of memory if you leave it open for a while. I left it up for a few hour yesterday, and it had consumed around 150 MB of memory! It wasn't a big deal though, I just closed it and started it up again, and it freed it all. I've read of other people having the same problem, but I'm sure it'll be fixed pretty soon (I haven't had any more issues with it since then).
Patriots
Reply #17 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 3:26 AM
Reply #17 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 3:26 AM
Just downloaded it...let you all know what I think in a while
Chasbo
Reply #18 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 10:16 AM
Reply #18 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 10:16 AM
So far I think it's an improvement. Seems faster and clearing history is a snap - Shift - Ctrl - Del. Seems to skin better with WB5 too! Don't know about the memory usage yet. I give it a thumbs up! 
rabidrobot
Reply #19 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 7:17 PM
Yep. Was just trying the quote, and it didn't add in the text I had higlighted. Odd.
Currently trying to hunt down a memory leak issue I was having yesterday. Will have to lave the browser open a bit to be sure, but I think using AdBlock Plus instead of regular AdBlock might have fixed it--have to get back to y'all on that one.
Otherwise I am very happy with the upgrade. Lots of little things. Not sure, but it seems I have more control over customizing the toolbars than I used to - able to drag and drop buttons from one bar to another, so now I have web developer and google search bar on a single horizontal line. Don't think I could do that before. Using Cyclops WB with the best ever FF theme Modern Pinball (which also has a matching Thunderbird theme out now). And it looks awesome.
Reply #19 Wednesday, December 7, 2005 7:17 PM
Yep. Was just trying the quote, and it didn't add in the text I had higlighted. Odd.
Currently trying to hunt down a memory leak issue I was having yesterday. Will have to lave the browser open a bit to be sure, but I think using AdBlock Plus instead of regular AdBlock might have fixed it--have to get back to y'all on that one.
Otherwise I am very happy with the upgrade. Lots of little things. Not sure, but it seems I have more control over customizing the toolbars than I used to - able to drag and drop buttons from one bar to another, so now I have web developer and google search bar on a single horizontal line. Don't think I could do that before. Using Cyclops WB with the best ever FF theme Modern Pinball (which also has a matching Thunderbird theme out now). And it looks awesome.
dave86
Reply #20 Thursday, December 8, 2005 6:26 PM
Reply #20 Thursday, December 8, 2005 6:26 PM
I'm having the same issues with not being able to hightlight and quote -- I have to copy and paste, then put the code around it.
I'm also using regular Adblock, so it will be interesting to see the results of switching to plus...
I'm also using regular Adblock, so it will be interesting to see the results of switching to plus...
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Reply #1 Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:50 AM