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Gullible Jones

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Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Firefox 1.5 has just been released. There are multiple mirrors to accomodate the huge number of downloads expected. The source tarballs can be found in the mirrors' firefox/releases/1.5/source directory.

(Just wait for IE to crash and burn...)

shadowhand

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

I decided to package it. For giggles, mostly. 8)

I'll upload soon, just gotta wait for it to compile...

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shadowhand

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Uploaded. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=15355 for more information.

http://archpkg.wgilk.com

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dtw

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Registered: 2004-08-03

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

I thought it was worse than the current one TBH - they just rehashed old stuff and made it worse and didn't add anything useful that was new

scarecrow

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Registered: 2004-11-18

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

If you have already compiled RC3 before (like I did) then don't bother- the final is byte identical, both under Linux and Windows.
I don't agree with Dibble- the all-new Gecko engine (ain't that some change?) is way faster than the one on 1.0.X, and some tab features (like forced single window) come now right out of the box without the need of javascript-screwey extensions.

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postlogic

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Is there some release info somewhere to be found?

phrakture

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

I thought it was worse than the current one TBH - they just rehashed old stuff and made it worse and didn't add anything useful that was new

I noticed a 3-4 X speed increase - not only in rendering, but also in startup.  The Fasterfox counter proves it too.

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dtw

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Pah!  Render speed is limited by bandwidth anway...tho startup speed is a plus.

Anyway, aside from all that, new extension engine, all old ones broken, cons out weigh the pros, I will not be moved on this

/me puts fingers in ears

la lala lalala *I can't hear you* lala...

Dusty

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Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Pah!  Render speed is limited by bandwidth anway...tho startup speed is a plus.

Anyway, aside from all that, new extension engine, all old ones broken, cons out weigh the pros, I will not be moved on this

/me puts fingers in ears

la lala lalala *I can't hear you* lala...

haaha!

Nobody cares..... :-D

I can't wait until it hits the repos. I'm not going to *work* to install it but when it works in Syu..... :-D

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phrakture

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

All my extensions work perfect, except session saver, but that one is updated on their homepage.

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

no flashblock yet.

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Gullible Jones

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Just don't install Flash.

(Or use Adblock and Filterset.G Updater, that can kill Flash-based ads.)

alexmat

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Registered: 2004-12-31

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Thanks a bunch for the package shadow, your my favorite person today! Now let's work on getting a repo update

yes yes, maintainers have lives... but I don't, so i come here to complain that packages aren't in the repo the minute they come out 

shadowhand

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Thanks a bunch for the package shadow, your my favorite person today!

Why thank you!

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tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

And now it's in [testing].........

freakyc

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

For Flashblock, I installed this:  Nightly Tester Tools

The latest version allows you to install extensions that firefox believes are incompatible.

manoa

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Registered: 2009-04-21

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

I can't find this version in the pacman -Ss list, where can I download the package ?
I tried to build 1.5.0.12, but i get an error ( http://manoa.flnet.org/ff.txt ) which seems to do with too new X11 version

Last edited by manoa (2009-04-21 19:14:00)

zenlord

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Firefox is already at v3.0 - v3.1 is not too far from its release date, so I doubt you'll find the v1.5-package in an official repo... Maybe in AUR.

If you want a lightweight browser, try midori. No Flash support, but it is light ad fast...

Zl.

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Midori has flash.

Cerebral

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Re: Firefox 1.5 goes final!

Firefox 1.5 went final farrrr too long ago - locking.