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Firefox 0.9rc
2004-06-09, 8:43 AM #1
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.9rc/

Go get it.

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MB IS FAT
2004-06-09, 8:58 AM #2
<3 Firefox.

Have you taken a look at Thunderbird yet?
2004-06-09, 9:08 AM #3
Yup, it replaced outlook on my machine long ago. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2004-06-09, 10:24 AM #4
Themes seem to be broken and the default theme is terrible. Other than that, it seems to be working great.

Thunderbird is very nice as well. However, I need to get my hands on a free Hotmail proxy to use with it.

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2004-06-09, 10:44 AM #5
FIREFOX SUCKS

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2004-06-09, 10:45 AM #6
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
FIREFOX SUCKS</font>


MYSTIC0 SUCKS

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2004-06-09, 10:48 AM #7
Hehe, I wasn't totally serious...

But seriously, Firefox is too sluggish for me. I like Galeon. It's smaller, faster, uses GTK2, and isn't stripped down like epiphany is. Plus, it has a really cool 'myportal' homepage that is totally customizable.
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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited June 09, 2004).]
2004-06-09, 12:10 PM #8
I refuse to install any GNOME crap on my system.

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2004-06-09, 12:46 PM #9
What is this... Just yeaterday I finally got around to bringing a copy of 0.8 home (I'm to lazy to download it here, this I'm still using Firebird 0.7) and now it's out of date?

Well this sucks.

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2004-06-09, 12:57 PM #10
Warning: This is not a stable release. It is a release candidate.
2004-06-09, 1:03 PM #11
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malus:
I refuse to install any GNOME crap on my system.

</font>


[http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

I don't like the Gnome DE, but I'm sane enough to use good Gnome apps. Come on, don't tell me you're gonna boycott Evolution, Gnumeric, Abiword, Gaim, Anjuta and Bluefish just because you dislike Gnome? It says that gnome is a requirement, but I don't have Gnome installed, only a couple libs.

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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited June 09, 2004).]
2004-06-09, 1:49 PM #12
When I'm here I like firefox, but when I'm doing serious browsing for research or whatever, it can't compare to Opera. Notes are amazing, the environment just seems slicker and more reactive... I can't put my finger on it! It never seems quite so quick as da Fox, in terms of download speed, but seems less... clucky.

You know what I mean?

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2004-06-09, 1:58 PM #13
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malus:
Themes seem to be broken</font>


Here is a list of themes that are 0.9-compatible at this point.
2004-06-09, 2:06 PM #14
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malus:
I refuse to install any GNOME crap on my system.</font>


Umm, dude, Firefox IS a GNOME app..

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2004-06-09, 2:06 PM #15
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
[http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

I don't like the Gnome DE, but I'm sane enough to use good Gnome apps. Come on, don't tell me you're gonna boycott Evolution, Gnumeric, Abiword, Gaim, Anjuta and Bluefish just because you dislike Gnome? It says that gnome is a requirement, but I don't have Gnome installed, only a couple libs.

</font>


Calm down, I'm just refering to the DE.

I'm not boycotting any of the apps, I just don't use them. The only apps I ever use are either on the command-line (Nvi is the best text editor ever), OpenOffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird. I do happen to use Gaim though, but that is hardly using GNOME. It just happens to use GTK. Actually, I use Gaim mostly under Windows anyway, since I usually do web browsing and multimedia under Windows and development under FreeBSD.

I have no idea what Bluefish or Anjuta do. I'm guessing that they are IDEs?

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2004-06-09, 2:22 PM #16
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
Internet explorer 3.0 owns all of them! Just kidding!</font>


/STAB

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Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-06-09, 2:22 PM #17
Internet explorer 3.0 owns all of them! Just kidding!
2004-06-09, 2:24 PM #18
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Martyn:
When I'm here I like firefox, but when I'm doing serious browsing for research or whatever, it can't compare to Opera. Notes are amazing, the environment just seems slicker and more reactive... I can't put my finger on it! It never seems quite so quick as da Fox, in terms of download speed, but seems less... clucky.

You know what I mean?

</font>


Sorry do not know what you mean, when the FireFox default setup is the least clunky theme of all browsers....


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2004-06-09, 2:33 PM #19
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malus:
I do happen to use Gaim though, but that is hardly using GNOME. It just happens to use GTK.
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True, I stand corrected.

Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malus:
I have no idea what Bluefish or Anjuta do. I'm guessing that they are IDEs?

</font>


You are correct.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
Umm, dude, Firefox IS a GNOME app..

</font>


Are you sure about that? I thought it just had a GTK2 wrapper.

Ubuu:

Firefox interface: Like you said, clean. Opera, on the other hand, is very busy.

Firefox speed: Slow. It uses XUL, like mozilla, for it's interface. Just move the mouse right and left on the menus and you'll see what I mean. Then compare it to something like Internet Explorer on Windows or Galeon / Epiphany on Linux. There is definatly a speed difference.

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2004-06-09, 3:08 PM #20
With 5 minutes you can remove everything you don't like about the opera interface. It's INCREDIBLY easy to customize. You can remove every button/statusbar/pane/panel/etc., very easily.

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2004-06-09, 3:11 PM #21
Hint, RIGHT CLICK on something in the interface and the first option is "Remove from Toolbar" .. pfft

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2004-06-09, 3:21 PM #22
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
...You can remove every button/statusbar/pane/panel/etc., very easily.</font>


Ahh, but can you remove the ad? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-06-09, 4:01 PM #23
Um... yeah. I have no problem paying software developers for great programs. It's the cost of 2 movies, I don't get why people fret over it.

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2004-06-09, 4:07 PM #24
Yeah, I kinda hate die hard open source zealots who don't want to "taint" their computer with comercial software. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif] But we know GBK was joking... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-06-09, 4:17 PM #25
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
With 5 minutes you can remove everything you don't like about the opera interface. It's INCREDIBLY easy to customize. You can remove every button/statusbar/pane/panel/etc., very easily.

</font>


Same with Firefox...

And I'm sorry, but a browser with a big ole banner ad just doesn't win, no matter how good its features.

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2004-06-09, 4:17 PM #26
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
Um... yeah. I have no problem paying software developers for great programs. It's the cost of 2 movies, I don't get why people fret over it.

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Because there are other programs that are as good if not better for free.

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2004-06-09, 4:20 PM #27
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian:
Um... yeah. I have no problem paying software developers for great programs.</font>


Neither do I . . . depending on the developer . . . [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-06-09, 4:38 PM #28
Looks cool but I'm still happy with my IE 6.0 and my Outlook thanks.

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2004-06-09, 4:39 PM #29
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
Ahh, but can you remove the ad? [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Ouch. :P

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2004-06-09, 4:50 PM #30
Dammit it overwrote all my old firefox settings .. friggin release candidate ..

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2004-06-09, 4:52 PM #31
..You should have made a new profile... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-06-09, 4:54 PM #32
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MechWarrior:
Looks cool but I'm still happy with my IE 6.0 and my Outlook thanks.

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You're joking, right? Just checking here.

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2004-06-09, 5:06 PM #33
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Firefox speed: Slow. It uses XUL, like mozilla, for it's interface. Just move the mouse right and left on the menus and you'll see what I mean. Then compare it to something like Internet Explorer on Windows or Galeon / Epiphany on Linux. There is definatly a speed difference.

</font>


I just did that with FireFox and IE. There IS no difference.

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2004-06-09, 5:07 PM #34
Check startup times. I don't know about windows, but I do know that Galeon and Opera's interface is snappier on linux.

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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited June 09, 2004).]
2004-06-09, 5:20 PM #35
Mystic, whenever I right-click with IE, on ANY Windows machine, it always takes ~1 second or more for the menu to appear. With Firefox, its instant. No delay. BAM.

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Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-06-09, 5:33 PM #36
You're right, firefox isn't as slow as I said it was.

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2004-06-09, 5:37 PM #37
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Check startup times. I don't know about windows, but I do know that Galeon and Opera's interface is snappier on linux.

</font>


Of course the startup times are going to be different in Windows. IE is built into the freaking system, thus it has an advantage. Reguardless, FireFox is nowhere NEAR as slow so you tried to make it seem.

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Frogblast the Vent Core!

--End of Line--
"In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
Are you finding Ling-Ling's head?
Last Stand
2004-06-09, 5:40 PM #38
I know, I overreacted.

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2004-06-09, 5:53 PM #39
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
I know, I overreacted.</font>


Thats ok...its not like its the first time... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
:wq
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2004-06-09, 6:01 PM #40
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
You're joking, right? Just checking here.

</font>


No actually... I have no idea what you guys have issue with... Microsoft products work fine for me.

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