Anesthesia Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I was under the impression that I had a dictionary installed, but I didn't. I have in installed one now and it works. I've used alphas before, I used at least one of the 2.0 alphas (if there was more than one) - simply because I was having problems with the stable version of 1.5.whatever and figured I might as well try an alpha. I don't remember having any problems, aside from incompatibility of extensions. That said, I don't use many so it wasn't a big deal. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 read this: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0 ... 2&from=rss and anyway, firefox 2.1.0000000021812301938103810381 is out.... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I've used alphas before, I used at least one of the 2.0 alphas ... I don't remember having any problems, aside from incompatibility of extensions. Yeah but the 2.0 alphas are a little different from Minefield 3.0a1 (it's not even called Firefox.) The alphas for Fx 2.0 were chosen from the nightly builds and given some minimal testing before they were distributed. Checkins were restricted, the codebase was slowly frozen and gradually only patches with minimal/negligable risk were allowed to be checked in. Trunk (which is currently at 3.0a1) undergoes no testing before it is distributed. Often the trunk builds are completely busted and don't even build, sometimes they crash on startup, sometimes they delete profile data. They're build directly from CVS and are only meant for developers and testers - nothing more. read this: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0 ... 2&from=rssHeh, total crap :D [*:2dyxrzpp]Purely opinion - the new theme is liked by hundreds of thousands of other Firefox users. You can always download the old theme if you prefer it, or use any other theme you want. Try https://addons.mozilla.org for starters. [*:2dyxrzpp]Blacklist-based anti-phishing is better than no anti-phishing. Google phishing protection is not enabled by default, and I'm fairly sure there have been significant changes since the first release of the google toolbar. I am also fairly sure it doesn't send urls that are accessed via SSL. [*:2dyxrzpp]Many new features have been added - Microsummaries, inline spellchecking, session restore, feed management - and these all need to be configurable. The reshuffle just feels odd because we're used to the old design, but all the options are in logical places. [*:2dyxrzpp]99.9% of add-ons are not maintained by Mozilla - compatibility of 3rd party add-ons is a problem with any browser, or any extendable or skinnable application for that matter. That said, extension compatibility for this release is light years ahead of what it was for previous releases (I know because I was involved in the push to get developers to update their extensions :)) [*:2dyxrzpp]This "well known memory leak issue" - exactly whom is it well known by, and what about it is known? As far as I know, many memory leak bugs have been fixed in Firefox 2 and work continues on fixing more for Firefox 3. Personally, Firefox 2 seems just fine if I don't leave it open for days on end - and with session restore I can just restart it and keep all my tabs open. [*:2dyxrzpp]CSS implementation has improved in Firefox 2. These "reported problems" the dude speaks of - exactly where were they reported, and why aren't they linked to? I'm willing to bet it's sites not coded to web standards by a web developer who uses IE. [*:2dyxrzpp]7 & 8 - one user reporting a problem on their website or posting on a forum does not constitute "reports" or add up to "numerous users" - it does look like those people could use some support, but there's no evidence of bugs there. [*:2dyxrzpp]Firefox is not a feed-reader. Firefox is a web browser. Firefox offers to add feeds to an external application, be it web based or otherwise, and options to configure this. and anyway, firefox 2.1.0000000021812301938103810381 is out....Er... no it's not... :-k Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Lol sup cam, not gonna lie, I didn't have time to read all of it this morning before school. I skimmed over a few things real quick and then posted the link. A different computer forum site was the origional source where I got the info, and someone (credible) said 2.1.0### was out, didn't do any super iverstigatory work though, forgive me. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer777 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I love spellchecker, i only used google toolbar before hand because of it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 same read, diff site http://listvine.com/2006/10/25/9-reason ... irefox-20/ which is a dumb article imo because its all users fault / preference, but also like 10 people now have told me 2.1 is out... you sure cam? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxtrot0 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 im liking it so far, the extensions are whats great uber smilies! Knowledge is power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 like 10 people now have told me 2.1 is out... you sure cam?Yeah, very sure. Obviously there's nightly branch builds which contain checkins for what will become 2.0.0.1, but they're just for developers and testers, and then there's also trunk builds which will become Firefox 3, but there's definitely nothing related to 2.1. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Do you know when a functioning alpha of 3.0 will be available? I mean one suitable for a non-developer who doesn't mind using occasionally unstable software and reporting bugs. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Do you know when a functioning alpha of 3.0 will be available? I mean one suitable for a non-developer who doesn't mind using occasionally unstable software and reporting bugs.I'd predict sometime before the end of the year.. I have a schedule saying that one was planned for October, but yeah, we only just shipped Firefox 2. Discussion with some other groupies is pointing at the end of November, early December. Obviously if you're really interested, you can run Minefield nightlies alongside Firefox 2, using a different profile, allowing you to be on the bleeding edge of development and find and test for bugs, but also being able to use Firefox 2 for your mission-critical browsing. So summing up, no I don't know when one will be available. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Does one have to compile the nightlies themselves, do you know? Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Does one have to compile the nightlies themselves, do you know?No of course not - that's why they're called nightly builds :) For everyone who is not hardcore, please do not click the following link: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ ... est-trunk/ Of course you can check the code out from CVS and build it yourself, but building has a whole bunch of requirements and is a general nightmare. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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