Firefox 1.5 RC1

[Moogy]

Anyone else using it? I downloaded it earlier today and it seems to be a LOT faster than Firefox 1.0.7. The interface is a bit better too, and it just seems generally more well-rounded and stable.

You can get it here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

[kickassbuddy]

RE: Firefox 1.5 RC1

The only thing that sucks is that you can't use any skins for it.

I liked my iFox skin.

[lightdarkness]

RE: Firefox 1.5 RC1

I was using it 4 seconds after it hit the FTP

No joke, 4 seconds

Er... I downloaded it 4 seconds afterwards, you know what I mean

[nforcer06164]

RE: Firefox 1.5 RC1

It wouldn't work for me....

EDIT: Nevermind, that was 1.5 Beta 2.

[lightdarkness]

Re: RE: Firefox 1.5 RC1

It wouldn't work for me....

Try harder

[talisman]

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yeah, it's not bad.

I haven't noticed an incredible difference in speed but it seems a little faster.

[87x]

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http://opera.com/index.dml

We're holding on to our claim: "The Fastest Browser on Earth". In Opera 8, further improvements have been made in the way the browser reads pages to allow you to fly the Web.

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed

Just so you people can see FF isn't on top.

[lightdarkness]

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Times vary

[Moogy]

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Opera is a big piece of crap. They made it free because nobody in their right mind would buy it.

[87x]

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Yea, why would anyone *BUY* anything like that. In my experience with Opera, I have noticed better video playback on websites and I can actually view QT movies without haveing to get "Alternate Quicktime"(which never really worked in the first place) or Copying the Link and opeing it in IE. Its shitty when one browser has to come up with a plugin so that you can easily switch to another browser so that you can view a webpage or streaming media.

[lightdarkness]

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Yea, why would anyone *BUY* anything like that. In my experience with Opera, I have noticed better video playback on websites and I can actually view QT movies without haveing to get "Alternate Quicktime"(which never really worked in the first place) or Copying the Link and opeing it in IE. Its &*#$ when one browser has to come up with a plugin so that you can easily switch to another browser so that you can view a webpage or streaming media.

I have 0 problems streaming media. It isn't rocket science to install a plugin.

[87x]

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A plugin is needed to view this media, would you like to automatically install?
Yes
Sorry, there is no automatic install. Please visit this site to download and install the plugin manually.

https://www.quicktime.com

After installing QT, and it still not working, I searched google for answers. When a lot of people seemed to have this same problem, the only answer was to turn to the alternate quicktime. Then going into the MIME settings and doing something. After doing all this and it still not working. I said fuck it. Got Opera and have had ZERO problems ever since.

[lightdarkness]

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A plugin is needed to view this media, would you like to automatically install?
Yes
Sorry, there is no automatic install. Please visit this site to download and install the plugin manually.

https://www.quicktime.com

After installing QT, and it still not working, I searched google for answers. When a lot of people seemed to have this same problem, the only answer was to turn to the alternate quicktime. Then going into the MIME settings and doing something. After doing all this and it still not working. I said $*%# it. Got Opera and have had ZERO problems ever since.

I'm extremely supprised. I don't know why other people do seem to have these troubles with firefox, because it's been nothing but automation for me since .93.

I guess it's all dependent on the system settings of the particular user. Use Opera if you want, but just remember that Firefox has been downloaded over 100 Million times in the past year (That does NOT count downloads from the firefox user agent) and has been voted the best browser by CNET. Use what you want, but i'm defending my fox.

[jamuko]

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I have that exact same Quicktime problem. I still use Firefox though... I don't need QT often enough for it to be a vital part of my web-browsing experience. It's annoying sometimes, though.

[Squeek]

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Whenever I'm on my parent's computer (the old one I had that I gave them) and they need a plugin in Firefox, it does the same thing.

"Wanna install the plugin?"
"Sure"
"Oh sorry we don't have one lol."
"Then why did you ask..."

I have all the necessary ones on my computer. I don't know what they do to that thing and I don't care. Just fdisk the problems away.

~Squeek