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patrickp

08-10-2005 14:29

Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Firefox

Thunderbird

Martin

08-10-2005 14:48

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Excellente, off to update!

nffc	08-10-2005 18:56

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Same here :) :woot:

patrickp

08-10-2005 19:12

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Hmmm - FF is a little buggy. Scrollbar on the right was missing, and when I went to Options to see if there was now a setting for that and it was deselected, it just showed me 3 buttons and no box.

Ah, well, back to square 1.07...

Martin

08-10-2005 19:53

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Its been fine so far for me!

nffc	08-10-2005 22:01

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

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Originally Posted by patrickp

Are you using a non-standard theme?

Mal	08-10-2005 22:18

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Just installed it. More of my extensions are working okay now, without having to use the nightly tester tools, though adblock, although it is blocking the ad, it is not collapsing the ads as before.

Seems faster in loading pages.

nffc	08-10-2005 22:19

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

I still had to force a few on with nightly tester, esp Minimise to Tray which i find rather useful especially with TB.

Don't think it's any faster though.

Mal	08-10-2005 22:23

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Originally Posted by nffc

I still had to force a few on with nightly tester, esp Minimise to Tray which i find rather useful especially with TB.

When I tried the beta 1, I think that only one of my extensions was compatible, now it was 50/50. They are catching up.

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Originally Posted by nffc

Don't think it's any faster though.

I was using 1.07 and it seems faster, than that, to me. :shrug:

nffc	08-10-2005 22:28

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Mal- I honestly think it's the placebo effect.

Mal	08-10-2005 22:34

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Originally Posted by nffc

Mal- I honestly think it's the placebo effect.

It's just my impression of it :shrug:

The theme that I had doesn't work with this build, (Missing scrollbar, etc..) which is a bit annoying.

patrickp

09-10-2005 01:35

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

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Originally Posted by nffc

Are you using a non-standard theme?

Yup; I looked at their forums and realised that's what it was. ;-)

Reinstalled the beta 2s, switched to the standard themes and it's fine!

Lew	09-10-2005 12:32

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Just trying it now. Not too bad, although it has a nasty habit of creating new windows under the Dock (which is a big no-no), and it'd be nice if you could use backspace to go back a page, like with other browsers (although ⌘[ and ⌘← work it's easier to just hit backspace).

Martin

09-10-2005 12:52

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

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Originally Posted by Lew

and it'd be nice if you could use backspace to go back a page, like with other browsers.

It does? least that is how it works for me!!

Lew	09-10-2005 12:57

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Which version? Windows, Linux or Mac OS X?

Martin

09-10-2005 13:14

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

I have Windows XP :)

Lew	09-10-2005 13:24

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

Ah, OK. Backspace doesn't currently work on the Mac version.

Lew	10-10-2005 10:01

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

I'm now using Camino (previously known as Chimaera), which is the browser that inspored Firefox. Seems pretty good so far.

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The Camino project has worked to create a browser that is as functional and elegant as the computers it runs on. The Camino web browser is powerful, secure, and ready to meet the needs of all types of users while remaining simple and elegant in its design.

Camino combines the awesome visual and behavioral experience that has been central to the Macintosh philosophy with powerful web-browsing capabilities such as the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine. Built and tested by thousands of volunteers, the Gecko rendering engine brings cutting-edge innovations and capabilities to users in a standards-friendly and socially responsible form.

Sure, you can use a typical web browser, with typical features. Or you can use a browser that "also" supports the Mac. Or you can use a browser you have to pay for. What if one browser offered everything, for free?

That browser is Camino. Camino makes your web experience more productive, more efficient, more secure, and more fun. It looks and feels like a Mac OS X application should because it was designed exclusively for Mac OS X

patrickp

20-10-2005 01:35

Re: Firefox and T'bird 1.5 beta2s out

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Originally Posted by patrickp

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Originally Posted by nffc

Are you using a non-standard theme?

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Originally Posted by patrickp

Yup; I looked at their forums and realised that's what it was. ;-)

Reinstalled the beta 2s, switched to the standard themes and it's fine!

At last! The theme i was having problems with was Phoenity. A new version's out for T'bird - seems ok with 1.5b2. Couldn't find an updated FF theme, though, 'till I noticed someone called yamal had posted an unofficial update at http://www.xs4all.nl/~beukrode/yamal...unofficial.jar . So I wound up with a .jar file I couldn't install. But then I discovered an extension called Install New Theme that lets you install a theme from the .jar file rather than a link. Phew!

Both installed and running now; no problems ATM

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