New Version of Firefox 1.5.02 Has Been Released
 

Firefox 1.5.02 has been released. Just did the update and all went smooth.

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Good idea to always back up your bookmarks/profile first whenever doing major updates.

Also check for updates on your themes and extensions and do those updates first and one restart before the new install.

I did an uninstall on my 1.5.0 version first and then executed the upgrade.

Here is a program you can use for backing up Firefox and/or Thunderbird.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Be sure you close Firefox before you do backups.

New features on 1.5.02 include:

* Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets.
* Improvements to product stability.
* Several security fixes.
* Memory fixes.

Nice, seems like those memory issues FF used to have are all gone with this version.

:thumbsup

Maybe it's time to check them out again,but after the first fiasco,I'm not sure..I really like Opera though

I tried the original Opera before I went to FF. Its ok, but I wasn't crazy about the layout compared to FF which is much more slimlined.

Both are superior compared to IE. That's for sure.

just downloaded it a few minutes ago...smooth sailing so far

Also noticing after this update, FF is even faster than before.

Nice!

Yes.. thank for sharing :thumbsup

thx for that!

True, you should be aware that if you ever lose your bookmarks in a freak accident, since version 1.5, by default, bookmark copies of the past 5 days are kept in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\book markbackups

Enjoy the new training wheels for the internets.

:winkwink: That's hot. LOL

Jeepers Chad, you're even neg on FF??

Read the list of Awards from every major software review publication first.

http://www.mozilla.com/press/awards.html

:thumbsup

its loading pages faster for me also :)

firefox rocks my socks

gfy is the exception to me, due to the sigs

It's a turd. IE7 does everything it does and more + actually opens as soon as you click the icon.

Dude you really got a way with words.

:helpme :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

thx for the tip :thumbsup

I don't like her. I think she is an overly preaching bitch with a shitty tv show.

Excellent browser - and can only get better :thumbsup

It's almost like the development of Perl... all "amateurs" working in cohesion and with plenty enthusiasm. Makes any corporate-developed browser redundant.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

this version is really good no crashing.

Yeh its totally sweet when software works perfectly on a new update. :)

ie is pre-loaded when you boot windows , with a a few tweaks you can do the same with firefox

cool.. using it now

was wondering when a new version would be out

Everything is superior to IE. I'd rather use Lynx before I used IE.

nice , it seems faster

update now

Going to do the update shortly :)

I'm all upto date.

FireFox Kicks Ass.

Compared to the previous version, which left little copies of itself running, blew up regularly and generally had me cursing, this one seems solid and not at all into blowing itself up.

Give it a few days, but so far so good.

Alex

The memory leaks are far from gone ... just slowed down

I had one browser with 8 tabs open climb up to 318'000K over maybe 8 hours

It is a bandaid solution ... but still better than IE IMHO :thumbsup

In a perfect world, Opera would support extensions.

It's hard to beat Firefox. I can't see going back to IE or Opera.

I tried firefox, I dont see what the hype is all about. I got rid of it 2 days later.

ps. windows comes with a browser built in btw... :1orglaugh :pimp