Posted on 11/29/2005 6:55:27 AM PST by Panerai
After a host of test releases and one false start, a new version of the Firefox browser will be ready on Tuesday, according to a media alert issued by the Mozilla Foundation on Monday.
Firefox 1.5 will be available for free on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Pacific Standard Time, at www.getfirefox.com and www.mozilla.com, according to the open-source group. A complete press release outlining the new features in Firefox 1.5, as well as some additional Mozilla news, will be issued at the time the new version is available.
New features in Firefox 1.5 include a better system for updating software, faster navigation using the “Back” and “Forward” tabs, and a redesigned Options/Preferences window that increases the number of category icons and moves them from the left side of the window to the top.
Firefox 1.5 also includes new support for Web standards, adding support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and new versions of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). SVG is a language based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) for writing sophisticated two-dimensional graphics, and JavaScript 1.6 is the latest version of the scripting language. CSS is a W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standard for adding style elements, such as fonts, colors and spacing, to Web documents
In addition, the Firefox update adds better pop-up blocking and a host of security enhancements, according to Mozilla. Other new features include the addition of Answers.com to Firefox’s list of search engines and a Clear Private Data function that allows users to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
Firefox, which celebrated its one-year anniversary Nov. 9, has become a popular alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser. Last month, downloads of Firefox topped 100 million.
In IE hold the Ctrl down and use the mouse wheel.
bttt
The reader's free. You don't use Acrobat Pro from within Firefox anyway, right?
I always download PDF-acrobat files to the desktop. Then open them with Adobe Acrobat. Goes a lot faster because Internet Explorer doesn't try to pull it's integration crap
OR EVEN BETTER uncheck the default "display in browser" option in Acrobat preferences. Under "internet"
you are right Opera does have no security holes. theres alot of things I like about firefox though that opera doesnt have. And its definately alot more secure than IE
What is this article talking about?
I guess the thing I like about Foxit reader is.
1. Theres no installing all it is is a simple .exe file
2.It doesnt integrate into IE or firefox.
2. Its basic and simple.
FOX IT: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
I havent used acrobat in forever. But I guess with the speedup tweak it would be better. But foxit is good enough for me.
I just downloaded foxit and will use it. Do you know a good free program for making PDF files? Thanks
Not to get hyper-technical but, it's Adobe that pulls the "integration crap" in that situation: Acrobat is hooking into IE objects...not the other way around.
Adobe's never gotten that right, either. If you browse in full screen mode, like I do Acrobat usually screws up the browser session to the point of having to close the browser.
I have 1.0.7. you might have 1.0.5. Maybe the new one is 1.5.
I wouldnt know a security hole from a hole in the ground....
I use this dealie everyday, both for work and as a personal distraction but all things considered, I wish they never invented it....
OpenOffice.org - their office suite is excellent, the Writer program is almost perfectly compatible with Word (and far more stable for large documents), and Writer can do the conversion to a .pdf format.
Check out http://www.primopdf.com/
I wish they'd never invented All Things Considered, too........
thanks!!!!
Maybe this will give you a better idea of what a security hole is http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/poc.htm
This only works with IE it shows how IE can be used to execute another program on your computer from any website. the example above will execute calculator when you click on the link. Do you see where this could be a problem? This is a huge problem!
Right on. That is the only thing I dislike about Firefox - PDF files. It drives me batty. In fact, it just happened again yesterday to me.... I've been waiting on a fix, but I haven't found one.
I guess I'll have to go another route...
"you can eat fishes...you cant eat wishes..." Capt. Coral to Pee Wee Herman.
absolutely not.....and dont plan on seeing it. Sorry.
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