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Topic: Firefox 1.5 Final Release is Available Now |
Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2005 8:55 pm |
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Firefox version 1.5 final release was made available for downloading today. November 29, 2005. Read all about it, or download it, here: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5:
* Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
* Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
* Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
* Improvements to popup blocking.
* Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
* Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
* Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience.
* Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers.
* Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
* Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
* New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
* Many security enhancements.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 6:39 pm
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| Already got it. I just wanted to take a second anyway and commend you on these important and informative updates/news items etc. that you've been posting. Some of us know it's not your "job", you don't have to do it, and it's appreciated. Thanks. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 7:28 pm
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| Yes Wiz..Thank you..P J |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 8:12 pm
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Thanks Jim and Joe!
I'm on several email lists dealing with security issues and I like to keep my friends in the loop as soon as I become aware of important program updates, just like the people who send out the newsletters.[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 30 November 2005 at 08:13 PM.] |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Nov 2005 11:48 pm
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Wiz, thanks for the heads up. I d'loaded, installed, and it's working great. Thanks again for all you do.
Phred |
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