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Tuesday, June 15 2004

Firefox 0.9 Released  by James W at 14:07

Firefox Firefox has become a very popular browser so thought it would be worth passing on news of an update. Key changes include:
- A new default theme, Winstripe
- A new browser migration tool, allowing you to easily switch to Firefox from IE or Opera
- New theme and extension managers
- Reduced download size
- A new help system
- Improvements in speed and minor fixes

Most of the updates seem quite minor but useful all the same. The link below to the screenshots also has a good look at whats new, well worth reading. I'm not really a fan of the new theme, if you agree then check out the neowin link below as in the comments you'll find a link to the old theme!

  • mozilla.org - Releases info
  • ftp.mozilla.org - Download
  • squarefree.com - Full changelog
  • neilturner.me.uk - Screenshots and discussion of whats new

    source: neowin

    ** update **
    Ive started a thread on the forums so Firefox fans in our community can discuss the best skins and cool extensions we've found. Click Here

    ** update#2 **
    Today Firebox's big bro', Mozilla, has been updated to 1.7! Since this will be the new stable baseline (since 1.4) we can expect the next Firefix and Thunderbird to be based on this version.
    Click here to see whats new and here to download.
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    Mani
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    		15 June 2004 14:15
    /me downloads
    malis
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    		15 June 2004 15:22
    i just have the basic Mozilla 1.6, whats the difference between this and Mozilla Firefox?
    Mani
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    		15 June 2004 15:31
    Firefox is cut right down. A lean, mean browsing machine. The installer is only 5mb.
    Tricky
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    		15 June 2004 15:43
    Its basically just the mozilla browser cut down as mani says. The menus and appearance are different to mozilla, nothing drastic though. Personally I use Firefox for browsing and Thunderbird for email (thunderbird being a modified version of the email component of mozilla)
    malis
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    		15 June 2004 16:15
    well mozilla 1.6 is only 15mb, and its installed already. i cant see any reason to change to firefox tbh ;o
    Mani
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    		15 June 2004 16:22
    loads faster, uses less ram.
    Scrappy
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    		15 June 2004 16:29
    This for mac too?
    Scrappy
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    		15 June 2004 16:47
    Fs I've downloaded the update, it imported all my favs. But now it's gone back to the default skin and won't let me install any new skins
    Mani
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    		15 June 2004 16:51
    Skin format has changed a little, I guess it'll be a little while before they get updated properly.
    Mani
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    		16 June 2004 15:10
    The new http://update.moizilla.org site is cool tho, has a fair few skins that work in 0.9
    Mani
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    		16 June 2004 15:24
    http://www.mozthemes.tk/ <--Quality Mozilla themes, Apollo rocks
    Tricky
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    		16 June 2004 21:03
    http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/collins-interview-1.html
    Its quite a long read but interesting if you want more insight into the history of Mozilla and the ups an downs they experienced along the way.
    Jammin
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    		16 June 2004 21:23
    I'll tell you what... IE for the win tbh
    Tricky
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    		16 June 2004 22:57
    IE is only good if want to keep it simple, which is fine for most people
    Scrappy
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    		17 June 2004 07:54
    Erm don't use IE unless your retarded and happy with security floors adware and shit.
    Tricky
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    		17 June 2004 13:13
    A few of the themes are ok but most are real big for some reason, i like the old qute theme but not sure how to install the .jar file atm
    Tricky
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    		17 June 2004 13:28
    got the old qute theme on now but its big like the new one, maybe there is a small toolbar icons option somewhere :/
    Tricky
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    		17 June 2004 13:34
    lol there is ok im happy again now
    malis
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    		17 June 2004 14:02
    aye i switched from mozilla 1.x to firefox after i made sure small toolbar icons were available and i could change the theme from that horrible default one. Using the modern theme, which is just mozilla 1.x theme. Only theme i like, cant stand all these xp/teletubbie ones that seem to be so popular
    Tricky
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    		17 June 2004 14:20
    yeah some look horrific, i dont know how they get voted so highly on skin sites
    malis
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    		17 June 2004 18:00
    \o/ most popular news post ever?
    Tricky
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    		17 June 2004 19:11
    might be
    Tricky
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    		18 June 2004 09:29


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