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30 Nov 2005, 01:50
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1up on you
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Firefox 1.5
Is now released you can get it here
Its been improved and updated with one of the things ive heard they have improved is page loading times.
Time to page Leshy to this thread to advertise opera
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30 Nov 2005, 02:01
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Caveat Lector
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Re: Firefox 1.5
Oh cool thanks, I still have a RC.
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30 Nov 2005, 05:19
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Tilting at windmills
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Re: Firefox 1.5
Thanks pig
I too was still on the RC
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30 Nov 2005, 09:11
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Mr. Blobby
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Re: Firefox 1.5
Oh hey, all my extensions are dysfunctional again.
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30 Nov 2005, 09:16
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Caveat Lector
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by Leshy
Oh hey, all my extensions are dysfunctional again.
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If you're using adblock switch to adblock plus. The original isn't being updated anymore. Some themes aren't updated. All the good extentions should have updates. ;|
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30 Nov 2005, 09:28
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Mr. Blobby
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by s|k
If you're using adblock switch to adblock plus. The original isn't being updated anymore. Some themes aren't updated. All the good extentions should have updates. ;|
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Adblock isn't even one of them, only about 2 of the 7 or so plugins I had seem to have been updated - I guess the rest will follow at some point. Not much to say so far, looks fairly similar to 1.0.7, although it does seem the page rendering speed has been improved, which is pretty good
As for the obligatory Opera comment - I'm currently waiting to see how the Opera 9 version is going to turn out, especially as some of the changes in the preview version changelog seem quite promising, although a few of them are more from a web designing than a user point of view.
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30 Nov 2005, 11:32
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Henry Kelly
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Re: Firefox 1.5
All of my four extensions are fine, and as long as Tabbrowser Preferences works I'm happy.
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30 Nov 2005, 11:39
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Lucky
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by Leshy
Adblock isn't even one of them, only about 2 of the 7 or so plugins I had seem to have been updated - I guess the rest will follow at some point. Not much to say so far, looks fairly similar to 1.0.7, although it does seem the page rendering speed has been improved, which is pretty good
As for the obligatory Opera comment - I'm currently waiting to see how the Opera 9 version is going to turn out, especially as some of the changes in the preview version changelog seem quite promising, although a few of them are more from a web designing than a user point of view.
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wtf do you use an internetbrowser for then, apart from visiting some internetsites on daily basis?
'extra tools', 'more plugins', 'v.1.07', 'promising new features' etc, it all sounds quite bizarre to me.
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30 Nov 2005, 12:19
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Guy next door
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Re: Firefox 1.5
some people do sports, some party and some have sex, also some go visit friends but there are also dudes who are into browser options and plug ins for extra browser options
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30 Nov 2005, 12:41
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
wtf do you use an internetbrowser for then, apart from visiting some internetsites on daily basis?
'extra tools', 'more plugins', 'v.1.07', 'promising new features' etc, it all sounds quite bizarre to me.
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I'm not sure this post ever made sense at any level.
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30 Nov 2005, 12:48
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Guy next door
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
I'm not sure this post ever made sense at any level.
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Besides your pedantism it says that he doesn't understand what else you need your browser for except for visiting sites. Implicating that he doesn't understand the need for ad ons and such.
I am not saying I agree with him, i am saying you should stop posting like a dull humor-lacking woman.
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30 Nov 2005, 12:52
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by SilverSmoke
Besides your pedantism it says that he doesn't understand what else you need your browser for except for visiting sites. Implicating that he doesn't understand the need for ad ons and such.
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The increase in rendering speed alone helps "just visiting sites", and unless you just visit one page which has no gifs, no ads, no hyperlinks of any kind in it, then you'll be using other capabilities of the browsers, which perform in differing ways. So the statement is meaningless, even without taking into account other efficiency benefits. QED.
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30 Nov 2005, 12:56
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Registered User
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
wtf do you use an internetbrowser for then, apart from visiting some internetsites on daily basis?
'extra tools', 'more plugins', 'v.1.07', 'promising new features' etc, it all sounds quite bizarre to me.
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quite alot of it really improves browsing, particularly tabbed browsing. Instead of each page opening in a new window, you can open multiple tabs, each showing a page. this means far less clutter on the start bar and the tabs are easier to search through. That's one of the main ones, but quite alot of other features allow you to turn the browswer into much more of a terminal, for example you can control winamp from the browser screen and so on.
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30 Nov 2005, 13:49
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Lucky
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by Radical Edward
quite alot of it really improves browsing, particularly tabbed browsing. Instead of each page opening in a new window, you can open multiple tabs, each showing a page. this means far less clutter on the start bar and the tabs are easier to search through. That's one of the main ones, but quite alot of other features allow you to turn the browswer into much more of a terminal, for example you can control winamp from the browser screen and so on.
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isn't tabbed browsing already possible (firefox)?
jakiri: it wasn't much more than a poor effort to ridicule the neverending chitchat over minor improvements on internetbrowsers. that's all really.
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30 Nov 2005, 13:59
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
isn't tabbed browsing already possible (firefox)?
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Quote:
This extension provides a comprehensive UI for changing a number of the hidden tabbed browsing preferences in Firefox. It also provides the ability to control how internal and external links are opened in the browser and how the browser will react when links are sent to it.
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30 Nov 2005, 14:07
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Lucky
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Re: Firefox 1.5
i don't care that much really, but thanks anyway.
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30 Nov 2005, 14:08
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Guy next door
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
effort to ridicule
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Do not try to confuse Jakiri.
MrL_Jakiri, are you a robot?
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30 Nov 2005, 14:09
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crashed computer
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Re: Firefox 1.5
Mind giving a link to that plugin so I can stop being extra extremely carefull about links in IRC/MSN?
Currently I have to make sure that'll open in an unused Firefox window/tab or it'll muck my browsing up...
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30 Nov 2005, 14:35
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Insomniac
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by flapjack
Mind giving a link to that plugin so I can stop being extra extremely carefull about links in IRC/MSN?
Currently I have to make sure that'll open in an unused Firefox window/tab or it'll muck my browsing up...
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you dont even need the plugin.
Tools -> options -> Tabs
select "open links from applications in a new window" , or "a new tab" depending on which you prefer rather then the current tab
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30 Nov 2005, 14:45
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Registered User
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
isn't tabbed browsing already possible (firefox)?
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thats what i was thinking. its not really that much work to use the middle mouse button to open a link instead of the left one, is it?
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30 Nov 2005, 14:52
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Clerk
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by KoeN
wtf do you use an internetbrowser for then, apart from visiting some internetsites on daily basis?
'extra tools', 'more plugins', 'v.1.07', 'promising new features' etc, it all sounds quite bizarre to me.
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I know you've subsequently said that it was semi-taking the piss but I'll reply anyway by saying that the simplest programs are often the ones where subtle enhancements make your life so much easier if you use them a lot. Anyone who has gone back to trying to use notepad for most tasks after using a more advanced text editor will know what I mean.
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30 Nov 2005, 18:20
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crashed computer
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
I know you've subsequently said that it was semi-taking the piss but I'll reply anyway by saying that the simplest programs are often the ones where subtle enhancements make your life so much easier if you use them a lot. Anyone who has gone back to trying to use notepad for most tasks after using a more advanced text editor will know what I mean.
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Notepad is great. At least for making REALLY small files, or for making a bunch of files you intend to have open at the same time on a machine with only 32mb ram (try that with M$ office 97 and it lags, try that with 2000 and you're gonna be reaching for the reset button)
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<Walrus> Let's all poke him next time he appears.
<Heiro> I think that is wise, Master Walrus
<Gryffin> ungrateful wretches
<Gryffin> they should be here!
<Gryffin> so I can grace them with my presence
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30 Nov 2005, 18:32
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by SilverSmoke
MrL_Jakiri, are you a robot?
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I know Koen's an idiot, so I tend to reply to his things at face value should they seem idiotic.
It's the safest way, beyond nuking him from orbit.
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30 Nov 2005, 18:35
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Gone
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
beyond nuking him from orbit.
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Paging President Bush to thread #188616
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30 Nov 2005, 18:40
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Clerk
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Re: Firefox 1.5
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Originally Posted by flapjack
Notepad is great. At least for making REALLY small files, or for making a bunch of files you intend to have open at the same time on a machine with only 32mb ram (try that with M$ office 97 and it lags, try that with 2000 and you're gonna be reaching for the reset button)
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Why would you use Office 97 as a text editor?
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