[olug] Mozilla Bug in .99-RC1 on all OS's

[Jonathan Warren]

Thanks.  RC1 was the 1.0 I was referencing.  Can't beleive they have almost made it.

-Jon W.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 03:22:04PM -0500, einer wrote:
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> >Don't you think you should check with the 1.0 release and see if the problem has already been fixed?
> >
> 1.0 hasn't been released yet.  
> 
> >PS can you give a quick review of the pros and cons of mozilla for thos of us who are curious but unwilling to load the software?
> >
> The current stable incarnation of Mozilla is RC1 (Release Candidate 1). 
>  Mozilla is an open source, cross platform internet suite that has a 
> spec compliant (at least I thought) html browser, a nice mail client, a 
> news client, a chat client, and a laundry list of features that I 
> couldn't possibly start to iterate through.
> 
> Mozilla also has an incredible gui.  Tabbed browsing has changed the way 
> I use the internet.  I believe that this is one of the best features of 
> the browser.  Basically, it allows you to open a new window within the 
> current one.  This new window is accessible by clicking a small, 
> unobtrusive yet well labeled, tab at the top of the browser.  Multiple 
> tabs are allowed and you can open up a page in a new tab while 
> maintaining focus on the old one.  I really can't say enough about 
> tabbed browsing.
> 
> Mozilla renders pages so fast it hurts.  Nested tables are usually no 
> problem, and in fact, this is the first show stopping bug I've run into 
> while using a version after .98.
> 
> Mozilla allows you to block pop-ups and pop-unders with the click of a 
> preference button.  This is wonderful when I'm browsing all of those 
> pop-up intensive basket weaving sites that I frequent so often....
> 
> Mozilla allows you to alter your user agent string.  This string 
> identifies your browser (Mozilla, IE, Konqueror, Opera) to the server. 
>  A while ago, when Microsoft was blocking access to it's site from 
> certain browsers, this feature allowed Mozilla users to access the site.
> 
> Mozilla is skinnable meaning you can alter the look and feel of the 
> browser.  This feature has been enhanced so that it no longer requires a 
> browser restart to work.  I prefer the 'modern' theme that comes stock 
> with the browser.
> 
> As for cons?  Well it's not the dominant browser in the marketplace. 
>  This means that some sites will not fix bugs that affect Mozilla as 
> quickly as they'll fix bugs that affect Internet Explorer.  Also, as 
> noted by my previous e-mail, there are still some bugs left to work out. 
>  Lately I've noticed that Mozilla has been much faster and more stable 
> than any other browser I currently use, but that hasn't always been the 
> case.  Spell checking has not been implemented yet and manual 
> configuration is still required if you want a flash capable or java 
> capable browser.  (It's not terribly hard to do, but it's not as easy as 
> with Internet Explorer).
> 
> These are just some of my observations and I'm sure I've missed a few 
> big points.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Jonathan Warren wrote:
> 
> >Don't you think you should check with the 1.0 release and see if the problem has already been fixed?  PS can you give a quick review of the pros and cons of mozilla for thos of us who are curious but unwilling to load the software?
> >
> >-Jon Warren
> >
> >On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 02:41:07PM -0500, einer wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Just a quick FYI:
> >>
> >>My mozilla crashed today while browsing slashdot.  After a quick 
> >>re-install, I tried bringing the page up again with the same result.  
> >>
> >>The culprit appears to be this comment: 
> >>http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=31513&cid=3388652
> >>
> >>Apparently this is not a Mozilla/Linux issue, but a Mozilla .99 - RC1 
> >>issue as Mozilla on Windows (9x,Me,2k,XP) is also affected.
> >>
> >>The comment contains a link that has some odd characters in it.  I'm 
> >>going to put them into an html document by themselves and see if they 
> >>kill Mozilla.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>Andrew
> >>
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