"Bookmarked pages in the sidebar."

Does that mean Web content sidebar panels ('Load this bookmark in the sidebar' and the like) or the Bookmarks Sidebar (with the list of bookmarks etc.)?

Please test out the update mechanism with LOTS of different configurations this time!

Testing on Windows 2k SP4. Is there anything more specific you want tested? If not, I'll play around with all the usual things I use.

Successfully dragged images from web pages to the desktop and back and had no trouble dragging bookmarks around plus any other object I could find into a browser window.

I checked through the extensions I've got installed to look for any UI anomolies but couldn't find any.

Navigating through a couple of secure sites I couldn't spot anything go wrong with the lock icon.

Not sure what you wanted tested in regarding the sidebar bookmarks, but I opened it up and played around to see if anything would break - sure enough, everything's fine.

In summary, looks great! I'll test again with a mac build when I get home in a few hours and note any different I findings.

it all works here on winxpSP2 drag and drop and moveing around secure bank pages

I hope the mac build will have improved the responsiveness in terms of memory I will test that later

regards

iPod:Essentials

* Drag and drop, both within the browser and to and from other applications.
* Lock icon state when navigating to named anchors in secure pages.
* Bookmarked pages in the sidebar.

All works fine here! [WinXP SP2 En]

Regarding ffox, on WinXPPro SP2:

I've had many problems previously with highlighting and dragging a word or words to the search bar, and ffox crashing. (I select dictionary.com, for example, then highlight a word on a page, and drag it to the search bar to look it up. Or, select google.com, and highlight a phrase, and drag it to the search bar to google it.)
Tried this with the ffox rc, and haven't had any of these crashes yet. Appears to be much better. Very nice.

Also tried dragging urls to and from text editor and haven't had any problems.

I have an html file with several about: links in it.
These about links do not work now (they did in ff 1.0.1):
about:cache, about:config, about:plugins
These do work:
about:, about:blank, about:credits, about:mozilla

I tried the above html file and other html files as sidebars, and the links now open in the sidebar, which is very different from 1.0.1. If you clicked on a link to about: in ff 1.0.1, an about page opens in the main window (not the sidebar). In ff 1.0.2rc, the about page opens in the sidebar, which is definitely not what I was expecting.

Is this bug fixed? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283730
It annoys the hell out of me when i download stuff and use shortcuts to go to the folder to download. Ends up rewriting the shortcut! Fixed?

Here's a MAJOR drag n' drop issue:

If you drag an image out of a message in your "Sent" folder to a new compose window, the image does not appear in the new window.

Do you mean html:iframe in XUL or xul:iframe? html:iframe is working fine, but I haven't tested xul:iframe.

I tried them out on XP SP2 and Fedora 3, no problems here.

I just downloaded and installed the RC, but this bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283730
has not yet been fixed.

Please, PLEASE fix it - it's extremly irritating!

firefox --version (under Linux) still gives 2004:

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2, Copyright (c) 2004 mozilla.org

*try to drag image to desktop and back to browser. works fine.
*go to gmail and adsense, the lock icon show the correct status(certified).
*nothing wrong in Bookmarked pages in the sidebar.

most of my extension disabled so can't test the XUL interface yet.

tested on Win XP 5.01.2600.

Trying to install firefox on linux fails with : "Fatal error [-618]: Couldn't open xpistub library" - after setting all the options (install options, install directory).
No matter if I run it as root or user. I do have firefox 1.01 installed from gentoo packages. It runs fine.

Besides: This here is a much nicer and easier way to report bugs in my opinion :)

General Comment on SSL support.
===============================
One area you guys are letting yourselves down on is SSL. You'll have seen the Opera Beta 8 and you'll have seen the press of suggested improvements to IE 7 for SSL. Plus there is a Trustbar add in to Fox. You need to differentiate between Good and Bad SSL certs. Good - Give you the name of the company and Bad - Only the domain. If nothing else it's a quick fix to pull the 'O' Organisational field out of the cert and display it in the status bar and also hopefully to the right hand side of the address bar. This should be a top priority...in fact it's pretty close in severity to IDN!

Also P.S. warn users to uninstall Fox 1.0 B4 installing the latest. I forgot and ended up with two in the old Win Control Panel with one not wanting to be uninstalled. (Silly mistake, but hey others will do it to!)

Thanks

I have so far not encounter any probs,or with what u requested.
Firefox 1.0.2 under Windoze XP SP II.
I also tested Drag and drop, both within the browser to and from other applications. No probs!

Bug: Toolbar menu item "Release Notes" content stale.
For: Firefox 1.0.2.RC1, EN, Mac.

Stale content:
"Mozilla 1.5 Release Notes

These release notes describe system requirements, installation instructions, and known issues for Mozilla 1.5. These notes are updated when we receive feedback, so please check back for new information. Consult our releases page to download the source and the latest version of Mozilla for your platform.
...

Copyright © 1998–2005 The Mozilla Organization

Last modified June 7, 2004 ..."

Please don't screw up the update like you did with 1.0.1, that really made Mozilla look unprofessional in comparison with IE.

Say what you like about MS, they know how to roll out their patch ;-)

I'm lovin' it!!!!

Be well all......

MD

Mozilla does beat Microsoft on one thing, everytime some changes are made the version number is incremented and people can download the new version that they're sure is the latest up to date with security patches

Contrast this to Microsoft, you often have to download a bunch of updates after you've downloaded the latest version of service pack.

It's good to know that the latest release of a mozilla product is the one with all the latest security updates.

Of course for existing users having decent patches is better, but for new users then it's good because you don't have to download a pile of patches.

www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/start (accessed when clicking the throbber) goes to an old page announcing Firefox 1.0 and not 1.0.1, this page needs updating.

Also since 1.0.1 clicking on "Release Notes" on the home page in help (help > Contents) takes you to http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/0.10.html , the page for 1.0RC, this page also needs updating.

My 2p.

Openeing Tabs by clicking the mousewheel does still not work with Firefox :-(
(I heard it works with nightly)

This bug is still in effect.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106397

Flash movies (homestarrunner.com) stall (and sometimes Flash ads, and such), and freeze the user interface in FireFox.

Mac OS 10.3.8
Power Mac G4 350
704 MB ram
Firefox 1.0.1

Opps meant to say FireFox 1.0.2 RC

I have a problem with thunderbird: the progressbar never stops moving. I can check for mail and it all seems to work but the progressbar keeps going no matter what I do.

The build seems to work A-Ok, but I am curious... Are you guys going to add an option to let us use the "progress dialog" downloads like in Firebird instead of the download manager? I download every little update to see if it's been added... :(

I hope you have a real OSX beta tester involved, I just stumbled in here by happenstance.

Using Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Mac OSX 10.3.8, Powerbook G3 (900 mhz)

Under /Tools/Extensions

no sign of AdBlock, which should appear there
no sign of RIP (Remove It Permanently), which should appear there

This was a bug in nightlies last week that has been fixed for a while.
It's a killer for users of AdBlock, who lose access to the Preferences (they can't be accessed with right-click under the extension's name either).

Still the same bugs:

For example I use 3 accounts with each 2 email adresses.

Whenever I use the secondary email address of an account TB does NOT use the specific smtp server of that account. It uses the FIRST smtp server defined. So during tests with one account and more addresses or two accounts at the same provider it won't be a problem.

But for me, it is a big problem since I cannot use multiple addresses _and_ multiple accounts at once. :-(

New one today:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050318 Firefox/1.0.2

Same problem as yesterday, under /Tools/Extensions -- don't see Adblock, don't see RIP.

Opening /Tools/Extensions/ to look at the list, right-click on either of them does not open Preferences (or do anything else but produce a nonfunctioning menu)

did anyone tested auto update from 1.0 and 1.0.1?

does the update this time remove add/remove program entry for old version?

thanks.

The progress bars did not show any progress during the install of the current RC. Windows XP SP2 (Silver theme) 1600x1200x32.

Also, it did not remove/replace the Firefox 1.0.1 entry under Add/Remove Programs.

The auto update with 1.0 to 1.0.1 messed up badly on WinXP SP 2. I had 3 shortcuts on the desktop. The old 1.0 was still in the add/remove programs too.

Using WindowsMe and drag/drop works on everything so far except for the address bar in the taskbar.

I hope that Fx 1.0.2 can be compiled with corrected version information as described in bug 286825 - Firefox.exe is compiled with incorrect Product Version infomation @ ">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286825">
...for us corporate admins/users.
MorPob

Mozillazine username: fperini
I don't see anything special, but have had a heck of a time, although I started with the understanding that I had to install in a separate directory, and use another profile. This is a RC after all. In first place, I did not see any way to a standard install, selecting a folder. I was given the choice after selecting a custom install.
And, on the first attempt 1.02 tried to open with the same profile as 1.01. It did not even load completely, but the damage was done. Most extentions were damaged, and it took me a good hour to get to the starting point, with one extention unusable, five which needed updating or replacing, and only Prefbar and UserAgent Switcher unscathed.
I, finally, got 1.02 to use its profile, but all this was not expected.
Since no one is commenting on this, should I assume that you either were fully prepared, or ended up with 1.02 overwriting, perhaps 1.01.
Needless to say, I did not get anywhere near Thunderbird.

i like to install firefox on all computers i get my hands on :)

but there are some problems :\ there is one computer that crashes with an BSOD on some special pages when they are opend with firefox, the only thing i can do is to reboot the machine. this is why we had to uninstall it and use IE :(

i have tried to remove all programs from the auto start at boot, boot into safe mode, even disable some drivers, but same results. if this bug could be fixed i would be verry happy :)

i did some googling and the only thing that i found was that it maybe has to do something with the nvidia graphic card?!

regards, saso

I've just downloaded and installed the latest Firefox It-it from the aviary |10n folder on http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/aviary1.0.1-l10n-candidates/
It wors fine and I don't experience any bug, issue or flaw (for now at least ;-)

I'm more baffled than usual here, trying the OSX build.

Today (March 20th), I download the latest FF 102 OSX version from the link provided at the top of this page. The file is timestamped March 19th.

That build's application info says it was created on March 17th, Thursday, at 5:30am.

(It has the problem of not showing AdBlock, etc. in /Tools/ menu.)

When I go to look, I can find this:

//ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-builds/imola-aviary1.0.1/
I see firefox-1.0.2.en-US.mac.dmg 19-Mar-2005 16:12 8.3M

That build's application info says it was created on March 19th, 7:05 am.

(It also has the same problem not showing specific extensions under /Tools.)

> Opera

I tried it. But I kept seeing ads.
So it's either Firefox with AdBlock, or Lynx, for me.

Currently using:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319 Firefox/1.0.2

Same problem, /Tools/ doesn't show AdBlock; and right-click in the AdBlock item when listed doesn't bring up Preferences correctly either, just hangs there.

well im not sure if this is that big of a deal or anything but Firefox 1.0.2 does work with Longhorn Beta 4074, i havent had a chance yet to test other aspects of firefox but it atleast installs and runs w/o problems.

windows server 2003. everything works fine, no ui anomolies, sidebar looks good but I didnt really know what you were looking for. extensions I had installed all worked fine except for one, but i think that's misconfiguration on my part, not incompatibility. installing thunderbird right now to test that out too.

Cannot drag and drop links to local files from ie to ff. Sorry if the issue is known.

> Lock icon state when navigating to named anchors in secure pages.

in localtion or status bar?

Using Windows XP, a new bug, I think, occurs when forwarding messages as attachments. In the new message if I double click to open one of the attached messages, a message window opens for it but the window is empty except for the toolbar.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050320 Firefox/1.0.2

Actual creation date also 03/20.

Still failure to show AdBlock and RIP in the /Tools pulldown
Still failure to open AdBlock Preferences by right clicking in /Tools/Extensions

Change -- /Tools/Extensions window can be minimized but not closed (close button doesn't work; command-W doesn't work).

I sure hope I'm not the only person testing this thing......

Have installed OK. However when program is running it doesn't appear on desktop or on task bar. It does appear as running in Task Manager. Where has it gone?
Have reinstalled latest trunk nightly and it runs fine

No problems in all four categories on an old WinMe box. I hit the update button and updated 5 extensions and all other extensions are working fine.

Hank Roberts, I've never seen your problem with the extensions.

If the Extension Manager doesn't respond anymore, the javascript console should display an error, provided that you set the option javascript.options.showInConsole to true in about:config.

I'm pretty sure that a new profile will solve your problem:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#new

Steffen, to confirm -- because I did try a new Profile, and installed AdBlock to the 1.0.2 RC build for OSX of a few nights ago, and got this problem as reported.

So can you verify that
-- you are using the OSX build for 1.0.2, as I am?
And you have AdBlock (and perhaps RIP) extensions installed?
And for you, they do show up in the /Tools/ menu when you pull it down?
And for you, their Preferences do work when you right-click them when opening /Tools/Extensions/ to see the list of your extensions?

I will go try it again, from scratch, and report back.

OK, using the link, which gives me the (older? identical?) March 17th build for OSX 1.0.2, I did get AdBlock showing up once I installed it (new profile).

That's using the link from this page, which leads to:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/2005-03-17-05-aviary1.0.1/firefox-1.0.2.en-US.mac.dmg
which uncompresses to this:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

Using that one, right now, AdBlock did install and does show up in the menus.

This one dated 3/17 seems to be exactly the same as the first one I tested, so I must have screwed up something when I put files back in from my old profile (this time, I have not moved back anything at all yet.

Are there changes as of this apparently newer build -- with today's date, found in:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-aviary1.0.1/
firefox-1.0.2.en-US.mac.dmg 20-Mar-2005 15:30 8.7M

Which one should be tested?

Well, I'll go try the one with today's date, using this almost-vanilla profile, and if it works I'll start putting back in pieces from the old profile and see if I can break it.

Does NOT run on Win 98SE
At least not on mine.

Starts to load, then nothing happens. No window appears. Task list shows firefox task is running, but using almost no CPU.

Initially I installed 1.02RC over Firefox 1.0+. When it didn't work, I uninstalled it completely (which removed both Firefox entries in Add/Remove panel, though would be better if the old 1.0 entry had been removed on install), and installed it afresh. And rebooted, of course. Still fails in the same way.

Uninstalled 1.0.2RC, installed 1.0, now all works fine.

This bug is closed fixed, but still visible in Thunderbird 1.0.2 RC:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271717

I expereinced a bug with the sidebar
I used CTRL-B and moved the folders around a bit. The contents of one of the folder got put into the root folder for some reason.

Since Firefox 1.0.1 I've got problems with the "saved form information" and "saved password" functions. I updated to 1.0.1 with the installer without uninstalling the old version (1.0).

Strange behaviour:
1. When I enter a search string in site A (e.g. wikipedia.org) sometimes this search string will show on a form of another site which does not perform a search on site A.

2. Sometimes Firefox loses my passwords but it remembers the login name. Site: www.gmx.net

With FF 1.0 I hadn't problems like that. Due to lack of time I've never tested FF 1.0.2 RC.

Thanks for your great work!

Hello all. First, I enjoy using Firefox, and all Gecko based browsers for that matter(I'm currently using the Mozilla 1.7.6 candidate which is very good, BTW.)
But, I have one question with the Firefox 1.0.2 candidate build...
Has the Mozilla Foundation discontinued the zipped Windows builds of Firefox? I can't seem to see any zipped Windows build of the Firefox 1.0.2 candidates. The latest Win32 zipped version, according to http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-aviary1.0.1/ was on March 14. The reasion I ask this, is because I find using the Firefox zipped builds much easier than dealing with the installer. Will there be any Win32 zipped build soon, or is one planned for the final 1.0.2 release?

Thank you.

Billy, yes, we're no longer shipping zipped builds for releases.

- A

Asa, would you mind explaining why the decision was made to discontinue zipped release builds?

Using Firefox 1.0.2RC on Win XP SP2...

No problems noted, except one minor one during instal: the status bar doesn't fill up, it just remains at zero.

Question: when will 1.0.2 final ship?

Better rethink this WRONG and BAD decision!
The self installers are what are causing a lot of users big time headaches, and a move to tout the zipped builds would be a good move by the developers adn the community.

The last time I tried a self-installer build, I had to restore my system back a few days to remove all the erroneous crap that was put here by a FX windopws installer. YES, I said erroneous, and that is what they are.

You folks talk a security and easy use game, but end up making it harder for people to user because of decisions like this.

Time to look for another browser, and email client that does not mess around in the registry?

I also think that dropping the zip-builds is a very bad idea. I have used only the zip-builds all the time they were avaible, because it is so easy to test a version.

I do not like programs that write themselves into positions I'm not exactly tell the program to do (like the Add/Remove Dialog in Windows, the registry, and so).

I can live with many errors that are still not fixed in firefox and thunderbird, but that decision is the most annoying error ever.

So please rethink your decision and give us the zip-builds that so many like so much.

Dropping zip builds is a major mistake.

Having FF and TB zip-builds and the ease of creation and deployment of preconfigured coroprate installations from them was one of the major reasons why we company-wide switched to FF as default browser.

More here on this preconfiguration and deployment.

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050322 Firefox/1.0.2 -- from the Aviary folder -- seems fine.

From yesterday's 1.0.2, I first tried tonights nightly 1.0+ -- without changing Profiles -- and lo, no sign of AdBlock or RIP in the Extensions menu. I then just dropped tonights 1.0.2 build in, again without changing profiles, and AdBlock and RIP are back again.

Want us to try Thunderbird?

>Thunderbird

And if we do test it - your link above still takes me to this one:

[ ] thunderbird-mac-MachO.dmg 17-Mar-2005 13:47 11.4M

But I can also find this one:

thunderbird-mac-MachO.dmg 21-Mar-2005 13:51 11.4M

Any difference?

"""Billy, yes, we're no longer shipping zipped builds for releases.

- A
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on March 21, 2005 04:27 PM"""

*Sighs*

I only used .zip versions on Windows as it made it much much more easier to test release and the few hundred nightly builds I have used as the installer is a big hassle to deal with. I do prey hope you guys are still going to have the nightly .zip builds continue otherwise there will be far less nightly builds testers.

But now I primarly use Linux and I hate using the installer so I again beg you not ever drop the non-installer .tar version as the isntaller is much more of a hassle to use. Quite frankly I am still wondering why you guys list the linux installer version and make no real mention of the better non-installer versions on the mozilla.org

Please please bring back the zip build! This decision to drop it is nuts. Its all very well having the installer for Mrs Brady Old Lady who might install a mozilla app once in here lifetime, but for a lot of people who keep up with the updates the zip file is cleaner and leaves less crud on the system.
Having the zip build also lowers the barrier to the nay sayers who won't try a mozilla app because they don't want to install an "unknown" app. With the zip build you can tell them in confidence that it doesn't install anything, and if they don't like it they can just delete the directory.

I've noticed a bit of a performance issue in FF 1.0.2. When opening a new window, FF will freeze for about 5-10 seconds. It unfreezes after and runs fine afterward, but it's kind of annoying.

1. Does anyone know of a third party who might release zip builds?
2. If not, can someone tell me how to make my own?

:(

The following tries to explain.
BUT DUH! If someone in the Mozilla organization doesn't know how to add a 'zip' folder to the Windows area of the ftp archives, they must be akin to a newbie that can't find their profile.
Got some heads in some very dark places IMO!
So complain at the top of our voices and maybe we will be heard.
=============================================
From the mozillazine weblogs.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/chase/archives/2005/03/wondering_why_t.html
Wondering why there are no .zip files for the Fx and Tb 1.0.2 releases?
Posted at 17:13 in Mozilla.

Some people have been wondering why there are no .zip files for the Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.2 releases. The reason for this is that the Mozilla Foundation has discontinued issuing them for our major releases to avoid the user confusion it was causing.

During previous releases, a number of people grabbed the .zip package and used that in their Firefox installation directory. When Firefox 1.0.1 rolled around, they grabbed the .exe installer package. When they setup 1.0.1 using the installer, a lot of them chose the same installation location in which they'd unzipped the .zip file. This led to their Firefox 1.0.1 installation crashing repeatedly and (very!) mysteriously.

We tracked down the cause of the large number of Talkback incidents we were receiving late-late-late into the night of the Firefox 1.0.1 release to being caused by misuse of the .zip and .exe packages. It was obvious then there was no quick fix. The smartest thing for us to do was reduce our configuration management/QA complexity while simplifying user experience by assisting those less savvy among us in selecting the correct file to use for their platform. For Windows, people should use the .exe package.

If you're a Mozilla developer and love the .zip files, rest assured they aren't going away completely. While we won't issue the .zip package with the rest of the major release files, we will still issue these packages in their standard nightly form.

This page seems to consistently crash FF for OSX 1.0.2

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/Boeing%20747%20Extreme%20Landing.mpg
Not sure what's up with the percent signs there.

My toolbar settings don't persist when I open a new window, and I have to customize them all over again. Firefox must remember them at some level, though, as I can do it by clicking View/Toolbars/Customize and the "Done" button (without altering anything) - which loads all the contents of my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder into the menu bar (pushing out a couple of other things I want there) - and then repeating the same process - which sets things back to how I want them.

"Firefox Setup 1.0.2.exe" does not work for Windows 95 OSR 2, not even when I went to the trouble of locating, downloading, and installing 7-Zip to unpack it.

While I know Windows 95 is an unsupported OS platform, I would much prefer to run Firefox when I use it.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Asa, please use whatever influence you have to encourage the Firefox development team to restore the .zip files.

Thank you,
LF

Zip builds were very useful and fit well with doing large enterprise-level deployments and upgrades; I think discontinuing them is very poor idea unless the self-installer can be passed arguments that link to good deployment functions (silent install, version / upgrade detection).

Fix for xpistub problem
Run from the terminal with ./firefox-installer don't double click the bin file

Does run OK on Win 98SE
Followup to my report above - 1.0.2 is now running fine for me on Win 98SE. I followed these instructions; I think I had a corrupt XUL file.

Re ZIPs - I agree that the project should provide both, but understand why they dropped the ZIP version when it caused install problems. When something has been downloaded 25+ million times, even a tiny % of user error reports can swamp the developers. So please vote for bug 283676 so that ZIPs instal can be made safe, and then hopefully reinstated.