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mozilla:Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

beta

of

our

next

major

3

release

of

our

award-winning

Firefox

Web

browser.

More

information

about

Firefox

is

available.These

Release

Notes

cover

what's

new,

download

and

4

installation

instructions,

known

issues

and

frequently

asked

questions

for

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

release.

Please

read

these

notes

and

5

the

bug

filing

instructions

before

reporting

any

bugs

to

Bugzilla.We

want

to

hear

your

feedback

about

Firefox.

Please

join

us

6

in

the

Firefox

forums,

hosted

by

MozillaZine.What's

New

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

(Deer

Park)Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

7

preview

of

our

award-winning

Web

browser.

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

available

for

our

early

adopter

community,

Web

site

and

8

Web

application

developers,

and

our

Extension

developers.Here's

what's

new

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1:

*

Automated

update

9

to

streamline

product

upgrades.

Notification

of

an

update

is

more

prominent,

and

updates

to

Firefox

may

now

be

half

a

10

megabyte

or

smaller.

Updating

extensions

has

also

improved.

*

Faster

browser

navigation

with

improvements

to

back

and

11

forward

button

performance.

*

Drag

and

drop

reordering

for

browser

tabs.

*

Improvements

to

12

popup

blocking.

*

Clear

Private

Data

feature

provides

an

easy

way

to

quickly

remove

personal

data

through

13

a

menu

item

or

keyboard

shortcut.

*

Answers.com

is

added

to

the

search

engine

list.

14

*

Improvements

to

product

usability

including

descriptive

error

pages,

redesigned

options

menu,

RSS

discovery,

and

"Safe

Mode"

experience.

15

*

Better

accessibility

including

support

for

DHTML

accessibility

and

assistive

technologies

such

as

the

Window-Eyes

5.5

beta

screen

16

reader

for

Microsoft

Windows.

Screen

readers

read

aloud

all

available

information

in

applications

and

documents

or

show

the

information

on

17

a

Braille

display,

enabling

blind

and

visually

impaired

users

to

use

equivalent

software

functionality

as

their

sighted

peers.

18

*

Report

a

broken

Web

site

wizard

to

report

Web

sites

that

are

not

working

in

Firefox.

19

*

Better

support

for

Mac

OS

X

(10.2

and

greater)

including

profile

migration

from

Safari

and

Mac

Internet

Explorer.

20

*

New

support

for

Web

Standards

including

SVG,

CSS

2

and

CSS

3,

and

JavaScript

1.6.

21

*

Many

security

enhancements.

*

List

of

notable

bug

fixes

since

Deer

Park

Alpha

2Downloading

22

and

InstallingSystem

RequirementsBefore

installing,

make

sure

your

computer

meets

the

system

requirements.

Starting

with

Firefox

1.5,

Mac

OS

X

users

23

must

have

Mac

OS

X

10.2

or

greater.Downloading

Firefox

1.5

BetaMozilla.org

provides

Firefox

for

Windows,

Linux,

and

Mac

OS

X

24

in

a

variety

of

languages.

To

get

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1,

download

it

here

or

browse

the

FTP

site.

To

25

get

the

latest

version

of

Firefox

1.0,

visit

GetFirefox.com.

For

builds

for

other

systems

and

languages

not

provided

by

mozilla.org,

26

see

the

Contributed

Builds

section

at

the

end

of

this

document.Installing

FirefoxOnce

you

have

downloaded

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions

to

27

install:WindowsDouble

click

the

Firefox

Setup

1.5b1.exe

installer

to

start

the

install.Mac

OS

XOnce

you

have

downloaded

the

Firefox

1.5b1.dmg

file,

28

double

click

the

Firefox

Disk

Image

to

open

it

in

Finder,

and

then

drag

the

Firefox

application

onto

your

hard

29

disk.

Drag

the

icon

to

your

Dock

if

you

want

it

to

appear

there.Linux/GTK2Extract

the

tarball

and

run

the

installer

30

like

so:tar

-xzvf

firefox-1.5b1.installer.tar.gzcd

firefox-installer./firefox-installerIf

you

have

Nautilus

set

up

to

run

Executable

Text

Files

you

can

just

double

click

31

firefox-installer

to

run.Other

PlatformsExtract

the

compressed

archive

and

run

firefoxUninstalling

FirefoxTo

uninstall

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions:WindowsFrom

the

Start

menu,

choose

32

Control

Panel.

When

the

Control

Panel

appears,

double

click

Add/Remove

Programs.

Find

"Mozilla

Firefox

(1.4)"

in

the

list

and

click

33

Remove

to

uninstall.Mac

OS

XDrag

the

Firefox

application

to

the

Trash.OthersRemove

the

firefox

folder.These

instructions

leave

your

profile

in

place

34

in

case

you

install

Firefox

again

in

the

future.

If

you

wish

to

remove

your

profile

folder,

remove

the

location

35

described

below

in

the

"Profile

Folder"

section.

Note

that

by

doing

this

you

are

destroying

all

of

your

Bookmarks,

saved

36

passwords,

settings

and

other

information

and

should

you

decide

to

use

Firefox

again

you

will

be

starting

with

a

clean

37

profile.

Other

InformationProfile

FolderFirefox

stores

your

user

data

in

one

of

the

following

locations:Windows

2000,

XP

Documents

and

Settings\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

38

NT

WINNT\Profiles\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

98,

ME

Windows\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxMac

OS

X

~/Library/Application

Support/FirefoxLinux

and

Unix

systems

~/.mozilla/firefoxIf

you

were

using

Firefox

0.8

39

as

your

default

browser

prior

to

upgrading

to

Firefox

1.0

or

later

version,

data

from

your

profile

will

be

copied

40

into

the

new

location.

You

can

remove

the

old

"Phoenix"

folder

at

your

leisure.Other

Changes

*

On

41

Linux,

Firefox

now

follows

GTK's

setting

for

textbox

keybindings,

so

pressing

Ctrl+letters

triggers

application

shortcuts

instead

of

readline-like

text-editing

shortcuts.

42

For

details,

see

this

document.

Known

IssuesThis

list

covers

some

of

the

known

problems

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1.

Please

43

read

this

before

reporting

any

new

bugs,

and

watch

it

regularly

(we'll

update

it

as

new

bugs

are

found

in

44

the

release).Extensions

and

ThemesYou

may

run

into

issues

with

our

new

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

mechanism.

There

are

simple

workarounds

45

for

each

of

the

three

problems

we're

aware

of.

*

If

after

you

run

the

Firefox

1.5

46

Beta

installer,

the

extension

compatibility

and

update

wizard

does

not

appear,

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

47

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

wizard

appears

but

does

not

complete,

first

try

to

48

focus

some

other

window

and

return

focus

to

the

wizard.

If

that

does

not

correct

the

problem,

hit

Cancel

and

49

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

50

wizard

downloads

and

installs

extension

updates

but

those

updates

are

not

applied,

open

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

51

updates.Extensions

installed

under

Firefox

1.0

may

be

incompatible

and/or

require

updates

to

work

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta.

Please

report

any

52

issues

to

the

maintainer

of

the

extension.

When

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

all

of

your

Extensions

and

Themes

may

53

be

disabled

until

Firefox

1.5

Beta

determines

that

either

a)

they

are

compatible

with

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

release

or

54

b)

there

are

newer

versions

available

that

are

compatible.

This

is

because

Firefox

changes

from

release

to

release

and

as

55

such

the

ways

in

which

some

extensions

integrate

changes,

meaning

there

can

be

problems

when

running

an

older

extension

with

56

a

newer

version

of

Firefox.

If

you

find

that

your

favorite

Extension

or

Theme

has

not

been

updated

to

be

57

compatible

with

this

release

of

Firefox,

write

the

author

and

encourage

them

to

update

it.All

Systems

*

58

If

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

on

a

multi-user

system

in

an

area

in

which

there

is

restricted

access

privileges,

59

you

must

run

Firefox

1.5

Beta

as

a

user

with

access

to

that

location

upon

installation

so

that

all

initial

60

startup

files

are

generated.

If

this

is

not

done,

when

a

user

without

write

access

to

the

install

location

attempts

61

to

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

they

will

not

have

sufficient

privileges

to

allow

Firefox

1.5

Beta

to

generate

the

initial

62

startup

files

it

needs

to.

*

Software

Update

will

not

work

if

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

63

to

a

location

that

you

do

not

have

write

access

to,

since

Software

Update

needs

to

replace

or

create

files

64

in

this

location.Windows

*

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

on

a

shared

machine

into

a

65

location

that

you

can

write

to,

there

may

still

be

negative

side

effects

(default

browser/other

keys

not

being

set

correctly).

66

The

browser

should

still

function

however.

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

do

not

attempt

to

install

over

an

67

installaion

in

a

restricted-access/shared

location

as

this

may

destroy

that

installation.

*

Firefox

1.5

Beta

may

hang

68

when

closing

after

viewing

a

PDF

file

in

some

older

versions

of

the

Adobe

Acrobat

Reader

plug

in.

If

you

69

experience

this

make

sure

you

are

using

the

newest

version

of

the

plug

in.Linux

and

Unix

systems

70

*

If

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

to

a

location

with

spaces

in

the

path,

it

may

not

be

able

71

to

set

itself

as

Default

browser

and

may

keep

prompting

at

startup.

The

work

around

is

to

install

into

a

72

path

without

spaces.

*

GNOME

integration

does

not

work

properly

with

Fedora

Core

3.

Users

of

Fedora

73

Core

3

will

need

to

download

and

install

linc-1.0.3-3.1.i386.rpm.

After

installing

the

RPM,

perform

the

following

command

in

the

directory

74

you

installed

Firefox

1.5

Beta

into

(you

will

need

write

permission):

touch

.autoreg

75

The

next

time

you

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

GNOME

integration

should

be

functional.Web

Page

RenderingThe

Configuration

Console

76

(accessed

by

entering

"about:config"

in

the

Location

bar

and

pressing

Enter)

gives

advanced/experienced

users

direct

control

over

Firefox's

preferences.

This

77

system

is

for

use

by

people

who

know

what

they

are

doing

only,

by

changing

a

value

incorrectly

you

may

78

damage

or

destroy

your

Firefox

installation!

Look

to

Help

sites

for

handy

preferences

to

tweak

to

customize

Firefox

further.Troubleshooting

79

*

Poorly

designed

or

incompatible

Extensions

can

cause

problems

with

your

browser,

including

make

it

crash,

slow

down

80

page

display,

etc.

If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

parts

of

the

browser

no

longer

working,

the

browser

not

81

starting,

windows

with

strange

or

distorted

appearance,

degraded

performance,

etc,

you

may

be

suffering

from

Extension

or

Theme

trouble.

Restart

82

the

browser

in

Safe

Mode.

On

Windows,

start

using

the

"Safe

Mode"

shortcut

created

in

your

Start

menu

or

by

83

running

firefox.exe

-safe-mode.

On

Linux,

start

with

./firefox

-safe-mode

and

on

Mac

OS

X,

run:

84

cd

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/

./firefox-bin

-safe-mode

When

started

in

Safe

Mode

all

85

extensions

are

disabled

and

the

Default

theme

is

used.

Disable

the

Extension/Theme

that

is

causing

trouble

and

then

start

normally.If

86

you

uninstall

an

extension

that

is

installed

with

your

user

profile

(i.e.

you

installed

it

from

a

web

page)

and

87

then

wish

to

install

it

for

all

user

profiles

using

the

-install-global-extension

command

line

flag,

you

must

restart

the

browser

88

once

to

cleanse

the

profile

extensions

datasource

of

traces

of

that

extension

before

installing

with

the

switch.

If

you

do

89

not

do

this

you

may

end

up

with

a

jammed

entry

in

the

Extensions

list

and

will

be

unable

to

90

install

the

extension

globally.If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

bookmarks,

downloads,

window

placement,

toolbars,

history,

or

other

settings,

it

91

is

recommended

that

you

try

creating

a

new

profile

and

attempting

to

reproduce

the

problem

before

filing

bugs.

Create

a

92

new

profile

by

running

Firefox

with

the

-P

command

line

argument,

choose

the

"Manage

Profiles"

button

and

then

choose

"Create

93

Profile...".

Migrate

your

settings

files

(Bookmarks,

Saved

Passwords,

etc)

over

one

by

one,

checking

each

time

to

see

if

the

94

problems

resurface.

If

you

do

find

a

particular

profile

data

file

is

causing

a

problem,

file

a

bug

and

attach

95

the

file.

Frequently

Asked

Questions

1.

What

can

I

do

to

help?

We

96

need

all

the

exposure

we

can

get.

Make

it

your

mission

to

convert

as

many

of

your

friends,

family

members

97

and

coworkers

as

possible.

If

you're

a

student,

get

it

distributed

at

your

college.

Submit

a

story

to

Slashdot

and

98

other

news

sites

about

the

release.

Make

some

noise

on

your

blog.

Mass

distribution

via

the

Internet

is

possible

--

99

look

at

Kazaa.

Spread

the

word!

2.

I

use

another

browser

because...

If

100

you're

not

using

Firefox,

tell

the

development

team

why.

We

read

the

feedback

at

the

Firefox

forums.

3.

101

Why

haven't

you

responded

to

the

mail

I

sent

you?

Use

the

forums.

The

Firefox

102

team

reads

them

regularly.

We

all

get

a

lot

of

email

and

your

email

may

get

lost.

4.

103

Where

can

I

get

themes

and

add-ons

(extensions)?

Extensions

and

themes

can

be

downloaded

from

104

Mozilla

Update.

5.

Who

is

working

on

Firefox?

Lots

of

people.

See

Help->About

105

Mozilla

Firefox,

Credits

for

a

list

of

some

of

the

people

who

have

contributed

to

Firefox.

6.

Where's

106

the

Firefox

source

code?

A

tarball

of

the

Firefox

1.0.7

source

code

is

available

for

107

download.

The

latest

development

code

can

be

obtained

by

cvs.

Firefox-specific

source

is

in

"mozilla/browser",

"mozilla/toolkit",

and

"mozilla/chrome".

Please

follow

108

the

build

instructions.

7.

Where

is

the

mail

client?

Firefox

works

with

whatever

109

mail

client

is

the

default

on

your

system.

However,

we

recommend

Mozilla

Thunderbird,

our

next

generation

email

client

and

the

110

perfect

complement

to

Firefox.

8.

How

do

I

spell

Firefox?

How

do

I

abbreviate

it?

111

Firefox

is

spelled

F-i-r-e-f-o-x

-

only

the

first

letter

capitalized

(i.e.

not

FireFox,

not

Foxfire,

FoxFire

or

whatever

112

else

a

number

of

folk

seem

to

think

it

to

be

called.)

The

preferred

abbreviation

is

"Fx"

or

"fx".

113

Other

Resources

and

LinksThe

following

resources

contain

useful

information

about

Firefox:

*

Firefox

Help

114

*

MozillaZine's

Knowledge

Base

*

Developer

Information

Contributed

BuildsThese

are

unofficial

builds

and

may

be

configured

differently

115

than

the

official

Mozilla.org

builds.

They

may

also

be

optimized

and/or

tested

for

specific

platforms.Solaris(Contributed

by

SUN

Beijing

team)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.10-i386.tar.bz2

(readme)

116

(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.10-sparc.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.8-i386-gtk1.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.8-sparc-gtk1.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)Other

SystemsBuilds

for

platforms

other

than

the

trio

officially

offered

by

Mozilla.org

can

be

117

found

on

the

FTP

site.Localized

BuildsMany

localized

builds

are

now

produced

and

distributed

by

Mozilla.org

on

behalf

of

their

authors.

118

Visit

GetFirefox.com

or

view

All

Systems

and

Languages

to

see

the

set

of

official

builds

that

we

offer.Builds

that

have

119

not

yet

been

certified

as

official

Firefox

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by

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and

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123

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System

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*

Downloading

*

Installing

*

124

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*

Profile

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*

Extensions

and

Themes

*

Other

Changes

125

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Known

Issues

*

Troubleshooting

*

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*

126

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mozilla:Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

beta

of

our

next

major

3

release

of

our

award-winning

Firefox

Web

browser.

More

information

about

Firefox

is

available.These

Release

Notes

cover

what's

new,

download

and

4

installation

instructions,

known

issues

and

frequently

asked

questions

for

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

release.

Please

read

these

notes

and

5

the

bug

filing

instructions

before

reporting

any

bugs

to

Bugzilla.We

want

to

hear

your

feedback

about

Firefox.

Please

join

us

6

in

the

Firefox

forums,

hosted

by

MozillaZine.What's

New

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

(Deer

Park)Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

7

preview

of

our

award-winning

Web

browser.

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

available

for

our

early

adopter

community,

Web

site

and

8

Web

application

developers,

and

our

Extension

developers.Here's

what's

new

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1:

*

Automated

update

9

to

streamline

product

upgrades.

Notification

of

an

update

is

more

prominent,

and

updates

to

Firefox

may

now

be

half

a

10

megabyte

or

smaller.

Updating

extensions

has

also

improved.

*

Faster

browser

navigation

with

improvements

to

back

and

11

forward

button

performance.

*

Drag

and

drop

reordering

for

browser

tabs.

*

Improvements

to

12

popup

blocking.

*

Clear

Private

Data

feature

provides

an

easy

way

to

quickly

remove

personal

data

through

13

a

menu

item

or

keyboard

shortcut.

*

Answers.com

is

added

to

the

search

engine

list.

14

*

Improvements

to

product

usability

including

descriptive

error

pages,

redesigned

options

menu,

RSS

discovery,

and

"Safe

Mode"

experience.

15

*

Better

accessibility

including

support

for

DHTML

accessibility

and

assistive

technologies

such

as

the

Window-Eyes

5.5

beta

screen

16

reader

for

Microsoft

Windows.

Screen

readers

read

aloud

all

available

information

in

applications

and

documents

or

show

the

information

on

17

a

Braille

display,

enabling

blind

and

visually

impaired

users

to

use

equivalent

software

functionality

as

their

sighted

peers.

18

*

Report

a

broken

Web

site

wizard

to

report

Web

sites

that

are

not

working

in

Firefox.

19

*

Better

support

for

Mac

OS

X

(10.2

and

greater)

including

profile

migration

from

Safari

and

Mac

Internet

Explorer.

20

*

New

support

for

Web

Standards

including

SVG,

CSS

2

and

CSS

3,

and

JavaScript

1.6.

21

*

Many

security

enhancements.

*

List

of

notable

bug

fixes

since

Deer

Park

Alpha

2Downloading

22

and

InstallingSystem

RequirementsBefore

installing,

make

sure

your

computer

meets

the

system

requirements.

Starting

with

Firefox

1.5,

Mac

OS

X

users

23

must

have

Mac

OS

X

10.2

or

greater.Downloading

Firefox

1.5

BetaMozilla.org

provides

Firefox

for

Windows,

Linux,

and

Mac

OS

X

24

in

a

variety

of

languages.

To

get

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1,

download

it

here

or

browse

the

FTP

site.

To

25

get

the

latest

version

of

Firefox

1.0,

visit

GetFirefox.com.

For

builds

for

other

systems

and

languages

not

provided

by

mozilla.org,

26

see

the

Contributed

Builds

section

at

the

end

of

this

document.Installing

FirefoxOnce

you

have

downloaded

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions

to

27

install:WindowsDouble

click

the

Firefox

Setup

1.5b1.exe

installer

to

start

the

install.Mac

OS

XOnce

you

have

downloaded

the

Firefox

1.5b1.dmg

file,

28

double

click

the

Firefox

Disk

Image

to

open

it

in

Finder,

and

then

drag

the

Firefox

application

onto

your

hard

29

disk.

Drag

the

icon

to

your

Dock

if

you

want

it

to

appear

there.Linux/GTK2Extract

the

tarball

and

run

the

installer

30

like

so:tar

-xzvf

firefox-1.5b1.installer.tar.gzcd

firefox-installer./firefox-installerIf

you

have

Nautilus

set

up

to

run

Executable

Text

Files

you

can

just

double

click

31

firefox-installer

to

run.Other

PlatformsExtract

the

compressed

archive

and

run

firefoxUninstalling

FirefoxTo

uninstall

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions:WindowsFrom

the

Start

menu,

choose

32

Control

Panel.

When

the

Control

Panel

appears,

double

click

Add/Remove

Programs.

Find

"Mozilla

Firefox

(1.4)"

in

the

list

and

click

33

Remove

to

uninstall.Mac

OS

XDrag

the

Firefox

application

to

the

Trash.OthersRemove

the

firefox

folder.These

instructions

leave

your

profile

in

place

34

in

case

you

install

Firefox

again

in

the

future.

If

you

wish

to

remove

your

profile

folder,

remove

the

location

35

described

below

in

the

"Profile

Folder"

section.

Note

that

by

doing

this

you

are

destroying

all

of

your

Bookmarks,

saved

36

passwords,

settings

and

other

information

and

should

you

decide

to

use

Firefox

again

you

will

be

starting

with

a

clean

37

profile.

Other

InformationProfile

FolderFirefox

stores

your

user

data

in

one

of

the

following

locations:Windows

2000,

XP

Documents

and

Settings\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

38

NT

WINNT\Profiles\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

98,

ME

Windows\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxMac

OS

X

~/Library/Application

Support/FirefoxLinux

and

Unix

systems

~/.mozilla/firefoxIf

you

were

using

Firefox

0.8

39

as

your

default

browser

prior

to

upgrading

to

Firefox

1.0

or

later

version,

data

from

your

profile

will

be

copied

40

into

the

new

location.

You

can

remove

the

old

"Phoenix"

folder

at

your

leisure.Other

Changes

*

On

41

Linux,

Firefox

now

follows

GTK's

setting

for

textbox

keybindings,

so

pressing

Ctrl+letters

triggers

application

shortcuts

instead

of

readline-like

text-editing

shortcuts.

42

For

details,

see

this

document.

Known

IssuesThis

list

covers

some

of

the

known

problems

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1.

Please

43

read

this

before

reporting

any

new

bugs,

and

watch

it

regularly

(we'll

update

it

as

new

bugs

are

found

in

44

the

release).Extensions

and

ThemesYou

may

run

into

issues

with

our

new

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

mechanism.

There

are

simple

workarounds

45

for

each

of

the

three

problems

we're

aware

of.

*

If

after

you

run

the

Firefox

1.5

46

Beta

installer,

the

extension

compatibility

and

update

wizard

does

not

appear,

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

47

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

wizard

appears

but

does

not

complete,

first

try

to

48

focus

some

other

window

and

return

focus

to

the

wizard.

If

that

does

not

correct

the

problem,

hit

Cancel

and

49

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

50

wizard

downloads

and

installs

extension

updates

but

those

updates

are

not

applied,

open

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

51

updates.Extensions

installed

under

Firefox

1.0

may

be

incompatible

and/or

require

updates

to

work

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta.

Please

report

any

52

issues

to

the

maintainer

of

the

extension.

When

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

all

of

your

Extensions

and

Themes

may

53

be

disabled

until

Firefox

1.5

Beta

determines

that

either

a)

they

are

compatible

with

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

release

or

54

b)

there

are

newer

versions

available

that

are

compatible.

This

is

because

Firefox

changes

from

release

to

release

and

as

55

such

the

ways

in

which

some

extensions

integrate

changes,

meaning

there

can

be

problems

when

running

an

older

extension

with

56

a

newer

version

of

Firefox.

If

you

find

that

your

favorite

Extension

or

Theme

has

not

been

updated

to

be

57

compatible

with

this

release

of

Firefox,

write

the

author

and

encourage

them

to

update

it.All

Systems

*

58

If

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

on

a

multi-user

system

in

an

area

in

which

there

is

restricted

access

privileges,

59

you

must

run

Firefox

1.5

Beta

as

a

user

with

access

to

that

location

upon

installation

so

that

all

initial

60

startup

files

are

generated.

If

this

is

not

done,

when

a

user

without

write

access

to

the

install

location

attempts

61

to

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

they

will

not

have

sufficient

privileges

to

allow

Firefox

1.5

Beta

to

generate

the

initial

62

startup

files

it

needs

to.

*

Software

Update

will

not

work

if

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

63

to

a

location

that

you

do

not

have

write

access

to,

since

Software

Update

needs

to

replace

or

create

files

64

in

this

location.Windows

*

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

on

a

shared

machine

into

a

65

location

that

you

can

write

to,

there

may

still

be

negative

side

effects

(default

browser/other

keys

not

being

set

correctly).

66

The

browser

should

still

function

however.

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

do

not

attempt

to

install

over

an

67

installaion

in

a

restricted-access/shared

location

as

this

may

destroy

that

installation.

*

Firefox

1.5

Beta

may

hang

68

when

closing

after

viewing

a

PDF

file

in

some

older

versions

of

the

Adobe

Acrobat

Reader

plug

in.

If

you

69

experience

this

make

sure

you

are

using

the

newest

version

of

the

plug

in.Linux

and

Unix

systems

70

*

If

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

to

a

location

with

spaces

in

the

path,

it

may

not

be

able

71

to

set

itself

as

Default

browser

and

may

keep

prompting

at

startup.

The

work

around

is

to

install

into

a

72

path

without

spaces.

*

GNOME

integration

does

not

work

properly

with

Fedora

Core

3.

Users

of

Fedora

73

Core

3

will

need

to

download

and

install

linc-1.0.3-3.1.i386.rpm.

After

installing

the

RPM,

perform

the

following

command

in

the

directory

74

you

installed

Firefox

1.5

Beta

into

(you

will

need

write

permission):

touch

.autoreg

75

The

next

time

you

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

GNOME

integration

should

be

functional.Web

Page

RenderingThe

Configuration

Console

76

(accessed

by

entering

"about:config"

in

the

Location

bar

and

pressing

Enter)

gives

advanced/experienced

users

direct

control

over

Firefox's

preferences.

This

77

system

is

for

use

by

people

who

know

what

they

are

doing

only,

by

changing

a

value

incorrectly

you

may

78

damage

or

destroy

your

Firefox

installation!

Look

to

Help

sites

for

handy

preferences

to

tweak

to

customize

Firefox

further.Troubleshooting

79

*

Poorly

designed

or

incompatible

Extensions

can

cause

problems

with

your

browser,

including

make

it

crash,

slow

down

80

page

display,

etc.

If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

parts

of

the

browser

no

longer

working,

the

browser

not

81

starting,

windows

with

strange

or

distorted

appearance,

degraded

performance,

etc,

you

may

be

suffering

from

Extension

or

Theme

trouble.

Restart

82

the

browser

in

Safe

Mode.

On

Windows,

start

using

the

"Safe

Mode"

shortcut

created

in

your

Start

menu

or

by

83

running

firefox.exe

-safe-mode.

On

Linux,

start

with

./firefox

-safe-mode

and

on

Mac

OS

X,

run:

84

cd

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/

./firefox-bin

-safe-mode

When

started

in

Safe

Mode

all

85

extensions

are

disabled

and

the

Default

theme

is

used.

Disable

the

Extension/Theme

that

is

causing

trouble

and

then

start

normally.If

86

you

uninstall

an

extension

that

is

installed

with

your

user

profile

(i.e.

you

installed

it

from

a

web

page)

and

87

then

wish

to

install

it

for

all

user

profiles

using

the

-install-global-extension

command

line

flag,

you

must

restart

the

browser

88

once

to

cleanse

the

profile

extensions

datasource

of

traces

of

that

extension

before

installing

with

the

switch.

If

you

do

89

not

do

this

you

may

end

up

with

a

jammed

entry

in

the

Extensions

list

and

will

be

unable

to

90

install

the

extension

globally.If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

bookmarks,

downloads,

window

placement,

toolbars,

history,

or

other

settings,

it

91

is

recommended

that

you

try

creating

a

new

profile

and

attempting

to

reproduce

the

problem

before

filing

bugs.

Create

a

92

new

profile

by

running

Firefox

with

the

-P

command

line

argument,

choose

the

"Manage

Profiles"

button

and

then

choose

"Create

93

Profile...".

Migrate

your

settings

files

(Bookmarks,

Saved

Passwords,

etc)

over

one

by

one,

checking

each

time

to

see

if

the

94

problems

resurface.

If

you

do

find

a

particular

profile

data

file

is

causing

a

problem,

file

a

bug

and

attach

95

the

file.

Frequently

Asked

Questions

1.

What

can

I

do

to

help?

We

96

need

all

the

exposure

we

can

get.

Make

it

your

mission

to

convert

as

many

of

your

friends,

family

members

97

and

coworkers

as

possible.

If

you're

a

student,

get

it

distributed

at

your

college.

Submit

a

story

to

Slashdot

and

98

other

news

sites

about

the

release.

Make

some

noise

on

your

blog.

Mass

distribution

via

the

Internet

is

possible

--

99

look

at

Kazaa.

Spread

the

word!

2.

I

use

another

browser

because...

If

100

you're

not

using

Firefox,

tell

the

development

team

why.

We

read

the

feedback

at

the

Firefox

forums.

3.

101

Why

haven't

you

responded

to

the

mail

I

sent

you?

Use

the

forums.

The

Firefox

102

team

reads

them

regularly.

We

all

get

a

lot

of

email

and

your

email

may

get

lost.

4.

103

Where

can

I

get

themes

and

add-ons

(extensions)?

Extensions

and

themes

can

be

downloaded

from

104

Mozilla

Update.

5.

Who

is

working

on

Firefox?

Lots

of

people.

See

Help->About

105

Mozilla

Firefox,

Credits

for

a

list

of

some

of

the

people

who

have

contributed

to

Firefox.

6.

Where's

106

the

Firefox

source

code?

A

tarball

of

the

Firefox

1.0.7

source

code

is

available

for

107

download.

The

latest

development

code

can

be

obtained

by

cvs.

Firefox-specific

source

is

in

"mozilla/browser",

"mozilla/toolkit",

and

"mozilla/chrome".

Please

follow

108

the

build

instructions.

7.

Where

is

the

mail

client?

Firefox

works

with

whatever

109

mail

client

is

the

default

on

your

system.

However,

we

recommend

Mozilla

Thunderbird,

our

next

generation

email

client

and

the

110

perfect

complement

to

Firefox.

8.

How

do

I

spell

Firefox?

How

do

I

abbreviate

it?

111

Firefox

is

spelled

F-i-r-e-f-o-x

-

only

the

first

letter

capitalized

(i.e.

not

FireFox,

not

Foxfire,

FoxFire

or

whatever

112

else

a

number

of

folk

seem

to

think

it

to

be

called.)

The

preferred

abbreviation

is

"Fx"

or

"fx".

113

Other

Resources

and

LinksThe

following

resources

contain

useful

information

about

Firefox:

*

Firefox

Help

114

*

MozillaZine's

Knowledge

Base

*

Developer

Information

Contributed

BuildsThese

are

unofficial

builds

and

may

be

configured

differently

115

than

the

official

Mozilla.org

builds.

They

may

also

be

optimized

and/or

tested

for

specific

platforms.Solaris(Contributed

by

SUN

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SystemsBuilds

for

platforms

other

than

the

trio

officially

offered

by

Mozilla.org

can

be

117

found

on

the

FTP

site.Localized

BuildsMany

localized

builds

are

now

produced

and

distributed

by

Mozilla.org

on

behalf

of

their

authors.

118

Visit

GetFirefox.com

or

view

All

Systems

and

Languages

to

see

the

set

of

official

builds

that

we

offer.Builds

that

have

119

not

yet

been

certified

as

official

Firefox

1.5

localizations

are

available

by

browsing

the

FTP

site.Previous

versions

of

the

Release

120

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0.3

|

0.4

|

0.5

|

0.6

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|

0.8

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|

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Release

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|

1.0.2

|

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|

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|

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and

Installing

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System

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*

Downloading

*

Installing

*

124

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*

Profile

Folder

*

Extensions

and

Themes

*

Other

Changes

125

*

Known

Issues

*

Troubleshooting

*

FAQ

*

126

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Systems

*

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mozilla:Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

beta

of

our

next

major

3

release

of

our

award-winning

Firefox

Web

browser.

More

information

about

Firefox

is

available.These

Release

Notes

cover

what's

new,

download

and

4

installation

instructions,

known

issues

and

frequently

asked

questions

for

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

release.

Please

read

these

notes

and

5

the

bug

filing

instructions

before

reporting

any

bugs

to

Bugzilla.We

want

to

hear

your

feedback

about

Firefox.

Please

join

us

6

in

the

Firefox

forums,

hosted

by

MozillaZine.What's

New

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

(Deer

Park)Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

a

7

preview

of

our

award-winning

Web

browser.

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1

is

available

for

our

early

adopter

community,

Web

site

and

8

Web

application

developers,

and

our

Extension

developers.Here's

what's

new

in

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1:

*

Automated

update

9

to

streamline

product

upgrades.

Notification

of

an

update

is

more

prominent,

and

updates

to

Firefox

may

now

be

half

a

10

megabyte

or

smaller.

Updating

extensions

has

also

improved.

*

Faster

browser

navigation

with

improvements

to

back

and

11

forward

button

performance.

*

Drag

and

drop

reordering

for

browser

tabs.

*

Improvements

to

12

popup

blocking.

*

Clear

Private

Data

feature

provides

an

easy

way

to

quickly

remove

personal

data

through

13

a

menu

item

or

keyboard

shortcut.

*

Answers.com

is

added

to

the

search

engine

list.

14

*

Improvements

to

product

usability

including

descriptive

error

pages,

redesigned

options

menu,

RSS

discovery,

and

"Safe

Mode"

experience.

15

*

Better

accessibility

including

support

for

DHTML

accessibility

and

assistive

technologies

such

as

the

Window-Eyes

5.5

beta

screen

16

reader

for

Microsoft

Windows.

Screen

readers

read

aloud

all

available

information

in

applications

and

documents

or

show

the

information

on

17

a

Braille

display,

enabling

blind

and

visually

impaired

users

to

use

equivalent

software

functionality

as

their

sighted

peers.

18

*

Report

a

broken

Web

site

wizard

to

report

Web

sites

that

are

not

working

in

Firefox.

19

*

Better

support

for

Mac

OS

X

(10.2

and

greater)

including

profile

migration

from

Safari

and

Mac

Internet

Explorer.

20

*

New

support

for

Web

Standards

including

SVG,

CSS

2

and

CSS

3,

and

JavaScript

1.6.

21

*

Many

security

enhancements.

*

List

of

notable

bug

fixes

since

Deer

Park

Alpha

2Downloading

22

and

InstallingSystem

RequirementsBefore

installing,

make

sure

your

computer

meets

the

system

requirements.

Starting

with

Firefox

1.5,

Mac

OS

X

users

23

must

have

Mac

OS

X

10.2

or

greater.Downloading

Firefox

1.5

BetaMozilla.org

provides

Firefox

for

Windows,

Linux,

and

Mac

OS

X

24

in

a

variety

of

languages.

To

get

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1,

download

it

here

or

browse

the

FTP

site.

To

25

get

the

latest

version

of

Firefox

1.0,

visit

GetFirefox.com.

For

builds

for

other

systems

and

languages

not

provided

by

mozilla.org,

26

see

the

Contributed

Builds

section

at

the

end

of

this

document.Installing

FirefoxOnce

you

have

downloaded

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions

to

27

install:WindowsDouble

click

the

Firefox

Setup

1.5b1.exe

installer

to

start

the

install.Mac

OS

XOnce

you

have

downloaded

the

Firefox

1.5b1.dmg

file,

28

double

click

the

Firefox

Disk

Image

to

open

it

in

Finder,

and

then

drag

the

Firefox

application

onto

your

hard

29

disk.

Drag

the

icon

to

your

Dock

if

you

want

it

to

appear

there.Linux/GTK2Extract

the

tarball

and

run

the

installer

30

like

so:tar

-xzvf

firefox-1.5b1.installer.tar.gzcd

firefox-installer./firefox-installerIf

you

have

Nautilus

set

up

to

run

Executable

Text

Files

you

can

just

double

click

31

firefox-installer

to

run.Other

PlatformsExtract

the

compressed

archive

and

run

firefoxUninstalling

FirefoxTo

uninstall

Firefox,

follow

these

instructions:WindowsFrom

the

Start

menu,

choose

32

Control

Panel.

When

the

Control

Panel

appears,

double

click

Add/Remove

Programs.

Find

"Mozilla

Firefox

(1.4)"

in

the

list

and

click

33

Remove

to

uninstall.Mac

OS

XDrag

the

Firefox

application

to

the

Trash.OthersRemove

the

firefox

folder.These

instructions

leave

your

profile

in

place

34

in

case

you

install

Firefox

again

in

the

future.

If

you

wish

to

remove

your

profile

folder,

remove

the

location

35

described

below

in

the

"Profile

Folder"

section.

Note

that

by

doing

this

you

are

destroying

all

of

your

Bookmarks,

saved

36

passwords,

settings

and

other

information

and

should

you

decide

to

use

Firefox

again

you

will

be

starting

with

a

clean

37

profile.

Other

InformationProfile

FolderFirefox

stores

your

user

data

in

one

of

the

following

locations:Windows

2000,

XP

Documents

and

Settings\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

38

NT

WINNT\Profiles\\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxWindows

98,

ME

Windows\Application

Data\Mozilla\FirefoxMac

OS

X

~/Library/Application

Support/FirefoxLinux

and

Unix

systems

~/.mozilla/firefoxIf

you

were

using

Firefox

0.8

39

as

your

default

browser

prior

to

upgrading

to

Firefox

1.0

or

later

version,

data

from

your

profile

will

be

copied

40

into

the

new

location.

You

can

remove

the

old

"Phoenix"

folder

at

your

leisure.Other

Changes

*

On

41

Linux,

Firefox

now

follows

GTK's

setting

for

textbox

keybindings,

so

pressing

Ctrl+letters

triggers

application

shortcuts

instead

of

readline-like

text-editing

shortcuts.

42

For

details,

see

this

document.

Known

IssuesThis

list

covers

some

of

the

known

problems

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta

1.

Please

43

read

this

before

reporting

any

new

bugs,

and

watch

it

regularly

(we'll

update

it

as

new

bugs

are

found

in

44

the

release).Extensions

and

ThemesYou

may

run

into

issues

with

our

new

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

mechanism.

There

are

simple

workarounds

45

for

each

of

the

three

problems

we're

aware

of.

*

If

after

you

run

the

Firefox

1.5

46

Beta

installer,

the

extension

compatibility

and

update

wizard

does

not

appear,

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

47

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

wizard

appears

but

does

not

complete,

first

try

to

48

focus

some

other

window

and

return

focus

to

the

wizard.

If

that

does

not

correct

the

problem,

hit

Cancel

and

49

go

to

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

updates.

*

If

the

Extension

Compatibility

and

Update

50

wizard

downloads

and

installs

extension

updates

but

those

updates

are

not

applied,

open

the

Extension

Manager

and

manually

check

for

51

updates.Extensions

installed

under

Firefox

1.0

may

be

incompatible

and/or

require

updates

to

work

with

Firefox

1.5

Beta.

Please

report

any

52

issues

to

the

maintainer

of

the

extension.

When

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

all

of

your

Extensions

and

Themes

may

53

be

disabled

until

Firefox

1.5

Beta

determines

that

either

a)

they

are

compatible

with

the

Firefox

1.5

Beta

release

or

54

b)

there

are

newer

versions

available

that

are

compatible.

This

is

because

Firefox

changes

from

release

to

release

and

as

55

such

the

ways

in

which

some

extensions

integrate

changes,

meaning

there

can

be

problems

when

running

an

older

extension

with

56

a

newer

version

of

Firefox.

If

you

find

that

your

favorite

Extension

or

Theme

has

not

been

updated

to

be

57

compatible

with

this

release

of

Firefox,

write

the

author

and

encourage

them

to

update

it.All

Systems

*

58

If

you

install

Firefox

1.5

Beta

on

a

multi-user

system

in

an

area

in

which

there

is

restricted

access

privileges,

59

you

must

run

Firefox

1.5

Beta

as

a

user

with

access

to

that

location

upon

installation

so

that

all

initial

60

startup

files

are

generated.

If

this

is

not

done,

when

a

user

without

write

access

to

the

install

location

attempts

61

to

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

they

will

not

have

sufficient

privileges

to

allow

Firefox

1.5

Beta

to

generate

the

initial

62

startup

files

it

needs

to.

*

Software

Update

will

not

work

if

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

63

to

a

location

that

you

do

not

have

write

access

to,

since

Software

Update

needs

to

replace

or

create

files

64

in

this

location.Windows

*

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

on

a

shared

machine

into

a

65

location

that

you

can

write

to,

there

may

still

be

negative

side

effects

(default

browser/other

keys

not

being

set

correctly).

66

The

browser

should

still

function

however.

When

installing

as

a

restricted

access

user

do

not

attempt

to

install

over

an

67

installaion

in

a

restricted-access/shared

location

as

this

may

destroy

that

installation.

*

Firefox

1.5

Beta

may

hang

68

when

closing

after

viewing

a

PDF

file

in

some

older

versions

of

the

Adobe

Acrobat

Reader

plug

in.

If

you

69

experience

this

make

sure

you

are

using

the

newest

version

of

the

plug

in.Linux

and

Unix

systems

70

*

If

Firefox

1.5

Beta

is

installed

to

a

location

with

spaces

in

the

path,

it

may

not

be

able

71

to

set

itself

as

Default

browser

and

may

keep

prompting

at

startup.

The

work

around

is

to

install

into

a

72

path

without

spaces.

*

GNOME

integration

does

not

work

properly

with

Fedora

Core

3.

Users

of

Fedora

73

Core

3

will

need

to

download

and

install

linc-1.0.3-3.1.i386.rpm.

After

installing

the

RPM,

perform

the

following

command

in

the

directory

74

you

installed

Firefox

1.5

Beta

into

(you

will

need

write

permission):

touch

.autoreg

75

The

next

time

you

start

Firefox

1.5

Beta,

GNOME

integration

should

be

functional.Web

Page

RenderingThe

Configuration

Console

76

(accessed

by

entering

"about:config"

in

the

Location

bar

and

pressing

Enter)

gives

advanced/experienced

users

direct

control

over

Firefox's

preferences.

This

77

system

is

for

use

by

people

who

know

what

they

are

doing

only,

by

changing

a

value

incorrectly

you

may

78

damage

or

destroy

your

Firefox

installation!

Look

to

Help

sites

for

handy

preferences

to

tweak

to

customize

Firefox

further.Troubleshooting

79

*

Poorly

designed

or

incompatible

Extensions

can

cause

problems

with

your

browser,

including

make

it

crash,

slow

down

80

page

display,

etc.

If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

parts

of

the

browser

no

longer

working,

the

browser

not

81

starting,

windows

with

strange

or

distorted

appearance,

degraded

performance,

etc,

you

may

be

suffering

from

Extension

or

Theme

trouble.

Restart

82

the

browser

in

Safe

Mode.

On

Windows,

start

using

the

"Safe

Mode"

shortcut

created

in

your

Start

menu

or

by

83

running

firefox.exe

-safe-mode.

On

Linux,

start

with

./firefox

-safe-mode

and

on

Mac

OS

X,

run:

84

cd

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/

./firefox-bin

-safe-mode

When

started

in

Safe

Mode

all

85

extensions

are

disabled

and

the

Default

theme

is

used.

Disable

the

Extension/Theme

that

is

causing

trouble

and

then

start

normally.If

86

you

uninstall

an

extension

that

is

installed

with

your

user

profile

(i.e.

you

installed

it

from

a

web

page)

and

87

then

wish

to

install

it

for

all

user

profiles

using

the

-install-global-extension

command

line

flag,

you

must

restart

the

browser

88

once

to

cleanse

the

profile

extensions

datasource

of

traces

of

that

extension

before

installing

with

the

switch.

If

you

do

89

not

do

this

you

may

end

up

with

a

jammed

entry

in

the

Extensions

list

and

will

be

unable

to

90

install

the

extension

globally.If

you

encounter

strange

problems

relating

to

bookmarks,

downloads,

window

placement,

toolbars,

history,

or

other

settings,

it

91

is

recommended

that

you

try

creating

a

new

profile

and

attempting

to

reproduce

the

problem

before

filing

bugs.

Create

a

92

new

profile

by

running

Firefox

with

the

-P

command

line

argument,

choose

the

"Manage

Profiles"

button

and

then

choose

"Create

93

Profile...".

Migrate

your

settings

files

(Bookmarks,

Saved

Passwords,

etc)

over

one

by

one,

checking

each

time

to

see

if

the

94

problems

resurface.

If

you

do

find

a

particular

profile

data

file

is

causing

a

problem,

file

a

bug

and

attach

95

the

file.

Frequently

Asked

Questions

1.

What

can

I

do

to

help?

We

96

need

all

the

exposure

we

can

get.

Make

it

your

mission

to

convert

as

many

of

your

friends,

family

members

97

and

coworkers

as

possible.

If

you're

a

student,

get

it

distributed

at

your

college.

Submit

a

story

to

Slashdot

and

98

other

news

sites

about

the

release.

Make

some

noise

on

your

blog.

Mass

distribution

via

the

Internet

is

possible

--

99

look

at

Kazaa.

Spread

the

word!

2.

I

use

another

browser

because...

If

100

you're

not

using

Firefox,

tell

the

development

team

why.

We

read

the

feedback

at

the

Firefox

forums.

3.

101

Why

haven't

you

responded

to

the

mail

I

sent

you?

Use

the

forums.

The

Firefox

102

team

reads

them

regularly.

We

all

get

a

lot

of

email

and

your

email

may

get

lost.

4.

103

Where

can

I

get

themes

and

add-ons

(extensions)?

Extensions

and

themes

can

be

downloaded

from

104

Mozilla

Update.

5.

Who

is

working

on

Firefox?

Lots

of

people.

See

Help->About

105

Mozilla

Firefox,

Credits

for

a

list

of

some

of

the

people

who

have

contributed

to

Firefox.

6.

Where's

106

the

Firefox

source

code?

A

tarball

of

the

Firefox

1.0.7

source

code

is

available

for

107

download.

The

latest

development

code

can

be

obtained

by

cvs.

Firefox-specific

source

is

in

"mozilla/browser",

"mozilla/toolkit",

and

"mozilla/chrome".

Please

follow

108

the

build

instructions.

7.

Where

is

the

mail

client?

Firefox

works

with

whatever

109

mail

client

is

the

default

on

your

system.

However,

we

recommend

Mozilla

Thunderbird,

our

next

generation

email

client

and

the

110

perfect

complement

to

Firefox.

8.

How

do

I

spell

Firefox?

How

do

I

abbreviate

it?

111

Firefox

is

spelled

F-i-r-e-f-o-x

-

only

the

first

letter

capitalized

(i.e.

not

FireFox,

not

Foxfire,

FoxFire

or

whatever

112

else

a

number

of

folk

seem

to

think

it

to

be

called.)

The

preferred

abbreviation

is

"Fx"

or

"fx".

113

Other

Resources

and

LinksThe

following

resources

contain

useful

information

about

Firefox:

*

Firefox

Help

114

*

MozillaZine's

Knowledge

Base

*

Developer

Information

Contributed

BuildsThese

are

unofficial

builds

and

may

be

configured

differently

115

than

the

official

Mozilla.org

builds.

They

may

also

be

optimized

and/or

tested

for

specific

platforms.Solaris(Contributed

by

SUN

Beijing

team)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.10-i386.tar.bz2

(readme)

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(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.10-sparc.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.8-i386-gtk1.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)firefox1.5b1-en-US.solaris2.8-sparc-gtk1.tar.bz2

(readme)

(MD5SUM)Other

SystemsBuilds

for

platforms

other

than

the

trio

officially

offered

by

Mozilla.org

can

be

117

found

on

the

FTP

site.Localized

BuildsMany

localized

builds

are

now

produced

and

distributed

by

Mozilla.org

on

behalf

of

their

authors.

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Visit

GetFirefox.com

or

view

All

Systems

and

Languages

to

see

the

set

of

official

builds

that

we

offer.Builds

that

have

119

not

yet

been

certified

as

official

Firefox

1.5

localizations

are

available

by

browsing

the

FTP

site.Previous

versions

of

the

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|

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|

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|

1.0.1

|

1.0.2

|

1.0.3

|

1.0.4

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|

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*

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