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6/19    Firefox 1.0.6 is out:
\_ Why do people not know that July=7
        http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.6.html
        \_ Yay, Firefox is turning out to be just as broken and bug-ridden
           as IE! Woo!
           \_ Err.. that seems like a bit of an overstatement.
              \_ Is it?  Six major patches in as many months, correct?
                 \_ IE still runs ActiveX.
                 \_ Have you done any significant programming?
                    You ought to know how damn hard it is to get all
                    the bugs (esp. security) out. The FF team is doing
                    a very good job considering that for many of them
                    it is not a paying job.
                    \_ I think the PP was referring to the fact that so many
                       security holes existed in the first place (rather than
                       how fast/slow they were fixed), which means Fx was not
                       more secure than IE after all.  (I understand that 1.0.6
                       is not about security fixes.)
                 \_ 1.0.x vs 1.0.y is a "major patch"?  I don't think so.
        \_ When upgrading Firefox for your Windoze clients, do you
           just install over the old Firefox; or do you uninstall Firefox
           first, then manually delete the leftover C:\Program Files\Mozilla
           Firefox directory like the official download site recommends?
           \_ What I do for every upgrade is: exit Fx and all other apps, start
              Fx, Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Clear All, exit Fx, uninstall
              Fx from Control Panel, reboot, delete "C:\Program Files\Mozilla
              Firefox", install new Fx.  Actually, now that I've learned about
              the profile folder, I'll also delete that from now on.
           \_ Related question: How do I uninstall all the extensions and
              themes when I uninstall Firefox?
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org, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document. dmg file, double click the Fir efox Disk Image to open it in Finder, and then drag the Firefox applicat ion onto your hard disk. Drag the icon to your Dock if you want it to ap pear there. Doub le click the Firefox Disk Image to open it in Finder and drag the Firefo x application onto your hard disk. Be sure to drag the Firefox application out of the disk image and onto your Hard Disk before running it. Drag the icon to your Dock i f you want it to appear there. Other Platforms Extract the compressed archive and run firefox Uninstalling Firefox To uninstall Firefox, follow these instructions: Windows From the Start menu, choose Control Panel. When the Control Panel appears , double click Add/Remove Programs. These instructions leave your profile in place in case you install Firefo x again in the future. If you wish to remove your profile folder, remove the location described below in the "Profile Folder" section. Note that by doing this you are destroying all of your Bookmarks, saved passwords , settings and other information and should you decide to use Firefox ag ain you will be starting with a clean profile. mozilla/firefox If you were using Firefox 08 as your default browser prior to upgrading to Firefox 10 or later version, data from your profile will be copied i nto the new location. You can remove the old "Phoenix" folder at your le isure. Extensions and Themes When you upgrade to a new version of Firefox all of your Extensions and T hemes will be disabled until Firefox determines that either a) they are compatible with the new release or b) there are newer versions available that are compatible. This is because Firefox changes from release to re lease and as such the ways in which some extensions integrate changes, m eaning there can be problems when running an older extension with a newe r version of Firefox. If you find that your favorite Extension or Theme has not been updated to be compatible with this release of Firefox, writ e the author and encourage them to update it. This automatic updating of Extensions and Themes does not apply to users of Firefox 08 or below who upgrade to Firefox 10 or a later version. To prevent the kind of problems we had with the 08 release (users were h aving the browser not start with "No XBL Binding for Browser" errors, an d finding that their theme was broken), all of your extensions will be d isabled when you move to 10 or later version. org to look for newer, compatible versions of your Extensions, a nd if they are available it will download and install them. If you were using 08, you will have to find newer compatible versions yourself. Other Changes * On Linux, Firefox now follows GTK's setting for textbox keybindings, so pressing Ctrl+letters triggers application shortcuts instead of readline-like text-editing shortcuts. 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