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 Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2024 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Mozilla 1.7.6 Released |
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| Germ wrote: | | ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.6/ |
This may well be the last version of the Mozilla suite produced BY the Mozilla Foundation. Work MAY continue on the Mozilla suite, but if so, it will probably be by a different group of volunteers rather than by any of the previous owners (Netscape, AOL, then Mozilla Foundation).
Firefox is now the preferred and supported Web browser, and Thunderbird is now the supported Email client. I notice that each of them has also come out with their own respective maintenance release. |
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| I sure hope not.... I much prefer mozilla over Firefox. The integration of web browser/email client/irc client/calendar/addressbook/ web composer make for a "one stop shop" for most of my web needs. I am extremely fond of the addressbook and the browser.
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| Quote: | | I sure hope not.... I much prefer mozilla over Firefox. |
Yup.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2024 3:21 am Post subject: IT's true, the big suite is officially through |
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| crouse wrote: | | I sure hope not.... I much prefer mozilla over Firefox. The integration of web browser/email client/irc client/calendar/addressbook/ web composer make for a "one stop shop" for most of my web needs. I am extremely fond of the addressbook and the browser. |
There MAY be more versions of the full Mozilla suite coming out, but they WON'T be coming from the Mozilla Foundation, current official owners of the Mozilla code base. The code is freely available, though, so there is no reason that ANOTHER effort can't continue if enough people are interested in making it happen. |
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| The Mozilla Foundation said in their release that they would maintain a stable updated 1.7 branch.
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Well, Firefox is a fine browser...... I actually only have ONE major complaint with it. Maybe someone has the answer ..........
When I download stuff.... it goes DIRECTLEY to one directory.... yeah i know it can be changed by opening up the preferences dialog box and correcting the path.....but that's a big pain. I like the way Mozilla opens up the download dialog box and asks you where you want to put the download..... it makes more sense to me that way. I also like the address book for mozilla, although kaddress might be able to take the place of that. Ideally, I'd like to see The mozilla foundation make it a seperate application altogether.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2024 9:48 pm Post subject: Security and bug fixes, no major new development |
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| Germ wrote: | | The Mozilla Foundation said in their release that they would maintain a stable updated 1.7 branch. |
Mozilla Foundation will support what's already there, but new developments will go into the other individual applications, Firefox (browser), Thunderbird (Email client), and the developing calendar application (and potentially other emerging applications).
That doesn't preclude others from building NEW functionality, it just won't be supported by the foundation. You are right, though, that they won't be simply DUMPING the release, it will have security and bug fixes and the 1.8 tree will be used as a kind of integrated sandbox for the individual components. Unless they do ANOTHER turn about face, the 1.8 release, if released at all, will be supported by someone other than the Mozilla Foundation. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2024 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| crouse wrote: | Well, Firefox is a fine browser...... I actually only have ONE major complaint with it. Maybe someone has the answer ..........
When I download stuff.... it goes DIRECTLEY to one directory.... yeah i know it can be changed by opening up the preferences dialog box and correcting the path.....but that's a big pain. I like the way Mozilla opens up the download dialog box and asks you where you want to put the download..... it makes more sense to me that way. |
there is a way....i do it at home....when i get some time i will pm it to ya. |
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thanks shebang....unfortunately i am at work...and uncle sam only uses windows and ie.  |
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