Archive for February, 2004

Firefox 0.8 released!

  • New name
  • New, cuter icons (with corresponding buttons for links!)
  • New About window
  • New Credits page in About window
  • Fixed: 233287 - Software License Agreement appears without line breaks
  • Fixed: 206029 - Installing Flash screws stuff up (forum thread).

For a list of what's changed since Firebird 0.7, see my long list, Asa's list, or the Firefox 0.8 release notes.

  • Continued regression: 229600 - Installing 2 extensions without restarting re-launches extension-installer for previous installed extensions.

Windows builds: Official Windows installer, jesus_X's non-installer (.zip) build based on official installer build

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2

Mac builds: Official Mac

All official builds

Firebird is now known as Firefox

Ben Goodger on the name change

Name change FAQ

2004-02-08 Branch builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: 233391 - apply charset name canonicalization (bug 224748) to toolkit
  • Fixed on branch: 233149 - download manage window blinks non-stop if new download is added while not in focus. (Fixed by disabling the blinking completely for now.)
  • Continued regression: 233287 - Software License Agreement appears without line breaks
  • Continued regression: 206029 - Installing Flash screws stuff up (forum thread).
  • Continued regression: 229600 - Installing 2 extensions without restarting re-launches extension-installer for previous installed extensions.

Ben Goodger plans to fix the license bug at the last minute, at the same time he changes the version number to 0.8 on the branch. Hopefully his fix will also fix the Flash installation bug (both problems involve line breaks).

Windows builds: Official Windows installer

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2

2004-02-08 Trunk builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: 233391 - apply charset name canonicalization (bug 224748) to toolkit
  • Fixed on trunk: make the toolbar and menubar look a bit better on windows and gnome. (I don't see any difference on WinXP.)
  • Continued regression: 232617 - Location Bar dropdown loads new tab.

Windows builds: djeter's, stipe's G6 SSE, G7, G7 SSE

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2

Mac builds: Official Mac

2004-02-06 Branch builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: Install default.xpm to the right place.
  • New regression: 233287 - Software License Agreement appears without line breaks
  • New regression: 233149 - download manage window blinks non-stop if new download is added while not in focus
  • Continued regression: 229600 - Installing 2 extensions without restarting re-launches extension-installer for previous installed extensions.

Windows builds: Official Windows installer

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2

2004-02-06 Trunk builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: Install default.xpm to the right place.
  • Continued regression: 232617 - Location Bar dropdown loads new tab.

Windows builds: djeter's trunk installer

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2, matlhDam's xft+gtk2 SSE with Venkman

Mac builds: Official Mac

2004-02-05 Branch builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: part of 228672 - skip the "Clean Upgrade" panel in the installer. (On the branch, this makes it NOT delete your files. I haven't tested a trunk installer.)
  • Fixed on branch: Fix a problem with the installer when installing several extensions in one transaction
  • Fixed on branch: 230768 - New download should flash taskbar icon 2 times if download window is open, but not focused.
  • Continued regression: 229600 - Installing 2 extensions without restarting re-launches extension-installer for previous installed extensions.

Windows builds: Official Windows installer, djeter's

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2

2004-02-05 Trunk builds

  • Fixed on trunk and branch: part of 228672 - skip the "Clean Upgrade" panel in the installer. (On the branch, this makes it NOT delete your files. I haven't tested a trunk installer.)
  • Continued regression: 232617 - Location Bar dropdown loads new tab.

Windows builds: scragz' O2 with patches to fix some O2 crashes

There's a Windows installer build in 2004-02-05-08-trunk, but it seems to be a branch build. JoeG came to the same conclusion.

Linux builds: Official Linux, Official Linux+xft+gtk2, daihard's xft+gtk2 SSE2

Mac builds: Official Mac