2004-08-24 Branch builds
- Fixed: 251376 - Use a different icon to identify a Live Bookmarks.
- Fixed: 253722 - Remove alternate stylesheet UI.
- Since August 21: 250396 - Download manager shortcut accidentally changed to Ctrl+E, which conflicts with Search shortcut.
- Since ~August 20: 256357 - Can't drag proxy icon to desktop.
- Since ~August 19: 256711 - Cannot use Windows Media Player plugin.
- Since August 18: 256089 - Dragging links from pages to bookmarks doesn't work.
- Since August 10: 255123 - [Windows] Opening internet shortcut (.url file) restores second window when all windows minimized.
- Since ~August 5: 254525 - [Windows] Opening internet shortcut (.url file) brings error dialog when firefox is already running.
- Since ~July 23: 254040 - Incorrect address in address bar after typing phrase for I'm Feeling Lucky Google search.
No official Windows builds
(discussion),
pigfoot's builds,
bangbang's O2 G7 SSE2
August 24th, 2004 at 1:41 pm
hmm.. why no windows builds?
August 25th, 2004 at 7:09 am
Fixed: 253722 – Remove alternate stylesheet UI.
WTF?! Are they going crazy?
August 25th, 2004 at 8:22 am
I think the devs have finally gone off the edge. I havn’t like some of their decisions lately, but this one is just nuts.
August 25th, 2004 at 10:43 am
John and Sharki: If you feel like that, don’t try the Thunderbird crew! That’ll really freak you out!
August 25th, 2004 at 2:35 pm
Removing the stylesheet UI really burns me… I sure do hope they don’t dumb down Firefox to simply an IE clone with better security for the 95% market share.
Same for the Offline Browsing, which I happily use the ‘Work Offline’ extension for and hope will still work. The talk about removing ‘View Source’ however, now that’s just plain ridiculous. I don’t care less if “95% never use it”, if they do it then it’s clear the power user no longer has a home with Firefox.
It’s times like this I can feel the pain of the true Linux gurus, in these days of ‘user friendly’ distros for everyone and his mother.
August 25th, 2004 at 2:53 pm
Offline – removed because it was broken, not because it bloated the code or UI.
Alternate stylesheet UI – removed because it was broken, not because it bloated the code or UI. It might code back with a different UI, though.
View Source – Ben and Brendan never approved its removal, and it was not removed. See http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/006284.html
August 25th, 2004 at 2:59 pm
> Alternate stylesheet UI – removed because it was
> broken,
It is not broken! There are only some minor or enhancement bugs, it works just fine for years.
August 25th, 2004 at 3:00 pm
this whole thing about removing $#!T is made me say FU to Firefox, one less nightly/tester. im going back to the suite…
August 25th, 2004 at 3:06 pm
Stylesheet switching did not persist, so it was broken.
August 25th, 2004 at 3:20 pm
> Stylesheet switching did not persist, so it was
> broken.
No, persistend styles would be nice, but the basic functionality works great and often you don’t need more than that.
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83663
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216537
These bugs have only minor/enhancement severity and there is no reason for removing the whole feature.
Firefox must have the stylesheet switcher to be CSS 2.1 conform:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#conformance
»5. If the source document comes with alternate style sheet sets (such as with the “alternate” keyword in HTML 4.0 [HTML40]), the UA must allow the user to select which style sheet set the UA should apply.«
August 25th, 2004 at 4:45 pm
I’ve been testing Firefox, Firebird, and Phoenix for quite a few YEARS now. Ever since I found this website, I use to download the nightlies nightly. Not knowing what was fixed, or anything. I just tended to find out by myself.
Thankyou Jesse for bringing this out. Now if only there was a Thunderbird variant (blog) that was any good.
August 25th, 2004 at 5:09 pm
Stylesheet switcher forum discussion: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=118119
August 25th, 2004 at 5:12 pm
Craig: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/ ?
August 25th, 2004 at 7:44 pm
All these items were removed from a 1.0 release because they are broken? Shouldn’t a broken feature be fixed instead of removed and shoved in the corner of the closet to collect dust and spiderwebs?
And wasn’t Firefox supposed to be all about keeping the basic features and leaving the fancy ones for extension? Switching CSS seems basic.
August 25th, 2004 at 9:44 pm
>Stylesheet switching did not persist, so it was >broken.
I, along with others, consider that an enhancement… not a bug. Besides, the dev team can’t handle a tiny little problem like that? How are they ever going to handle the bigger flaws blocking 1.0 then? Offline browsing could be fixed as well… That’s what they do, after all.
I know view source was never removed, but just the thought of it shows how far this is going.
August 26th, 2004 at 5:16 pm
Thanks, Jesse! That is perfect!
Just recently, downloaded and tried out Sunbird. Is there a blog for that too?
August 27th, 2004 at 5:08 am
I don’t think there is.