Comments on: Mozilla Firefox 3 Alpha 1 Due Next Week? http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-48747 netster007x Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:18:34 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-48747 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-42793">netster007x wrote:</a><blockquote>I don't get it, I've tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can't tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect?</blockquote></div> They enabled some of the enhancements a couple of months back, but when they switched over to the FFX2 theme, they temporarily disabled all of the new features. However, the browser is still more standards compliant than FFX2, and some of the features will be re-enabled when Alpha 1 comes out.</blockquote></div> Hmm, yes I remember they had the places going months back, but for now that's off. If they're planning on having a milestone anytime soon they should have some of the new features enabled in advance! netster007x wrote:
I don’t get it, I’ve tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can’t tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect?

They enabled some of the enhancements a couple of months back, but when they switched over to the FFX2 theme, they temporarily disabled all of the new features. However, the browser is still more standards compliant than FFX2, and some of the features will be re-enabled when Alpha 1 comes out.

Hmm, yes I remember they had the places going months back, but for now that’s off. If they’re planning on having a milestone anytime soon they should have some of the new features enabled in advance!

]]> By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-46495 ffextensionguru Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:08:04 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-46495 I have the Nightly Tester Tools. The extensions were never disabled, I just get a warning on each nightly that they are not compatible. I have the Nightly Tester Tools. The extensions were never disabled, I just get a warning on each nightly that they are not compatible.

]]> By: MetaMan http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-46006 MetaMan Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:41:41 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-46006 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-41979">ffextensionguru wrote:</a><blockquote>Tonight's nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:</blockquote></div> Download the <a href="http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/nightly/" rel="nofollow"> Nightly Tester Tools</a>. It will override the compatibility check, and your extensions still should work. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-42401">SLA wrote:</a><blockquote>Gecko 1.9 already passed the <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/" rel="nofollow">ACID2</a> (standard compliance) test!</blockquote></div> It's been passing for a long time now... <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-42793">netster007x wrote:</a><blockquote>I don't get it, I've tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can't tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect?</blockquote></div> They enabled some of the enhancements a couple of months back, but when they switched over to the FFX2 theme, they temporarily disabled all of the new features. However, the browser is still more standards compliant than FFX2, and some of the features will be re-enabled when Alpha 1 comes out. ffextensionguru wrote:
Tonight’s nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:

Download the [users.blueprintit.co.uk]~dave/web/firefox/nightly/. It will override the compatibility check, and your extensions still should work.

SLA wrote:
Gecko 1.9 already passed the [webstandards.org] (standard compliance) test!

It’s been passing for a long time now…

netster007x wrote:
I don’t get it, I’ve tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can’t tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect?

They enabled some of the enhancements a couple of months back, but when they switched over to the FFX2 theme, they temporarily disabled all of the new features. However, the browser is still more standards compliant than FFX2, and some of the features will be re-enabled when Alpha 1 comes out.

]]> By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-42793 netster007x Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:06:33 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-42793 I don't get it, I've tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can't tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect? I don’t get it, I’ve tested some of the Fx3 nightlies and I can’t tell the difference between Fx3 and Fx2. How can they release a milestone without any new features? I saw that list a while back of brainstorm Fx enhancements, and they all seemed excellent. When will they put them into effect?

]]> By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-42487 ffextensionguru Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:43:23 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-42487 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-42240">Jack of all Trades wrote:</a><blockquote><div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-41979">ffextensionguru wrote:</a><blockquote>Tonight's nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:</blockquote></div> i didn't get something incompatible, but my <a href="http://www.diigo.com/" rel="nofollow">Diigo</a> extension seems to crash the browser when i try to bookmark a new page. the rest (and i have quite a few) works fine.</blockquote></div> I was all my extensions that were not compatible with 2.0 in the first place. They still function just displays a message in the add-ons manager. Jack of all Trades wrote:
ffextensionguru wrote:
Tonight’s nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:

i didn’t get something incompatible, but my [diigo.com] extension seems to crash the browser when i try to bookmark a new page.
the rest (and i have quite a few) works fine.

I was all my extensions that were not compatible with 2.0 in the first place. They still function just displays a message in the add-ons manager.

]]> By: SLA http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-42401 SLA Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:13:54 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-42401 Afaik, two Minefield branches -- Latest-Trunk and Experimental -- will be merged in this first official Alpha. So, we will get something like Firefox 2 with Gecko 1.9a1 engine. Btw, Gecko 1.9 already passed the <a href="http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/" rel="nofollow">ACID2</a> (standard compliance) test! Afaik, two Minefield branches — Latest-Trunk and Experimental — will be merged in this first official Alpha. So, we will get something like Firefox 2 with Gecko 1.9a1 engine.
Btw, Gecko 1.9 already passed the [webstandards.org] (standard compliance) test!

]]> By: Jack of all Trades http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-42240 Jack of all Trades Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:17:30 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-42240 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-41979">ffextensionguru wrote:</a><blockquote>Tonight's nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:</blockquote></div> i didn't get something incompatible, but my <a href="http://www.diigo.com/" rel="nofollow">Diigo</a> extension seems to crash the browser when i try to bookmark a new page. the rest (and i have quite a few) works fine. ffextensionguru wrote:
Tonight’s nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:

i didn’t get something incompatible, but my [diigo.com] extension seems to crash the browser when i try to bookmark a new page.
the rest (and i have quite a few) works fine.

]]> By: Up Coming Firefox Releases « Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-42095 Up Coming Firefox Releases « Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:07:23 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-42095 [...] More info on the Firefox 1.5.0.9 & 2.0.0.1 builds at the newly redesigned CybertNet News. Posted by ffextensionguru Filed in Firefox 1.5.0.X, Firefox 2.0 (Bon Echo), CyberNet News, Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) [...] [...] More info on the Firefox 1.5.0.9 & 2.0.0.1 builds at the newly redesigned CybertNet News. Posted by ffextensionguru Filed in Firefox 1.5.0.X, Firefox 2.0 (Bon Echo), CyberNet News, Firefox 3.0 (Gran Paradiso) [...]

]]> By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-41979 ffextensionguru Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:34:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-41979 Tonight's nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry: Tonight’s nightly put me 2.0.0.1pre and also said several of my extensions were no longer compatible. :cry:

]]> By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-41918 ffextensionguru Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:02 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/22/mozilla-firefox-3-alpha-1-due-next-week/#comment-41918 Well, this should prove to be interesting. I am a bit shocked we are going to Firefox 1.5.0.9, but then I recall 1.5.0.5 was only out a couple days. Well, this should prove to be interesting. I am a bit shocked we are going to Firefox 1.5.0.9, but then I recall 1.5.0.5 was only out a couple days.

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