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MstrBob
10-24-2006, 05:57 PM
Hey all, Firefox 2.0 (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox) has shipped. Unfortunately it uses the same rendering engine as Firefox 1.5 (Gecko 1.8), so no new web goodies :mad:. I wanted Gecko 1.9's improved SVG support!

Anywho, I -whoah, so that's the Spell Check in action. Pretty intuitive!

Right, well, let the browser wars continue.
Paul Jr
10-25-2006, 01:34 AM
Ff 2.0 Ftw!!!
Ed_Ryan
10-25-2006, 05:38 PM
If you're typing many slang terms and tekkie jargons, the spellcheck will always prompt you. It can quite be annoying.
LeeU
10-26-2006, 10:06 AM
So this is not an update to 1.5? When I check for updates, there are none listed.
drhowarddrfine
10-26-2006, 10:17 AM
It will take a few days before it hits the update button. You can download it from getfirefox.com
MstrBob
10-26-2006, 03:23 PM
lee:

Yes, the Mozilla foundation only has a finite number of servers! So that they can handle the load without any downtime, they stagger when update checks will recognize the new release, but you can always download it directly from the mozilla website. This way there aren't tens of millions of users downloading the browser at once when the update checker finds a new version.
the tree
10-26-2006, 03:40 PM
...This way there aren't tens of millions of users downloading the browser at once...This is why all huge projects like Firefox should start using Bittorent. By the way, Bob, didn't the spell check highlight you missing a capital letter there?

Anyways, improved SVG support, is okay, but who's going to really use it? I have the feeling it's going to take a very long time to catch on.
LeeU
10-26-2006, 03:41 PM
Yes, but you know I have never had a problem with an automatic upgrade. I have always had problems with manual upgrades. I'll just wait a week or two ...
MstrBob
10-26-2006, 03:55 PM
This is why all huge projects like Firefox should start using Bittorent. By the way, Bob, didn't the spell check highlight you missing a capital letter there?

Anyways, improved SVG support, is okay, but who's going to really use it? I have the feeling it's going to take a very long time to catch on.

They do use BitTorrent, but how does that change anything? Unless you are proposing them using BitTorrent to distribute updates which is really just not practical.

Besides, SVG has a catch 22 problem, no one will use it because no browser supports it. Browsers don't properly support it because of the lack of demand. So improved SVG support is a great thing and hopefully pushes IE to implement it (Maybe? Someday? After XHTML?) and Opera to make theirs even better. As it is now, it's a very capable technology. (Check my signature, why dontcha? ;))

As for the lowercase 'M', well, I'm a lazy typer. :p
the tree
10-26-2006, 04:04 PM
Unless you are proposing them using BitTorrent to distribute updates which is really just not practical.I was, and I guess it wouldn't be too practical for updates but a few major pieces of software (Linux ISOs, mostly) are distributed via 'Torrent and I'm sure organisations like Mozilla would stand to gain from distributing releases on 'Torrent.
Besides, SVG has a catch 22 problem.Same with lots of new technologies. Where's a good place to start with SVG? I might even give it a go.
drhowarddrfine
10-26-2006, 04:29 PM
Wouldn't they have problems assuring the security of the distribution with 'torrent?
the tree
10-26-2006, 05:24 PM
'torrent compare a hash of the original with a hash of what gets downloaded to assure that it's the same thing. So no, I don't think so.