Mozilla Firebird becomes Mozilla Firefox 0.8

[hdeck]

thanks for the mirrors

 

[RollWave]

Anyone know of differences between old thunderbird and new thunderbird? I dont want the hastle of redoing my old account and importing messages unless its really solid

 

[Jeff7181]

I think I'm just going to stick with Firebird 0.7. Aside from the retarded name from what people are saying it sounds like it needs to mature a bit, and also like they're trying to ad too much crap to it. I agree with Insomniak, I want a stripped down browser with only the most basic and most useful functions built in like the pop-up blocker. I don't need a stupid download manager or anything like that... all I want is a basic web browser.

 

[ShOcKwAvE827]

yes, where is my my sidebar in this version??? How do you delete your profile? I just deleted the whole folder.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: Insomniak
I have to say, Mozilla missed the boat on this one. It's buggy as hell.

First off, I have no scrollbar on the right - major faux pas. Also, on my navbar, there are no back/forward buttons.

They changed the format for the themes. You need to find an updated version of the theme you are using.

I need to find an updated version of the default theme? You seem to be under the impression that this occurred when I tried to install a custom theme - this was "out of the box" bud.

Try starting with a clean profile. It works fine for me.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: Insomniak
I have to say, Mozilla missed the boat on this one. It's buggy as hell.

First off, I have no scrollbar on the right - major faux pas. Also, on my navbar, there are no back/forward buttons.

They changed the format for the themes. You need to find an updated version of the theme you are using.

I need to find an updated version of the default theme? You seem to be under the impression that this occurred when I tried to install a custom theme - this was "out of the box" bud.

Try starting with a clean profile. It works fine for me.

Meh, I've downgraded and it's working flawlessly. We'll see how things look at .9

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Confused
Mirror for Firefox 0.8 (AT only, please)

Thanks, regular mozilla.org FTP download was hardly even responding.

 

[Glitchny]

works fine for me, and since i never had back and forwards buttons on my browser to begin with im all set. Mouse Gestures are sweet!

 

[Insomniak]

Never liked gestures. Id want to go back and end up opening a new tab or something. Too much trouble to learn, and too slow to beat pressing a button.

 

[BullsOnParade]

do you ahve a theme installed in 0.7 insomniak.
themes have to be updated for 0.8. I get the same
missing scroll bar when i try my 0.7 compatible themes

~bulls

 

[Sid59]

i was unsure if i wanted to upgrade to 0.8 because it didn't sound like it had enough to transfer from a 0.8+ nightly build. i mainly updated because of the FireFox name and logo.

- this build is completely fast. it's blazing on my machine. much faster than any earlier version. im impressed.

- also updated to thunderbird 0.5 .. that's nice!

 

[igowerf]

My mirror in case anyone needs it.

 

[JavaMomma]

Well i am happy about the name change...
I use Firebird Database, will make searching on google a tad easier.

 

[Sid59]

finally i got my 2 favorite firefox extensions

All-In-One Mouse Gestures
Download Sort - sort dl'ed items to certain folders. just type the extension and the folder it wants to go.

 

[lizardboy]

I'm getting this error message when trying to go to fark:

"The file / cannot be found. Please check the location and try again."

Fark comes up fine in IE, what's going on here?

 

[onelin]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
Haha, saw this on /.:

Person 1: "Hey I just started using Mozilla!"
Person 2: "Oh yeah? 1.5?"
Person 1: "No, .8"
Person 2: "Oh you mean Firebird."
Person 1: "No, I think it's Firefox."
Person 3: "I loved that show on Fox, it's a shame they canceled it."
Person 2: "You're thinking of Firefly."
Person 1: "Wait, was that the one with the marionettes?"
Person 3: "No, I think that's an email client."

nice

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
do you ahve a theme installed in 0.7 insomniak.
themes have to be updated for 0.8. I get the same
missing scroll bar when i try my 0.7 compatible themes

~bulls

For 0.7 I use Pinball (see address below). Awesome theme - easy on the eyes, but not cartoony as hell like XP and Mac OS (is it just me or does the default art on every modern OS suck heavily?)

Anyway, I did a clean install of 0.8 - I uninstalled .7, deleted the file folders, and cleared out the registry entries, and still got those bugs.

I'll wait for a little more maturation before I upgrade.

To grab Pinball:


http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/firebird/pinball.html

 

[NeoV]

what about that trick to block ads from sites like AT? Does that still work with Firefox?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

The stylesheet? Yeah. It should never stop working in any future versions of mozilla. Maybe someday it'll even work in IE.

Although I have found that the ultimate solution is a filtering proxy like privoxy.

 

[trmiv]

Does the Google Toolbar extension work in Firefox? If it doesn, I'll upgrade from .7, can't live without that though.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Does the Google Toolbar extension work in Firefox? If it doesn, I'll upgrade from .7, can't live without that though.

Why? Mozilla block pop up ads without the stupid toolbar and it has integrated google searching

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
do you ahve a theme installed in 0.7 insomniak.
themes have to be updated for 0.8. I get the same
missing scroll bar when i try my 0.7 compatible themes

~bulls

For 0.7 I use Pinball (see address below). Awesome theme - easy on the eyes, but not cartoony as hell like XP and Mac OS (is it just me or does the default art on every modern OS suck heavily?)

Anyway, I did a clean install of 0.8 - I uninstalled .7, deleted the file folders, and cleared out the registry entries, and still got those bugs.

I'll wait for a little more maturation before I upgrade.

To grab Pinball:


http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/firebird/pinball.html

Unfortunately, the version of Pinball on that site hasn't been updated since last September, which means that it won't work with FB .8. An updated version can be found here.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
do you ahve a theme installed in 0.7 insomniak.
themes have to be updated for 0.8. I get the same
missing scroll bar when i try my 0.7 compatible themes

~bulls

For 0.7 I use Pinball (see address below). Awesome theme - easy on the eyes, but not cartoony as hell like XP and Mac OS (is it just me or does the default art on every modern OS suck heavily?)

Anyway, I did a clean install of 0.8 - I uninstalled .7, deleted the file folders, and cleared out the registry entries, and still got those bugs.

I'll wait for a little more maturation before I upgrade.

To grab Pinball:


http://members.rogers.com/dpjames/firebird/pinball.html

Unfortunately, the version of Pinball on that site hasn't been updated since last September, which means that it won't work with FB .8. An updated version can be found here.

Uh, yes, I realize. He asked what I was using for .7, so I linked him to the .7 version.

Nice name.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: trmiv
Does the Google Toolbar extension work in Firefox? If it doesn, I'll upgrade from .7, can't live without that though.

Why? Mozilla block pop up ads without the stupid toolbar and it has integrated google searching

Because I like the google toolbar maybe? I don't like the integrated searching in the address bar, I like having the google toolbar where I can easily search groups, images, as well as a get a history. Also, the google toolbar extension for .7 Firebird doesn't have popup blocking, because obvioulsy it's not needed.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: trmiv
Does the Google Toolbar extension work in Firefox? If it doesn, I'll upgrade from .7, can't live without that though.

Why? Mozilla block pop up ads without the stupid toolbar and it has integrated google searching

Because I like the google toolbar maybe? I don't like the integrated searching in the address bar, I like having the google toolbar where I can easily search groups, images, as well as a get a history. Also, the google toolbar extension for .7 Firebird doesn't have popup blocking, because obvioulsy it's not needed.

FF/FB does not have searching integrated in the address bar. It's two separate entities.

I'd imagine you'd be able to easily search groups, images too depending on the arguments you put in?

Its been a while since I've used the google toolbar on IE, but if " search history" means auto pop-up of past searches based on what letters you type, FB/FF has it.