Virtually all of what I said about the first alpha carries over to this release as well additionally, a number of new and nifty features of note are now present in the software.
#Firefox 1.0 for mac download#
Mozilla Firefox Project page (includes Deer Park download links)ĭeer Park Alpha 2 followed on July 12, 2005.
#Firefox 1.0 for mac install#
If you install Deer Park Alpha 1 alongside another Firefox release, be sure to create an additional user profile (by starting the software with a "-p" or "-profilemanager" switch) to use with this version of the software. Loading time is a second faster on my own computer, and performance seems a bit quicker after the browser is open as well.ĭeer Park Alpha 1 isn't for everyone, but it is impressive and an accurate portrayal of the features we can expect to see in Mozilla Firefox 1.1. If you use third-party extensions with Mozilla Firefox, be aware that due to the number of changes Deer Park has over Firefox 1.0.x, many of them are currently incompatible with this new version of the software.įinally, Deer Park Alpha 1 seems slightly faster than Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4. Deer Park's title bar will now display its own icon, rather than Windows' generic icon, on these operating systems without user-improvised fixes. One important bug that has finally been fixed in Deer Park Alpha is the title bar and taskbar icon bug affecting the appearance of Firefox on Windows 95, 98, and ME systems. There are some improvements in CSS and rendering capabilities as well. Browser tabs can now be navigated to using the Tab and arrow keys.
In addition, there are experimental new features such as "Fast back"/"Fast Forward" (not enabled by default) allowing faster session history navigation and a potentially useful "Report a broken website wizard" tool that can be added through a custom install. The options dialogue has been redesigned in a more convenient to use, horizontal tab-like fashion.
This software release does not bear the official Mozilla Firefox logo, and most Firefox references in the software have been changed to "Deer Park Alpha 1." This has been done to discourage end users and those not interested in actively testing software, who for now should stay with Firefox 1.0.4, from choosing to use this alpha software release or consider it an "upgrade" from Firefox 1.0.4.Ībout a year's worth of development work separates Deer Park Alpha 1 from Mozilla Firefox 1.0.x, and needless to say a number of beneficial new features and other changes have have been implemented in it and will see their way into Firefox 1.1:Ī new "Sanitize" privacy feature, accessible from the Tools menu, allows logged information such as browsing history to be easily removed.
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