Firefox 1.0.1 to 1.0.3?

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fitwell

Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing up
properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update and
that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I upgraded
from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive and
intensive search for the same extensions that I had before since most
of them no longer worked on the newer FF.

I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons properly
on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require the same effort
as the first upgrade did <g>.

Thanks in advance for any comments. :oD
 
fitwell said:
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing up
properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update and
that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I upgraded
from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive and
intensive search for the same extensions that I had before since most
of them no longer worked on the newer FF.

I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons properly
on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require the same effort
as the first upgrade did <g>.

Thanks in advance for any comments. :oD
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What ever browser you use it would be wise to keep it up to date.

Firefox 1.0.3 fixes a number of critical security flaws in previous
versions which allow the execution of code.

Try these (harmless) exploits.

http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/ (drops a batch file in c:\ and executes it)


http://www.mikx.de/firesearching/

Regards mel.
 
fitwell said
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing
up properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update
and that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I
upgraded from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an
exhaustive and intensive search for the same extensions that I
had before since most of them no longer worked on the newer FF.
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I upped from .1 to .2 and to .3 with no problems.
Upping from 0.9 to 1.0 was indeed a hassle.
 
fitwell said:
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing up
properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update and
that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I upgraded
from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive and
intensive search for the same extensions that I had before since most
of them no longer worked on the newer FF.

I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons properly
on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require the same effort
as the first upgrade did <g>.

Thanks in advance for any comments. :oD
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Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing up
properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update and
that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I upgraded
from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive and
intensive search for the same extensions that I had before since most
of them no longer worked on the newer FF.

I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons properly
on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require the same effort
as the first upgrade did <g>.

Thanks in advance for any comments. :oD
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I upgraded from 1.0 to 1.0.1 and then to 1.0.3 by using the built-in
updater (Tools|Options|Advanced|Software Update|Check Now), and it
worked perfectly each time. Instead of just updating your current
version, the updater first downloads the new version to your desktop,
and then installs the new version over the old one. I like this
because you then have a current version installer that you can keep in
case you ever need to re-install. I don't use the Personal Toolbar, so
I can't give you an answer on that.
 
fitwell said:
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing up
properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update and
that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I upgraded
from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive and
intensive search for the same extensions that I had before since most
of them no longer worked on the newer FF.

I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons properly
on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require the same effort
as the first upgrade did <g>.

Thanks in advance for any comments. :oD
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My comments reflect W98SE, all FF are zip versions.

When using 093, I ran 101, no problems, but no advantage either.
When I upgraded from 093 to 103, lots of fun. Main issue was 103 would not
save preferences.

I finally had to remove all traces of FF in registry and folders. Then ran
103 as a new user, imported my bookmarks, finally it runs just like 093. I
save my bookmark file in a separate partition for salvage operations like this.

Mike Sa
 
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing
up properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update
and that I even missed one <g>.

Has anyone made the switch? Was it easy to do? That time I
upgraded from 0.9 to 1 meant a complete overhaul and an exhaustive
and intensive search for the same extensions that I had before
since most of them no longer worked on the newer FF.
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I had no trouble moving from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 to 1.0.3. It's nothing
like the transition from the tech previews to the 1.0 release. (Many
changes are planned for the 1.1 release, including an overhaul of the
extension manager, so that transition will probably be harder again.)

If you installed 1.0.1 using a zip package instead of the exe
installer, don't install 1.0.3 on top of 1.0.1 -- remove 1.0.1 first.
(That may be unnecessary advice; I can't recall whether or not there
was a zip package of 1.0.1.)

There were a couple of extensions that needed updating when I went to
1.0.3, but I can't recall which ones other than All-In-One Gestures.
To be safe, I'd update all your extensions to the latest versions
before upgrading Firefox.

Also to be safe, I'd make a backup of the entire profile folder before
running 1.0.3 for the first time. With a backup in place, you should
be able to go back to 1.0.1 easily if anything should go wrong.
I'm looking to upgrade to see if the new FF shows the icons
properly on the Personal Toolbar but only if it doesn't require
the same effort as the first upgrade did <g>.
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If you mean the Bookmarks Toolbar, I doubt you will see an
improvement; I don't think the handling of bookmarks and their
favicons has changed since 1.0. You might try the Favicon Picker
extension, which lets you attach any image to a bookmark. If you do,
be careful to use only small images, else the bookmarks file can get
pretty bloated, since the images are stored within bookmarks.html
itself.

<http://cgi29.plala.or.jp/mozzarel/addon/firefox/faviconpicker/>
 
»Q« said:
I had no trouble moving from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 to 1.0.3. It's nothing
like the transition from the tech previews to the 1.0 release. (Many
changes are planned for the 1.1 release, including an overhaul of the
extension manager, so that transition will probably be harder again.)

If you installed 1.0.1 using a zip package instead of the exe
installer, don't install 1.0.3 on top of 1.0.1 -- remove 1.0.1 first.
(That may be unnecessary advice; I can't recall whether or not there
was a zip package of 1.0.1.)

There were a couple of extensions that needed updating when I went to
1.0.3, but I can't recall which ones other than All-In-One Gestures.
To be safe, I'd update all your extensions to the latest versions
before upgrading Firefox.

Also to be safe, I'd make a backup of the entire profile folder before
running 1.0.3 for the first time. With a backup in place, you should
be able to go back to 1.0.1 easily if anything should go wrong.
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Running 093 (zip), I tried 101 (zip), deleted it.

When I recently ran 103 (zip), it required that I completely remove all
traces of Firefox, even registry, except for the 103 folder, then 103
finally started to run OK. It has lost several features that 093 had.

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
Running 093 (zip), I tried 101 (zip), deleted it.

When I recently ran 103 (zip), it required that I completely
remove all traces of Firefox, even registry, except for the 103
folder, then 103 finally started to run OK. It has lost several
features that 093 had.
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I guess you used a nightly build, as no zip 1.0.3 was released. As
long as you use nightlies, you get all that comes with them, including
bugs. Mozilla.org makes it clear that they are only for testing.

The upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.0 was not smooth for me either; I ended up
having to rebuild a profile from scratch. But I don't recall losing
any features -- what are you missing? (I think you've posted that
before, but I've forgotten it.)
 
»Q« said:
I guess you used a nightly build, as no zip 1.0.3 was released. As
long as you use nightlies, you get all that comes with them, including
bugs. Mozilla.org makes it clear that they are only for testing.

The upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.0 was not smooth for me either; I ended up
having to rebuild a profile from scratch. But I don't recall losing
any features -- what are you missing? (I think you've posted that
before, but I've forgotten it.)
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No, it was not a nightly, AFAIK. I posted to the forum, an answer gave a
site for 103 release, including the zip version, I posted it here, BTW,
none of the FF users here ever responded to that.

Anyway, I've learned to stay away from nightlies. Since I solved the
problems, 103 noinstall has been running fine.

The two issues I lost from 093 are on the forum, as below:
-------
Version 093 used to show in Download Manager screen many file types and
ability to change the download action for each. So I could select, for
instance, a exe file to treat just like a zip file.

In 103, I don't see that. It downloads a exe file to my desired folder, but
I always get the screen first "what should FF do with this file" and I have
to click yes before the download screen starts. The "always do this" slot
is greyed out.

How can I add file types to the Download Manager or change the action to be
like 093?
---------
In 093, in Bookmark Manager, when I selected Bookmark this, and selected a
folder, that selection stayed even when I exited, until I changed it.
In 103, each time I open Bookmark Manager, it starts in the default
Bookmarks folder, and even if I select another folder, the next time I open
FF, the default is back to the Bookmarks folder.
How to set it so the default changes to Last Folder Selected?

Any ideas on this?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
No, it was not a nightly, AFAIK. I posted to the forum, an answer
gave a site for 103 release, including the zip version, I posted
it here, BTW, none of the FF users here ever responded to that.
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I googled your post here. You posted the link to the "sweetlou"
builds, which AIUI are done hourly, for developers who can't wait
until one is cleared to be a nightly.
Anyway, I've learned to stay away from nightlies. Since I solved
the problems, 103 noinstall has been running fine.

The two issues I lost from 093 are on the forum, as below:
-------
Version 093 used to show in Download Manager screen many file
types and ability to change the download action for each. So I
could select, for instance, a exe file to treat just like a zip
file.

In 103, I don't see that. It downloads a exe file to my desired
folder, but I always get the screen first "what should FF do with
this file" and I have to click yes before the download screen
starts. The "always do this" slot is greyed out.

How can I add file types to the Download Manager or change the
action to be like 093?
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They simplified the GUI so that mime types are handled automatically
only after you check the "always do this" box. As you note, that
option is greyed out for applications. If you want to always run exes
without prompting, I don't know how to help. If you want to always
save them to disk without prompting, change the about:config
preference browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk to include
application/octet-stream. It's a comma-separated list of MIME types,
and you may need to add more types to it to catch all applications.
---------
In 093, in Bookmark Manager, when I selected Bookmark this, and
selected a folder, that selection stayed even when I exited, until
I changed it. In 103, each time I open Bookmark Manager, it starts
in the default Bookmarks folder, and even if I select another
folder, the next time I open FF, the default is back to the
Bookmarks folder. How to set it so the default changes to Last
Folder Selected?

Any ideas on this?
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Sorry, not on the second one.
 
I guess you used a nightly build, as no zip 1.0.3 was released. As
long as you use nightlies, you get all that comes with them, including
bugs. Mozilla.org makes it clear that they are only for testing.

The upgrade from 0.9.x to 1.0 was not smooth for me either; I ended up
having to rebuild a profile from scratch. But I don't recall losing
any features -- what are you missing? (I think you've posted that
before, but I've forgotten it.)
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I managed to find everything, thank goodness, in newer versions of the
extension so that they then worked for v1.0.1 except for the status
clock. That I haven't found. It's a nifty extension because when I
used my spreadsheets while banking, rather than look at my customized
systray clock I would look at FF's status one since I use a specific
date format in my spreadsheets than in real life which my systray
clock shows.

Thanks. Still looking for this extension, btw. I'm sure eventually
I'll find a newer version.
 
I upgraded from 1.0 to 1.0.1 and then to 1.0.3 by using the built-in
updater (Tools|Options|Advanced|Software Update|Check Now), and it
worked perfectly each time. Instead of just updating your current
version, the updater first downloads the new version to your desktop,
and then installs the new version over the old one. I like this
because you then have a current version installer that you can keep in
case you ever need to re-install. I don't use the Personal Toolbar, so
I can't give you an answer on that.
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Thanks! I just used that and it was easy. Appreciate this info. :oD
 
All I do , go to where I have Mozilla Firefox installed in Windows
Explorer & rename the folder to Mozilla Firefoxold ( ignore the
warning )

Now install the new version , no settings are lost .
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Well, that seemed to work <g>. I did the same thing and other than
having to change the default icon, so far things seem to have
"transferred" over. Thanks for the tip!
 
Just when I really have FF perfect (except for icons not showing
up properly in Personal Toolbar), I see that there's a new update
and that I even missed one <g>.
Click to expand...
[snip]

If you mean the Bookmarks Toolbar, I doubt you will see an
improvement; I don't think the handling of bookmarks and their
favicons has changed since 1.0. You might try the Favicon Picker
extension, which lets you attach any image to a bookmark. If you do,
be careful to use only small images, else the bookmarks file can get
pretty bloated, since the images are stored within bookmarks.html
itself.

<http://cgi29.plala.or.jp/mozzarel/addon/firefox/faviconpicker/>
Click to expand...

Excellent! This worked like an absolute charm. Now FF is practically
perfect! <g> I also have my bookmarks backed up to my partition,
too! <g> Too kewl. I only put custom icons on my IE "Links"-style
toolbar, the Personal Toolbar. And the price was not bad at all. The
bookmarks file went from 117kb to 171kb so not too bad a price to pay.

Actually, I forgot one thing when saying FF was nearly perfect <g>,
whenever I save a webpage for offline archiving, I open IE because it
automatically saves the source URL. I hope that Firefox adds this
functionality at some point.

If someone would also like to vote for this feature, pls do so here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125729

I just voted this morning so the count is up to 19! <g>

<fingers crossed>
 
_fitwell_, giovedì 05/mag/2005:
Actually, I forgot one thing when saying FF was nearly perfect <g>,
whenever I save a webpage for offline archiving, I open IE because it
automatically saves the source URL. I hope that Firefox adds this
functionality at some point.
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Never tried the ScrapBook extension? It allows you to save pages for offline
reading (with the source Url), add your notes to them, cut off the pieces
you don't want, edit and organize them,...

http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/index.php?lang=en

IMO it's among the best extensions ever seen.
 
»Q« said:
I googled your post here. You posted the link to the "sweetlou"
builds, which AIUI are done hourly, for developers who can't wait
until one is cleared to be a nightly.
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Thanks for the help, Q.
When I asked before on the forum, the answer and site didn't indicate the
"alpha" status, or I never would have tried it. And no one else responded
to mention that.

I will try to fix the issues on what I have.

It sure looks like all the forum requests for continuing the zip versions
had no effect.

Later, I will probably have to upgrade to release install versions. I've
found that many installs will work as simple executables, as does my copy
of 103 (mostly).

Mike Sa
 
Excellent! This worked like an absolute charm. Now FF is
practically perfect! <g> I also have my bookmarks backed up to
my partition, too! <g> Too kewl. I only put custom icons on my
IE "Links"-style toolbar, the Personal Toolbar. And the price was
not bad at all. The bookmarks file went from 117kb to 171kb so
not too bad a price to pay.
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I do the same thing with the toolbar bookmarks; I clear the text so
all I see are the icons. Unfortunately, my bookmarks.html is now half
a meg, which is making it annoying to keep it synced with a copy I keep
in an ftp space.[1] When I get a chance, I am gonna clear out the
icons for everything not on the toolbar and see what I can do to keep
it that way.

[1] I use Bookmarks Synchronizer for that. It's at the same website
as Favicon Picker.
 
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