Mozilla.org made available for download binaries of the Mozilla 0.9.6 Milestone. New to this milestone are fixes for about 1,600 bugs including: Mozilla now displays page icons in the url bar (Expect support for shortcut icons (aka favicon) in Mozilla 0.9.7). Mozilla can now display Windows .BMP and .ICO images on all platforms. Print Preview has been implemented. Macintosh Page Setup has been implemented. Mail message “labels” support has been implemented. Mail “prefill mail filter” support has been implemented. The new Search for item on the context menu lets you search for any
text you highlight on a web page. In related news, Netscpape 6.2 and also Netscape 4.79 (based on the old 4.x codebase) were released very recently.
Mozilla 0.9.6 Released
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Using it right now !!!
I just which Mozilla would run a bit faster …
There’s faster interfaces available that makes use of the gecko engine (mozillas rendering engine). Try http://galeon.sf.net for *n[iu]x and http://kmeleon.sf.net for Windows
On my 1GHz Athlon w/640MB of RAM, it is really fast. Noticeably faster than the 0.9.5 milestone, in fact. No need for Galeon anymore.
Mozilla good.
I know Mozilla is a large program, but what does it have to do with operating systems? The main reason I really like osnews is that I don’t have to skip over stories about every new program release (like on Slashdot) unless it is related to operating systems.
And yes, Mozilla is a nice browser, no doubt about it.
Mozilla is a platform in its own right, see mozdev.org. While it requires an underlying operating system, its design allows all sorts of applications to be built using it, not just the basic browser, mail/news client and webpage builder, etc.
Also, Mozilla’s portability and multi platform nature makes it essential for the success/ future of alternative operating systems (ahem..BeOS..ahem).
And you’re right, it’s a nice, stable browser, if a bit slow (for now.)
nothing else to say
Last night I introduced my fiance to Mozilla 0.9.6 on her blue & white G3 400 running OS 8.6. It ran just as I expected Mozilla to run for the most part. It would just figure that the message board of her favorite web site (www.jtrscollectorsclub.com) would render with gigantic fonts and be unusable…sheesh.
What I’d like to know, is there a lightweight version of Mozilla (like Galeon, Skipstone and Kmelion) available for Mac OS?