RC1 for Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 1 Hits the Tubes

September 20, 2006 · 15 comments

Mozilla has been coding away to hit their scheduled Firefox 2.0 launch date sometime in the near future (November?). As such, you can now get your hands on the first release candidate for Firefox 2.0 RC 1: Mac, Linux, Windows. The new version sports a slightly tweaked theme from the last beta.

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Mamutong » Firefox 2 Bleeding Edge Geeky Stuff: September 20, 2006 at 3:01 am
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1 Kevin September 20, 2006 at 1:35 am: The Tubes seem to chugging along fine today. No sign of dump trucks though…

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2 Jeff September 20, 2006 at 1:44 am: 2.0 is due to go Gold by late October

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3 Dimitry September 20, 2006 at 2:12 am: I thought RC1 release date for set for next week, at least that was the tentative date as of yesterday!

I’m:
- upset that I didn’t know of this earlier :p
- happy that I found out about it anyways hah

Thanks Paul
Dimitry

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4 Paul Stamatiou September 20, 2006 at 2:22 am: Well this is actually the RC1 of RC1..

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5 Dimitry September 20, 2006 at 2:31 am: Oh!

Nevertheless, Apple+Tilda still isn’t working :(

Dimitry

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6 Paul Stone September 20, 2006 at 4:33 am: I don’t know if this is just in my head, but on Windows the application seems to start up A LOT faster.

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7 Cyrris September 20, 2006 at 4:36 am: I tried the nightly build form the 18th and I think the theme has been improved a hell of a lot. That said, I still don’t like it as much as Winstripe, and and still think the 1.5 theme, ported to 2.0, would better serve everyone.

Still, once this semester ends at uni I plan on putting a sock in it and trying to make my own theme. Firefox has a distinct lack of attractive ones, especially compared to other programs like Trillian and Winamp, which have lots of fantastic skins.

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8 Ben Lilley September 20, 2006 at 5:17 am: Thanks for the links Paul. I have two comments.

1) Yes it does seem to start up faster for me. Considerably faster actually.
2) I like the updates to the theme. Looks good, and I like to progress.

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9 Josh Pigford September 20, 2006 at 9:17 am: Interface certainly has some improvements. Now, if they’d just get rid of those gosh aweful form elements.

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10 charlie September 20, 2006 at 11:56 pm: Sweet..I enjoyed the beta…Can’t wait to take the RC1 for a spin!
Thanks, Paul

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11 Kyle Korleski September 21, 2006 at 12:06 am: I love Firefox 2, I am still encumbered by a terrible Windows computer, I love it’s ability to restore a broken session.

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12 TechTweaker September 21, 2006 at 3:04 am: Looks great, and keeps getting better.

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