SillyDog701

[Pu7o]

Firescape v0.2 Beta 1 has been released. The new features included are:

• Google Toolbar instead of DJGM.co.uk Toolbar.
• New "look" for the bookmarks toolbar.
• New Tab on Tab Bar and TabX extensions replaced with TabMix Plus.
• Included Adblock Plus extension.
• Fixed the 0.1 bug where comboboxes in dialogs look like search boxes.
• Included "Submit to Tab" extension, which allows you to submit forms, opening the output in a new tab or window.
• Removed google search field from the navigational bar, since you have google toolbar anyway (this wasn't intentional, but not a worry either)

There is also a known bug that I still need to find a way to avoid:

• Not installing the google toolbar results in a very weird-looking default toolbar look.

Currently, only the Mac OS X version is available. This is because I didn't want to reboot to windows just to release a beta. The windows version will be uploaded and posted tomorrow. As for a Linux version, who knows... I don't have Linux installed at the moment.

Download:

:dl: Mac OS X (Universal Binary) Disk Image, Installer contained within. Double-click to install.

EDIT: Fixed typo.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Pu7o]

OK, another bug just discovered... I forgot to re-brand the about: and About dialog , it still says 0.1. It'll be fixed by 0.2 Beta 2.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Pu7o]

Official screenshot:



Screenshot re-saved by Antony, changed from 364KB PNG file to 37.5KB JPEG file.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Antony]

Currently, only the Mac OS X version is available.

Wise decision.

Welcome Pu7o, this is a nice build.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Antony]

Official screenshot:



Screenshot re-saved by Antony, changed from 364KB PNG file to 37.5KB JPEG file.

Not fair, mine says “version 0.1â€

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Pu7o]

Firescape v0.2 Beta 1 for Windows is now out.

Official screenshot:



And download link:

Firescape v0.2 Beta 1, Win32 Installer (Inno Setup)

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060114 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Pu7o]

Similarly to how I posted in the Opera 9 Preview 2 thread, you can use the following command to reduce the size of Firescape after installation, in order to remove the un-needed bits from the other architecture (i.e. if you're on a PowerPC Mac, you don't need the x86 bits, and if you're on an Intel Mac, you don't need the PowerPC bits). This effectively de-universalizes the app, saving a lot of space.

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cd /Applications/Firescape
ditto --arch $(arch) Firescape.app Firescape-$(arch).app
rm -rf Firescape.app
mv Firescape-$(arch).app Firescape.app


How much space do you save? Well, let's see...

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pu7os-computer:/Applications/Firescape root# du -ch Firescape.app | grep total
85M    total


Ouch, this is a bit big... Let's use that trick then:

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pu7os-computer:/Applications/Firescape root# ditto --arch $(arch) Firescape.app Firescape-$(arch).app
pu7os-computer:/Applications/Firescape root# du -ch Firescape-$(arch).app/ | grep total
50M    total


So, de-universalizing Firescape can save 35MB
Not bad, huh?

(NOTE: If you want to distribute Firescape, it is recommended that you do not use this trick.)

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Antony]

The PageRank in Firescape 0.2 Beta 1 does not work.

Similarly to how I posted in the Opera 9 Preview 2 thread, you can use the following command to reduce the size of Firescape after installation, in order to remove the un-needed bits from the other architecture (i.e. if you're on a PowerPC Mac, you don't need the x86 bits, and if you're on an Intel Mac, you don't need the PowerPC bits). This effectively de-universalizes the app, saving a lot of space.

The Universal Binary does not really take up double of the space, it's less than that as some elements were shared. Also, the Universal Applications do not necessary run slower than the application designed for single platform, since it only one part of the code would get loaded into the memory.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/417.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.8

[Pu7o]

Here's something I managed to come up with for 0.2 Beta 2:


(Screenshot re-saved, from 300 KB PNG file down to 12.8KB JPEG file, Antony)
...A port of SeaMonkey Composer to Firefox!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[DJGM]

Looks good. But maybe it'd better to try and port Nvu into Firescape, since that's standalone,
and has better features than the Composer portion from the Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey.

BTW ... doesn't Google have specific redistribution terms in the licensing for their Toolbar?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 SeaMonkey/1.0

[Pu7o]

Yes, it does, but I seriously doubt google would mind, since by including Google Toolbar in Firescape, I'm basically promoting their product...

As for the Nvu vs SM Composer case, it's a lot easier to port SeaMonkey Composer than NVU. Nvu has more complicated code.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Pu7o]

OK... what do you guys think about this about:mozilla...?



The text says, with links:

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the worshippers of the compass cowered in horror.



from The Book of SillyDog, 7:01

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Antony]

The text says, with links:

And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the worshippers of the compass cowered in horror.



from The Book of SillyDog, 7:01

Thanks for The Book of SillyDog701.

I am honoured.

(I shall continue the worshipping of our beloved Safari )

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/417.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.8

[Pu7o]

I shall continue the worshipping...

Then you shall cower in horror.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060118 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Firescape/0.2b1 wml/1.3

[Antony]

I shall continue the worshipping...

Then you shall cower in horror.

Well, I am sure you made a mistake in copying The Book of SillyDog. It's “and the worshippers of the compass lived in glory eternally.â€

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/417.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.8