Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 released

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Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 released

Postby beanboy89 » Wed 26 Jul, 2006 12:42 pm

The Mozilla Corporation has released version 1.5.0.5 of it's Firefox web browser. Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a maintenance release to provide some stability and security fixes.

What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.5 wrote:


Downloads:
Windows Installer
Linux tar.gz file
Mac OS X Disk Image

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Postby Fulvio » Wed 26 Jul, 2006 10:16 pm

I, just, got the incremental update of about 500Kb. All extentions seemed compatible, although firesomething did not work, but it did after uninstalling and reinstalling. It is a fun extention.
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Postby Ramona » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 8:39 am

This update is due to security vulnerabilities. See this thread:

Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Postby J-M » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 9:41 am

The Release Notes page informed about security and stability reasons too:

Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers.


Link to the official release page:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.5.html
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It Rocks...

Postby Blackbeard » Thu 27 Jul, 2006 4:11 pm

Made my first report about it in another thread - love the new print interface
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