If you installed version 1.0.5 of Firefox released a few weeks ago, you should definitely install the latest version 1.0.6 released yesterday.
Version 1.0.6 fixes some bugs introduced in 1.0.5 that resulted in some Firefox extensions not working correctly:
Firefox 1.0.6 is a stability update. We recommend that users upgrade to this latest version.
Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.6:
* Restore API compatibility for extensions and web applications that did not work in Firefox 1.0.5.
Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.5:
* Several security fixes.
* Improvements to stability.
If you didn't install 1.0.5, presumably 1.0.6 contains all the 1.0.5 fixes (can't see any info on that on the Firefox site).
Hat tip for the news: Marc Orchant at The Office Weblog.
One thing I did find a bit amusing - the difference in what you need to do to install the Windows version and the Mac version. Everyone's always talking about how easy Macs are compared to Windows PCs in installing and using software. Well, check this out:
Windows: Double click the Firefox Setup 1.0.6.exe installer to start the install.
Mac: Once you have downloaded the Firefox 1.0.6.dmg file, double click the Firefox Disk Image to open it in Finder, and then drag the Firefox application onto your hard disk. Drag the icon to your Dock if you want it to appear there...
And that's only the first paragraph of the instructions for the Mac! Details here.
Related - if you use the GreaseMonkey extension for Firefox, be aware that there is a severe security issue with this, and the developer recommends uninstalling it completely until a fix is available, or using a stripped-down version that doesn't have the security concerns. Details and download here.
So it's a bad thing that Mac users get some choices? This is normal installation for Mac software, and it's so simple that I can't imagine anyone having a problem with it. Click, click, drag the app to wherever you want it (you get to choose!), drag the icon into the dock IF you want to.
In my case, I happen to have an "Internet" folder inside my Apps folder, and I want Firefox to live there. Windoze doesn't give me that choice.
Posted by: Tim Hicks | 22 July 2005 at 18:13
I haven't tried the Windows installer but I assume from your comment that double clicking on the installer installs the software and a shortcut in the Windows start bar without any further user interaction. Otherwise your comments are simply an indication that the Mac instructions are more comprehensive.
If this is so, then I'm glad that on the Mac you can choose where you install the application so that you can, for example, install multiple versions if you want to be able to try a new version out before deleting the old, and you have the confidence of knowing exactly where it has installed that one application.
Posted by: Stuart Roebuck | 22 July 2005 at 18:29
Uh-oh, my tongue wasn't far enough in my cheek!
Guys, what I found amusing was simply the one double-click in Windows, not with the Mac as I would have expected. Mind you, it's a while since I used a Mac, so things must have changed.
Posted by: Nevon | 22 July 2005 at 21:21
Nev: You'd have to pierce your cheek with your tongue mate. Seriously - some of the comments I got to my original post, in spite of how overtly I tried to frame it as a touch of irony, were rather defensive and contrary too. I'm not sure it will ever be safe to compare the Mac OS and Windows without someone firing off a broadside. As someone who lives in both worlds, I wish people would just move on from the platform zealotry but it doesn't appear we're there yet.
Posted by: Marc Orchant | 28 July 2005 at 03:26