Firefox 1.5 released

Yes, the final version is available now - Mozilla/Firefox 1.5

Already downloaded and I'm going to install it tomorrow after making back-ups of my settings

Enjoy!

Yep - great to see this out there. just waiting for Thunderbird and Sunbird to hit 1.5 now. :-)

Cheers,
Roj

Woa. I'll install this baby right now

It upgrades it automatically. I knew before you had to unistall and then install the new version. But, thanks. I just installed it 2 minutes ago.

Varelse, you dont have to make backups of your settings, it installs with your old settings as default.

The one big problem I have discovered is that I can't access the options page, it brings me to a plain html type page with a few options that you can't select at the top and 3 buttons at the bottom. You can't do anything in that page, nor alter any settings for the browser.

An uninstall is now eminent.

There is also no scrollbar in the new version.

Thanks for advices (no back-up needed)
I always made them just in case - for bigger safety.

Originally Posted by Julian The one big problem I have discovered is that I can't access the options page, it brings me to a plain html type page with a few options that you can't select at the top and 3 buttons at the bottom. You can't do anything in that page, nor alter any settings for the browser.

That's very odd. I just installed it and it worked perfectly from the get-go...My only problem is that my favourite extension (FireSomething) isn't compatible with 1.5

What's new and better in FF 1.5?

Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved. Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance. Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs. Improvements to popup blocking. Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut. Answers.com is added to the search engine list. Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience. Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers. Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox. Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer. New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6. Many security enhancements.

from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.html