Even if there is an ugly 3 year old Mac-Firefox-bug, this G5-optimized Firefox 1.5 version is definitely worth a look!
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I got curious about the new features (e.g. beginning of native SVG support, usability increase on Mac OS X) of Firefox 1.5 and downloaded the latest beta version. Unfortunately I encountered problems with some flash objects caused by the adblock extension (even though it’s compatible and basically works with Firefox 1.5 beta).
If somebody else is experiencing the same problem, here is the solution:
- Uninstall your existing adblock extension
- and install the current developer version of adblockplus (download and open the file in Firefox to install the extension)
- under Adblock_Options unmark the entry “Obj-Tabs”
On my system this small workaround solved the problem.
Btw, don’t forget to check these beautiful GrApple Firefox themes!
SVG Support
SVG is W3C specification providing resolution-independent scalable vector graphics, along with a DOM. A technology preview of native SVG support is included in this release. Currently a subset of SVG 1.1 Full, missing functionality includes filters, declarative animation, and SVG defined fonts.
Time to check if our SVG mapping tools work outside the Adobe SVG Viewer as well.
Recenty I switched to Mozilla Firefox as preferred web browser on my mac. The main reason why I still used Safari was it’s Keychain integration. It’s something very convenient and I’m sure that Firefox will come up with that feature shortly. The high degree of customisation by installing various extensions and themes is why I finally moved to Firefox.
The default Firefox installation looks like a kind of an alien on Mac OS X, so I googled on how to change this behaviour. An excellent guide I found here.I followed not every hint, but achieved a pretty mac-like interface for Firefox:
- Use Arronax’s GrApple themes to get a nicer user interface.
- Install Aqua Firefox Set to Aqua-fy buttons, etc.
- If you’re already using (a free and not feature-overloaded) RSS Reader I recommend Sage with that stylesheet.
- To speed Firefox a little up you might want to try a G4 or G5 optimized build.
Once the Keychain integration is implemented on Mac OS X it definitely will be the perfect browser ;o)
April 10th, 2005 – update:
Totally forgot about Camino! Another browser based on the Gecko HTML rendering engine Mozilla 1.7 but unlike Firefox it’s not ported but built for Mac OS X 
. Camino is no alien on Mac OS X, it integrates smoothly into to the system (fast programm start, UI, features like Keychain access). The only thing missing is RSS support…