It seems that every tech website out there is simultaneously mentioning that Firefox 1.5 Beta was released and that there was a security flaw detected (PCWorld, ZDNet, Slashdot) .
Anyway, Mozilla released a workaround for this bug and it looks like that security flaw has also now been fixed. Look for this fix officially in Beta 2.
The Mozilla SVG project is again calling for testing of another patch for SVG functionality:
It looks like SVG Events made it into Firefox 1.5, but it's not clear whether textPath or filters would make it into the branch (Firefox 1.5) or if it would just remain in the trunk (Firefox 2.0 development branch). Go download the latest nightly trunk build (i.e. Firefox 2.0 development branch) and test it out.
Let me tell you my wonderful story of how Windows cannot handle today's mobile computing needs.
All last night I was working on a spreadsheet for work on my laptop, the laptop being plugged into my LAN and accessing the work LAN through a virtual private network. Being the dim-witted fool that I am, I didn't save my work very often... Ah, foreshadowing, what an excellent literary tool... Read the rest of this entry ...
Looks like Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 (supporting a large portion of SVG 1.1 Full) will be released in less than a week: September 8th.
Also, the Renesis Viewer Beta 1 (supporting at least SVG 1.2 Mobile) will likely happen in November timeframe, with a stretch goal of October.
Via Tim Altman's blog. As part of the 10-year anniversary of Opera, they are giving licenses to their desktop browser. I just got my registration code and I am happy to say: Look ma! No Ads! (finally).