Mozilla 0.9.3 Release Notes

These release notes describe system requirements, installation instructions, and known issues for Mozilla 0.9.3. These release notes are updated when we receive feedback, so please check back for new information. Consult our releases page to download the source and the latest version of Mozilla for your platform.

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Contents

What's New

System Requirements

Compatibility Information

Installation Notes

Uninstalling

Known Problems

General

Setting Profiles

Navigator

Mail and News

ChatZilla IRC Client

Composer

Security

Preferences

Plugins

Java

International Release Notes

Quality Feedback Agent

A Note For Web Developers

How To Get Involved With Mozilla

Where To Find Other Builds

What's New In This Release

• Mozilla has made continued stability improvements thanks to talkback data which show that recent 0.9.2 branch builds are more stable than Netscape 4.78. We expect even better results for 0.9.3. If you've been waiting for Mozilla's stability to improve, now is the time to try Mozilla again. Be sure to enable talkback reporting so Mozilla can phone home with debug data if and when you crash.
• Quick Launch (AKA Turbo Mode) now works with multiple profiles.
• The Subscribe dialog now lets you search for all newsgroups containing a string when subscribing to newsgroups.
• The Modern theme has several changes to icons and sidebar tabs.
• Proxy Auto-Config has been implemented on the Macintosh.
• There is a new preference for choosing between Windows and Linux scrollbar behaviour when the mouse strays off the scrollbar when you're in the process of scrolling. (Bug 90985)
• Chatzilla is now localizable.

System Requirements

Mac

• Mac OS 8.6 or later
• PowerPC 604e 266 MHz or faster processor, or G3/G4
• 64 MB RAM
• 36 MB of free hard disk space

Windows

• Windows 95, 98, or 98SE, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000
• Intel Pentium-class 233 MHz (or faster) processor
• 64 MB RAM
• 26 MB of free hard disk space

Linux

• Red Hat Linux 6.x and 7 with X11 R6 [Note: Mozilla is certified and fully supported on Red Hat Linux, but will run on other Linux distributions, such as Debian 2.1 (or later) or SuSE 6.2 (or later). The glibc 2.1 (or higher) library is required.]
• Intel Pentium-class 233 MHz (or faster) processor
• 64 MB of RAM
• 26 MB of free hard disk space

OpenVMS

• OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 or higher
• DECwindows MOTIF V1.2-4 or higher
• Compaq TCP/IP Services Version 5.0 for OpenVMS or higher, MultiNet V4.3A or higher, or TCPware V5.4-3 or higher.
• 65 MB of free hard disk space

  See the Mozilla for OpenVMS Installation Guide and Release Notes at www.openvms.compaq.com for more information.

Compatibility Information

If you have the Crescendo 5.01 plug-in, you must update to the latest version of Crescendo. Otherwise, Mozilla may crash at startup. (Bug 48110)

If you are using an ATI Rage video card, images are correctly displayed initially, but may not be properly re-drawn when you minimize and maximize or resize the window.

If you use True Type fonts with Mozilla , some characters are displayed as squares. (Bug 51920)

Mac OS

If you have version 4.5 (or earlier) of StuffIt Expander, you may see an error message stating that the archive is corrupted. You can ignore the message and continue with the installation. To get a newer version of StuffIt Expander, go to http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_mac_login.html

If you attempt to run Mozilla on Mac OS using a language pack (such as the Japanese Language Pack) and a Language Kit, all menu bar items will be incorrectly displayed. To resolve this problem, register Mozilla using the Language Register. For instance, if you're using the Japanese Language Pack and the Japanese Language Kit, register Mozilla as a JA application.

If you use the SmoothType control panel instead of Apple's "Smooth all fonts on screen" option in the Appearance control panel, you need SmoothType version 2.1.1 for Mozilla . Mozilla is not compatible with earlier versions of SmoothType, and some pages may be improperly drawn. To get an update, go to http://www.kaleidoscope.net/greg/smoothtype.html.

Turning on font smoothing in Adobe Type Manager (ATM) can cause windows to come up blank. The workaround is to turn off the font smoothing option
in ATM. (Bug 58104)

If you have a dual-processor G4 running Mac OSX, Mozilla will stall. There are no problems with dual-processor G4's running MacOS 9. (Bug 71718)

Mozilla requires glibc 2.1 or later. (Bug 44787)

If you have Red Hat Linux 6.0, you can't launch Mozilla if Java 2 is installed. The problem doesn't occur with Red Hat 6.1 or higher. (Bug 58259)

For Red Hat Linux 7, you must install the Standard C++ libraries for Red Hat 6.x compatibility. Get the package from the Red Hat 7 installation CD or download it from Red Hat. (Bug 59012)

To run Mozilla on SuSe Linux 6.2, you must install the libjpeg.so.62 file available here.

Solaris

To install Mozilla on Solaris8 (64 bit), you must first install libstdc++. Download the Sun Netscape 6 install package and install libstdc++ from that package before installing or running Mozilla . (Bug 68604)

IRIX

When using VTMW 5.4.5, transient windows must be decorated (not the default) for popup windows such as Find, Save and Preferences to function. (Bug 71920)

Installation Notes

Install into a new empty directory. Installing on top of previously installed builds may cause problems.

Windows Users: If you get the message, "uninstall.exe file is linked to missing export shell32.dll", delete %TEMP%\ns_temp.

If you are installing Mozilla on a multi-user operating system such as Linux, Unix, or Windows 2000, you should install it separately in the user directory of each user who plans to use Mozilla . (Bug 42184) If you install Mozilla in a shared write-protected directory, it may not run properly. (Bugs 42184)

When you install language packs and other .xpi files, downloading pauses until you click the browser's Stop button.

If you receive the message 'The program must close to allow a previous installation to complete' when launching, it means that file cleanup after an additional installation has not completed.

Suggested workarounds:

1. In most cases, waiting a few additional seconds after the program exits will allow the cleanup process to complete and allow you to launch.
   
2. Occasionally the installation process is waiting for another program to release a file the cleanup process needs. You may need to shut down other programs or reboot the computer to allow the installation process to complete.
   
3. In rare cases, a file cannot be cleaned up correctly, so rename the file xpicleanup.dat file and retry the launch.
   Warning: Do not remove this file; its presence may indicate an incomplete. (Bug 84896)

Windows and Mac OS: It is strongly recommended that you exit all programs before running the setup program. Also, you should temporarily disable virus-detection software.

Mac OS: Mozilla will not run when the application is installed on a UFS partition. The workaround is to move the application folder to an HFS+ partition and it will
run correctly.

Windows and Linux: To run Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) plug-in. When using installer builds, everything should Just Work without any help.

See the Java section for more details about Java version compatibility.

Windows: If you're using the Installer build and you already have JRE 1.3.0_01 on your system Mozilla should recognize it. If it doesn't recognize it then follow the copy instructions for the zip builds.

If you're using the win32.zip or talkback.zip builds After the JRE is installed on your machine, copy NPJava130_01.dll, NPJava130_01a.dll, NPJava130_01b.dll, NPJava130_01c.dll, and NPOJI600.dll from the install directory (something like C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.0_01\bin) to your Mozilla plugins directory (something like C:\Program Files\ Mozilla 0.9.3 \bin\plugins).

Linux With tar.gz builds on Linux, after the JRE has installed, put a symlink in your mozilla0.9.3 /plugins directory to the java2/plugin/i386/ns600/libjava.oji.so directory.

With Linux RPM builds, you must install Java as the root user.

You may need to press the Stop button for the installation process to complete.

Redhat users who have problems with Java hanging should try setting the environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL to "2.2.5". (Bug 80493)

Mac OS: You must have Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ) version 2.2 to run Java applets with Mozilla . If you have Mac OS version 8.5 through 8.6, you may need to upgrade your version of MRJ. For an upgrade, go to the Apple MRJ update download page.

Security

Windows, Mac and Linux: Personal Security Manager (PSM) provides security (cryptographic) features for Mozilla .

Installing on Windows

Installing Java with low disk space may cause the Installer to hang. (Bug 45067) Before you begin installing Mozilla with Java, be sure to check your disk space (see System Requirements.)

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:

1. Click the mozilla-win32-installer.exe link to download the file to your machine.
2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the Mozilla program icon on your machine to begin the Setup program.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program. The program starts automatically the first time.

To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and installing manually, follow these steps:

1. Click the mozilla-win32-talkback.zip link or the mozilla-win32.zip link to download the .zip file to your machine.
2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and double-click the compressed file. Note: This step assumes you already have a recent version of WinZip installed, and that you know how to use it. If not, you can get WinZip and information about the program at www.winzip.com.
3. Extract the .zip file to a directory such as C:/Program Files/ Mozilla 0.9.3 .
4. To start Mozilla , navigate to the directory you extracted Mozilla to and double-click the Mozilla.exe icon.

Installing on Mac OS

Note: If the downloaded file does not expand automatically you must expand the file using a program such as StuffIt Expander. Expander ships with all new Macs and comes with the default system install, so you may want to do a find in Sherlock for "StuffIt" to make sure that you don't already have it installed.

You can get StuffIt Expander from Aladdin Systems.

If you do already have Expander, you need to set it to start by default. See the immediately preceding URL for info on using Expander.

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, (recommended) follow these steps:

1. Click the MacMozillaInstaller.sea.bin link to download it to your machine. By default, the download file is downloaded to your desktop compressed in .bin format. A Mozilla Installer folder is created.
2. Double-click the Mozilla Installer folder in the Finder.
3. Double-click the Mozilla Installer icon.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
5. To start Mozilla , open the folder where you installed Mozilla and double-click the Mozilla icon.

To install Mozilla by downloading the archive file and installing manually, follow these steps:

1. Click the mozilla-mac-*.sea.bin link to download the Mozilla binary to your machine. By default, the download file is downloaded to your desktop compressed in .sit.bin format.
2. Double-click the mozilla-mac-*.sea.sit.bin icon on your desktop.
3. Choose the directory where you want to install Mozilla .
4. To start Mozilla , open the folder where you installed Mozilla and double-click the Mozilla icon.

Installing on Linux

You must run Mozilla at least once to complete autoregistration and for the component.reg file to be written to the installation directory. If a different user (other than the person who installed the product) runs the program first, a core dump will occur. (Bug 49345)

Note: To run Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.3 plug-in.

Note: These instructions use the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands accordingly.

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:

1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the installer file (called mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz).
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the archive with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
(This places the installer in a subdirectory of Mozilla named mozilla-installer.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the ./mozilla-installer command.
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for installing Mozilla .
   
   Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the installation may take some time. In this case, the installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, even though the installation is still in process.
   
6. To start Mozilla , change to the directory where you installed it and run the ./mozilla command.

To install Mozilla by downloading the .tar.gz archive file:

1. Create a directory named " mozilla0.9.3 " (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the non-installer mozilla*.tar.gz file into the mozilla0.9.3 directory.
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the file with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf - (This creates a "mozilla" subdirectory under your mozilla0.9.3 directory.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
5. Run Mozilla with the ./mozilla run script.

To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, follow these steps:

1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and enter the following command:
   
   directory_name./mozilla
   
   where directory_name is the name of the directory you downloaded Mozilla to. For example, the default directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
   
3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment if you wish.
4. Click the icon button and type in the following as the icon's location:
   
   directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
   
   where directory_name is the directory where you installed Mozilla . For example, the default directory is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.

Installing RPM builds: The Red Hat RPM builds are created to work with the default Red Hat 6.x and Red Hat 7.x installations. Using these RPMs on Suse requires installation of the gdk-pixbuf package. (Bug 85218)

Uninstalling Mozilla

Linux

• Remove the mozilla0.9.3 directory where you installed Mozilla


• Remove the ~/.mozilla directory, which contains profile information

Windows

• Go to Settings/Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and choose Mozilla 0.9.3

Mac OS

• Remove the folder Mozilla from the Documents folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Registry" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Versions" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the folder where you installed Mozilla

Files Created or Used

*Note: "cookperm.txt" ("cookperm" on Unix) is a file used to selectively accept cookies from certain sites and not from others. It is used only if you set your preferences so that you see a warning before accepting cookies. To do that: hand edit the prefs.js file to include:

• user.pref ("network.cookie.rememberAboutCookies", true);

Known Problems

General

If you collapse the Navigation toolbar and close the browser window, the next time you start the browser the toolbar will not be visible. To restore the toolbar you will have to open a new window. Make sure that new window is the last window you close and the toolbar will be fine on the next start. (Bug 73064)

Mac OS: There is a known incompatibility between Mozilla and WebFree, a Control Panel commonly used to block HTML-based ads. When using Mozilla, disable WebFree. (Bug 13982)

Linux: Printing crashes with RedHat Linux if you don't have a printer name lp configured. Workarounds: 1) Configure the printer named lp (which is by default the printer name assigned on Redhat Linux). 2) Use a printer that is configured, e.g., lp0, by changing the print command in the print dialog so that it reads lpr -P lp0 (replace lp0 with the name of your printer). To see the list of configured printers, you can log in as root and use the following command: 'lpc status'. Alternately, you can use the RedHat 'printtool' application to graphically view and configure the printers on your system. (Bugs 78948, 92344)

Keyboard and Mouse

Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bugs 30841 and 70812)

Linux: Keyboard shortcuts on Linux now use Ctrl instead of Alt as the modifier key, while Alt is used for menu shortcuts. If you wish to modify these shortcut keys, edit your prefs.js file as follows:

user_pref("ui.key.accelKey", 18);
(This changes the accelerator key from Ctrl (17) to Alt (18).)

user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0);
(This changes the menu access key from Alt (18) to none.)

Event Handling

Mouse wheel scrolling

Linux: You must have your X server properly configured to enable mousewheel scrolling. For XFree86, add a line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config files such as "ZAxisMapping 4 5". Also be sure that the Protocol line is set up correctly for your mouse.

Windows: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

Mac OS: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

(Mac OS 9.x ) Scroll wheel support for Kensington input devices requires Kensington MouseWorks 5.7 or higher. Version 5.7 is not yet shipping as of this writing; please check the Kensington website at http://www.kensington.com/support/sup_1170.html#mice for updates.

Dialog Boxes and Windows

If Mozilla is locked up but doesn't seem to have crashed, make sure there are no dialog boxes still open. Close each window on your desktop one at a time and if you uncover a dialog window, dismiss it. If you have multiple desktops, repeat these steps for each desktop.

This problem may affect Linux users downloading plugins. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

1. Minimize the plugin download window.
2. Click "Cancel" to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Re-open the download window and continue downloading the plugin.

Form Manager

Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .

Fonts

Many Linux systems (in particular, Red Hat Linux systems) have bad Arial fonts. (Bug 46415) If many Web pages, especially those using the Arial font, look unclear, small, or hard to read, the following links explain two ways you can change your font server to get better Arial fonts:

http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf
http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#fuzzy

If that doesn't work, you may be able to fix the problem by renaming or removing /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2. For instance, enter the following command:

and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:

Proxies

Mozilla needs to be configured to work properly with proxies such as Junkbuster that do not support the most recent HTTP specification. By default, Mozilla tries to use HTTP 1.1. To use Mozilla with a proxy that only supports HTTP 1.0, edit the HTTP Version from 1.1 to 1.0 in Edit | Preferences | Debug | Networking. (Bug 38488)

Setting Profiles

If you have a single profile from Communicator version 4.5 or later, that profile is automatically copied and converted for use with Mozilla . Profiles from earlier Netscape versions cannot be converted.

If you have multiple profiles to copy and convert, the profile manager dialog box appears. Click the profile you want to use and then click Start.

If problems occur during installation and your Communicator profile was not copied and converted, you can still use your profile. Launch Mozilla from the command line, adding the "-installer" option (that is, type "mozilla.exe-installer" on the command line) , or re-install Mozilla to see the profile manager dialog again.

Navigator

Additional Internet Search Engines can be obtained at http://sherlock.mozdev.org

The "View Frame Source" feature is not available from the View menu; however, it is available in the context menu. To see the context menu, click the left mouse button to put the mouse pointer in the frame and then click the right mouse button (Control-click on the Mac OS). (Bug 47139)

Several features of Page Information are not yet available, including: the File MIME Type, Source, Local cache file, Content length, Expires, Charset, and Security. Also, you cannot view information on frames, XML pages, or FTP pages. (Bug 52730)

Pages that appear to be rendered incorrectly may be due to standards compliance issues. See the Netscape Evangelism site for more details.

For this release, Send Page will be disabled for pages containing post data which cannot be cached. (Bug 91342)

The "Copy Link Location" context menu item does not work Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.3 plug-in.

Note: These instructions use the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands accordingly.

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:

1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the installer file (called mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz).
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the archive with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
(This places the installer in a subdirectory of Mozilla named mozilla-installer.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the ./mozilla-installer command.
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for installing Mozilla .
   
   Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the installation may take some time. In this case, the installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, even though the installation is still in process.
   
6. To start Mozilla , change to the directory where you installed it and run the ./mozilla command.

To install Mozilla by downloading the .tar.gz archive file:

1. Create a directory named " mozilla0.9.3 " (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the non-installer mozilla*.tar.gz file into the mozilla0.9.3 directory.
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the file with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf - (This creates a "mozilla" subdirectory under your mozilla0.9.3 directory.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
5. Run Mozilla with the ./mozilla run script.

To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, follow these steps:

1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and enter the following command:
   
   directory_name./mozilla
   
   where directory_name is the name of the directory you downloaded Mozilla to. For example, the default directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
   
3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment if you wish.
4. Click the icon button and type in the following as the icon's location:
   
   directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
   
   where directory_name is the directory where you installed Mozilla . For example, the default directory is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.

Installing RPM builds: The Red Hat RPM builds are created to work with the default Red Hat 6.x and Red Hat 7.x installations. Using these RPMs on Suse requires installation of the gdk-pixbuf package. (Bug 85218)

Uninstalling Mozilla

Linux

• Remove the mozilla0.9.3 directory where you installed Mozilla


• Remove the ~/.mozilla directory, which contains profile information

Windows

• Go to Settings/Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and choose Mozilla 0.9.3

Mac OS

• Remove the folder Mozilla from the Documents folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Registry" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Versions" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the folder where you installed Mozilla

Files Created or Used

*Note: "cookperm.txt" ("cookperm" on Unix) is a file used to selectively accept cookies from certain sites and not from others. It is used only if you set your preferences so that you see a warning before accepting cookies. To do that: hand edit the prefs.js file to include:

• user.pref ("network.cookie.rememberAboutCookies", true);

Known Problems

General

If you collapse the Navigation toolbar and close the browser window, the next time you start the browser the toolbar will not be visible. To restore the toolbar you will have to open a new window. Make sure that new window is the last window you close and the toolbar will be fine on the next start. (Bug 73064)

Mac OS: There is a known incompatibility between Mozilla and WebFree, a Control Panel commonly used to block HTML-based ads. When using Mozilla, disable WebFree. (Bug 13982)

Linux: Printing crashes with RedHat Linux if you don't have a printer name lp configured. Workarounds: 1) Configure the printer named lp (which is by default the printer name assigned on Redhat Linux). 2) Use a printer that is configured, e.g., lp0, by changing the print command in the print dialog so that it reads lpr -P lp0 (replace lp0 with the name of your printer). To see the list of configured printers, you can log in as root and use the following command: 'lpc status'. Alternately, you can use the RedHat 'printtool' application to graphically view and configure the printers on your system. (Bugs 78948, 92344)

Keyboard and Mouse

Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bugs 30841 and 70812)

Linux: Keyboard shortcuts on Linux now use Ctrl instead of Alt as the modifier key, while Alt is used for menu shortcuts. If you wish to modify these shortcut keys, edit your prefs.js file as follows:

user_pref("ui.key.accelKey", 18);
(This changes the accelerator key from Ctrl (17) to Alt (18).)

user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0);
(This changes the menu access key from Alt (18) to none.)

Event Handling

Mouse wheel scrolling

Linux: You must have your X server properly configured to enable mousewheel scrolling. For XFree86, add a line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config files such as "ZAxisMapping 4 5". Also be sure that the Protocol line is set up correctly for your mouse.

Windows: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

Mac OS: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

(Mac OS 9.x ) Scroll wheel support for Kensington input devices requires Kensington MouseWorks 5.7 or higher. Version 5.7 is not yet shipping as of this writing; please check the Kensington website at http://www.kensington.com/support/sup_1170.html#mice for updates.

Dialog Boxes and Windows

If Mozilla is locked up but doesn't seem to have crashed, make sure there are no dialog boxes still open. Close each window on your desktop one at a time and if you uncover a dialog window, dismiss it. If you have multiple desktops, repeat these steps for each desktop.

This problem may affect Linux users downloading plugins. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

1. Minimize the plugin download window.
2. Click "Cancel" to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Re-open the download window and continue downloading the plugin.

Form Manager

Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .

Fonts

Many Linux systems (in particular, Red Hat Linux systems) have bad Arial fonts. (Bug 46415) If many Web pages, especially those using the Arial font, look unclear, small, or hard to read, the following links explain two ways you can change your font server to get better Arial fonts:

http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf
http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#fuzzy

If that doesn't work, you may be able to fix the problem by renaming or removing /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2. For instance, enter the following command:

and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:

Proxies

Mozilla needs to be configured to work properly with proxies such as Junkbuster that do not support the most recent HTTP specification. By default, Mozilla tries to use HTTP 1.1. To use Mozilla with a proxy that only supports HTTP 1.0, edit the HTTP Version from 1.1 to 1.0 in Edit | Preferences | Debug | Networking. (Bug 38488)

Setting Profiles

If you have a single profile from Communicator version 4.5 or later, that profile is automatically copied and converted for use with Mozilla . Profiles from earlier Netscape versions cannot be converted.

If you have multiple profiles to copy and convert, the profile manager dialog box appears. Click the profile you want to use and then click Start.

If problems occur during installation and your Communicator profile was not copied and converted, you can still use your profile. Launch Mozilla from the command line, adding the "-installer" option (that is, type "mozilla.exe-installer" on the command line) , or re-install Mozilla to see the profile manager dialog again.

Navigator

Additional Internet Search Engines can be obtained at http://sherlock.mozdev.org

The "View Frame Source" feature is not available from the View menu; however, it is available in the context menu. To see the context menu, click the left mouse button to put the mouse pointer in the frame and then click the right mouse button (Control-click on the Mac OS). (Bug 47139)

Several features of Page Information are not yet available, including: the File MIME Type, Source, Local cache file, Content length, Expires, Charset, and Security. Also, you cannot view information on frames, XML pages, or FTP pages. (Bug 52730)

Pages that appear to be rendered incorrectly may be due to standards compliance issues. See the Netscape Evangelism site for more details.

For this release, Send Page will be disabled for pages containing post data which cannot be cached. (Bug 91342)

The "Copy Link Location" context menu item does not work Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.3 plug-in.

Note: These instructions use the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands accordingly.

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:

1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the installer file (called mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz).
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the archive with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
(This places the installer in a subdirectory of Mozilla named mozilla-installer.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the ./mozilla-installer command.
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for installing Mozilla .
   
   Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the installation may take some time. In this case, the installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, even though the installation is still in process.
   
6. To start Mozilla , change to the directory where you installed it and run the ./mozilla command.

To install Mozilla by downloading the .tar.gz archive file:

1. Create a directory named " mozilla0.9.3 " (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the non-installer mozilla*.tar.gz file into the mozilla0.9.3 directory.
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the file with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf - (This creates a "mozilla" subdirectory under your mozilla0.9.3 directory.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
5. Run Mozilla with the ./mozilla run script.

To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, follow these steps:

1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and enter the following command:
   
   directory_name./mozilla
   
   where directory_name is the name of the directory you downloaded Mozilla to. For example, the default directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
   
3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment if you wish.
4. Click the icon button and type in the following as the icon's location:
   
   directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
   
   where directory_name is the directory where you installed Mozilla . For example, the default directory is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.

Installing RPM builds: The Red Hat RPM builds are created to work with the default Red Hat 6.x and Red Hat 7.x installations. Using these RPMs on Suse requires installation of the gdk-pixbuf package. (Bug 85218)

Uninstalling Mozilla

Linux

• Remove the mozilla0.9.3 directory where you installed Mozilla


• Remove the ~/.mozilla directory, which contains profile information

Windows

• Go to Settings/Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and choose Mozilla 0.9.3

Mac OS

• Remove the folder Mozilla from the Documents folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Registry" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Versions" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the folder where you installed Mozilla

Files Created or Used

*Note: "cookperm.txt" ("cookperm" on Unix) is a file used to selectively accept cookies from certain sites and not from others. It is used only if you set your preferences so that you see a warning before accepting cookies. To do that: hand edit the prefs.js file to include:

• user.pref ("network.cookie.rememberAboutCookies", true);

Known Problems

General

If you collapse the Navigation toolbar and close the browser window, the next time you start the browser the toolbar will not be visible. To restore the toolbar you will have to open a new window. Make sure that new window is the last window you close and the toolbar will be fine on the next start. (Bug 73064)

Mac OS: There is a known incompatibility between Mozilla and WebFree, a Control Panel commonly used to block HTML-based ads. When using Mozilla, disable WebFree. (Bug 13982)

Linux: Printing crashes with RedHat Linux if you don't have a printer name lp configured. Workarounds: 1) Configure the printer named lp (which is by default the printer name assigned on Redhat Linux). 2) Use a printer that is configured, e.g., lp0, by changing the print command in the print dialog so that it reads lpr -P lp0 (replace lp0 with the name of your printer). To see the list of configured printers, you can log in as root and use the following command: 'lpc status'. Alternately, you can use the RedHat 'printtool' application to graphically view and configure the printers on your system. (Bugs 78948, 92344)

Keyboard and Mouse

Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bugs 30841 and 70812)

Linux: Keyboard shortcuts on Linux now use Ctrl instead of Alt as the modifier key, while Alt is used for menu shortcuts. If you wish to modify these shortcut keys, edit your prefs.js file as follows:

user_pref("ui.key.accelKey", 18);
(This changes the accelerator key from Ctrl (17) to Alt (18).)

user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0);
(This changes the menu access key from Alt (18) to none.)

Event Handling

Mouse wheel scrolling

Linux: You must have your X server properly configured to enable mousewheel scrolling. For XFree86, add a line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config files such as "ZAxisMapping 4 5". Also be sure that the Protocol line is set up correctly for your mouse.

Windows: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

Mac OS: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

(Mac OS 9.x ) Scroll wheel support for Kensington input devices requires Kensington MouseWorks 5.7 or higher. Version 5.7 is not yet shipping as of this writing; please check the Kensington website at http://www.kensington.com/support/sup_1170.html#mice for updates.

Dialog Boxes and Windows

If Mozilla is locked up but doesn't seem to have crashed, make sure there are no dialog boxes still open. Close each window on your desktop one at a time and if you uncover a dialog window, dismiss it. If you have multiple desktops, repeat these steps for each desktop.

This problem may affect Linux users downloading plugins. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

1. Minimize the plugin download window.
2. Click "Cancel" to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Re-open the download window and continue downloading the plugin.

Form Manager

Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .

Fonts

Many Linux systems (in particular, Red Hat Linux systems) have bad Arial fonts. (Bug 46415) If many Web pages, especially those using the Arial font, look unclear, small, or hard to read, the following links explain two ways you can change your font server to get better Arial fonts:

http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf
http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#fuzzy

If that doesn't work, you may be able to fix the problem by renaming or removing /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2. For instance, enter the following command:

and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:

Proxies

Mozilla needs to be configured to work properly with proxies such as Junkbuster that do not support the most recent HTTP specification. By default, Mozilla tries to use HTTP 1.1. To use Mozilla with a proxy that only supports HTTP 1.0, edit the HTTP Version from 1.1 to 1.0 in Edit | Preferences | Debug | Networking. (Bug 38488)

Setting Profiles

If you have a single profile from Communicator version 4.5 or later, that profile is automatically copied and converted for use with Mozilla . Profiles from earlier Netscape versions cannot be converted.

If you have multiple profiles to copy and convert, the profile manager dialog box appears. Click the profile you want to use and then click Start.

If problems occur during installation and your Communicator profile was not copied and converted, you can still use your profile. Launch Mozilla from the command line, adding the "-installer" option (that is, type "mozilla.exe-installer" on the command line) , or re-install Mozilla to see the profile manager dialog again.

Navigator

Additional Internet Search Engines can be obtained at http://sherlock.mozdev.org

The "View Frame Source" feature is not available from the View menu; however, it is available in the context menu. To see the context menu, click the left mouse button to put the mouse pointer in the frame and then click the right mouse button (Control-click on the Mac OS). (Bug 47139)

Several features of Page Information are not yet available, including: the File MIME Type, Source, Local cache file, Content length, Expires, Charset, and Security. Also, you cannot view information on frames, XML pages, or FTP pages. (Bug 52730)

Pages that appear to be rendered incorrectly may be due to standards compliance issues. See the Netscape Evangelism site for more details.

For this release, Send Page will be disabled for pages containing post data which cannot be cached. (Bug 91342)

The "Copy Link Location" context menu item does not work Java applets, you must install the Java Run Time Environment (JRE) v1.3 plug-in.

Note: These instructions use the bash shell. If you're not using bash, adjust the commands accordingly.

To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:

1. Create a directory named mozilla (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the installer file (called mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz).
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the archive with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
(This places the installer in a subdirectory of Mozilla named mozilla-installer.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla-installer directory (cd mozilla-installer) and run the installer with the ./mozilla-installer command.
5. Follow the instructions in the install wizard for installing Mozilla .
   
   Note: If you have a slower machine, be aware that the installation may take some time. In this case, the installation progress may appear to hang indefinitely, even though the installation is still in process.
   
6. To start Mozilla , change to the directory where you installed it and run the ./mozilla command.

To install Mozilla by downloading the .tar.gz archive file:

1. Create a directory named " mozilla0.9.3 " (mkdir mozilla0.9.3 ) and change to that directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ).
2. Click the link to download the non-installer mozilla*.tar.gz file into the mozilla0.9.3 directory.
3. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla0.9.3 ) and decompress the file with the following command:
   gunzip -dc moz*.tar.gz | tar -xvf - (This creates a "mozilla" subdirectory under your mozilla0.9.3 directory.)
   
4. Change to the mozilla directory (cd mozilla).
5. Run Mozilla with the ./mozilla run script.

To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, follow these steps:

1. Click the GNOME Main Menu button, open the Panel menu, and then open the Add to Panel submenu and choose Launcher.
2. Right-click the icon for Mozilla on the Panel and enter the following command:
   
   directory_name./mozilla
   
   where directory_name is the name of the directory you downloaded Mozilla to. For example, the default directory that Mozilla suggests is /usr/local/mozilla.
   
3. Type in a name for the icon, and type in a comment if you wish.
4. Click the icon button and type in the following as the icon's location:
   
   directory_name/icons/mozicon50.xpm
   
   where directory_name is the directory where you installed Mozilla . For example, the default directory is /usr/local/mozilla/icons/mozicon50.xpm.

Installing RPM builds: The Red Hat RPM builds are created to work with the default Red Hat 6.x and Red Hat 7.x installations. Using these RPMs on Suse requires installation of the gdk-pixbuf package. (Bug 85218)

Uninstalling Mozilla

Linux

• Remove the mozilla0.9.3 directory where you installed Mozilla


• Remove the ~/.mozilla directory, which contains profile information

Windows

• Go to Settings/Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and choose Mozilla 0.9.3

Mac OS

• Remove the folder Mozilla from the Documents folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Registry" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the file "Mozilla Versions" from the System Folder | Preferences folder
• Remove the folder where you installed Mozilla

Files Created or Used

*Note: "cookperm.txt" ("cookperm" on Unix) is a file used to selectively accept cookies from certain sites and not from others. It is used only if you set your preferences so that you see a warning before accepting cookies. To do that: hand edit the prefs.js file to include:

• user.pref ("network.cookie.rememberAboutCookies", true);

Known Problems

General

If you collapse the Navigation toolbar and close the browser window, the next time you start the browser the toolbar will not be visible. To restore the toolbar you will have to open a new window. Make sure that new window is the last window you close and the toolbar will be fine on the next start. (Bug 73064)

Mac OS: There is a known incompatibility between Mozilla and WebFree, a Control Panel commonly used to block HTML-based ads. When using Mozilla, disable WebFree. (Bug 13982)

Linux: Printing crashes with RedHat Linux if you don't have a printer name lp configured. Workarounds: 1) Configure the printer named lp (which is by default the printer name assigned on Redhat Linux). 2) Use a printer that is configured, e.g., lp0, by changing the print command in the print dialog so that it reads lpr -P lp0 (replace lp0 with the name of your printer). To see the list of configured printers, you can log in as root and use the following command: 'lpc status'. Alternately, you can use the RedHat 'printtool' application to graphically view and configure the printers on your system. (Bugs 78948, 92344)

Keyboard and Mouse

Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bugs 30841 and 70812)

Linux: Keyboard shortcuts on Linux now use Ctrl instead of Alt as the modifier key, while Alt is used for menu shortcuts. If you wish to modify these shortcut keys, edit your prefs.js file as follows:

user_pref("ui.key.accelKey", 18);
(This changes the accelerator key from Ctrl (17) to Alt (18).)

user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0);
(This changes the menu access key from Alt (18) to none.)

Event Handling

Mouse wheel scrolling

Linux: You must have your X server properly configured to enable mousewheel scrolling. For XFree86, add a line to the Pointer section of your XF86Config files such as "ZAxisMapping 4 5". Also be sure that the Protocol line is set up correctly for your mouse.

Windows: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

Mac OS: Mousewheel scrolling does not work with all drivers. If you have problems, try updating your driver or disabling any "helper" programs that your mouse uses.

(Mac OS 9.x ) Scroll wheel support for Kensington input devices requires Kensington MouseWorks 5.7 or higher. Version 5.7 is not yet shipping as of this writing; please check the Kensington website at http://www.kensington.com/support/sup_1170.html#mice for updates.

Dialog Boxes and Windows

If Mozilla is locked up but doesn't seem to have crashed, make sure there are no dialog boxes still open. Close each window on your desktop one at a time and if you uncover a dialog window, dismiss it. If you have multiple desktops, repeat these steps for each desktop.

This problem may affect Linux users downloading plugins. Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

1. Minimize the plugin download window.
2. Click "Cancel" to dismiss the dialog box.
3. Re-open the download window and continue downloading the plugin.

Form Manager

Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .

Fonts

Many Linux systems (in particular, Red Hat Linux systems) have bad Arial fonts. (Bug 46415) If many Web pages, especially those using the Arial font, look unclear, small, or hard to read, the following links explain two ways you can change your font server to get better Arial fonts:

http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#ttf
http://home.c2i.net/dark/linux.html#fuzzy

If that doesn't work, you may be able to fix the problem by renaming or removing /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2. For instance, enter the following command:

and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:

Proxies

Mozilla needs to be configured to work properly with proxies such as Junkbuster that do not support the most recent HTTP specification. By default, Mozilla tries to use HTTP 1.1. To use Mozilla with a proxy that only supports HTTP 1.0, edit the HTTP Version from 1.1 to 1.0 in Edit | Preferences | Debug | Networking. (Bug