O’Grady’s PowerPage – Your Mobile Technology Destination — This can’t be good news. Does anyone ever check these things? There are about a dozen top content management and blogging tools out there. They are listed. Test them! That said, I myself have not upgraded so I cannot confirm this allegation. Apparently Mambo is screwed up by Firefox 1.5 also.
Everyone’s abuzz about the recent announcement of Firefox 1.5 but I can’t use it because it doesn’t work with WordPress, the blogging software behind my ZDnet blog The Apple Core. I’ve been using Firefox 1.0.x for quite a while now and I check the 1.5 beta releases every time they come out but I’ve had to go back to 1.0.x every time because of compatibilty problems. I was optimistic that the final version of Firefox 1.5 would work with WordPress, but alas, no dice. FF 1.5 betas had problems with Movable Type too, but I didn’t even get around to testing the 1.5 release with MT. Too bad, I really wanted to use some of Firefox’s new features too…
if you have problems with a site, there is a system called bugzilla that you can report it in. if you are technically adept enough to setup and use wordpress you can handle bugzilla.
I’ve been using the beta, RC and final version of FireFox 1.5 for quite some time and have yet to see any problems from any of the CMS systems I manage. I think this is bunk.
Well I’ve been playing with Ff 1.5 for several hours now and the main difference for me is that web pages, including this one, load at dizzying speed!
Just installed 1.5 and it runs great! Click Back/Forward is dramatically improved as well as page loading times. I also like the new clear private data option. The upgrade was effortless.
It is a good idea to create a new profile in the final release of FF 1.5. If you have in the past installed lots of extensions a new profile will give you a fresh start.
Type this( firefox.exe -profilemanager ) into to run command to create new profile. You’ll still be able to use other profile if you want .
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Opera gets less press because you have to pay for it. I enjoy using opera myself, but the free version doesn’t compare with Firefox. For people who don’t mind paying, I feel many would prefer the full version of opera over Firefox. But the free one (found frequently in Linux distros or as a download) doesn’t knock my socks off. To make opera lovers even more jealous this December, Firefox will release a PDA browser. It will compete directly with IE-mini and Mini-Opera on Pocket PC and Palm handhelds. Expect more press on this in early January.
I know Jason (PowerPage.org), so this isn’t some anti-Firefox rumor — but Jason’s simply wrong. (Or, more likely, ZDNet is using some kind of custom admin template that’s causing the problem. Not WordPress’ fault.)
Do people test the content management systems? YES.
Does Firefox 1.5 work with WordPress 1.5.2? YES.
Does Firefox 1.5 work with Mambo 4.5.1? YES. 4.5.2? YES.
I’ve tested all these systems and post regularly with them. (Though don’t get me started on why Mambo is a poor choice of content management system — I’m migrating createdigitalmusic.com now to WordPress, a HUGE pain.)
Anyway, Firefox 1.5 does work with these systems; you can test them yourself. That makes me curious to know what the problem Jason is having, because something’s probably happening, sure it’s not his imagination.
Look, you should test your browser before you commit to a new release. But I suppose what’s good about the blogosphere here is that wrong information can spread quickly — and get corrected — before it spreads too far.
Well, actually, FF 1.5 does have problems with the default WSIWYG editor in Mambo, TinyMCE. It’s not a Mambo problem specifically, but I’m sure it has something to do with FF 1.5 and not necessarily TinyMCE.
A quick search google for ‘Firefox 1.5 Mambo problems’ will pull up plenty of results.