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Known Firefox issues on Leopard

October 19th, 2007

Firefox 2.0.0.8 has just been released and since it will be the current version by the time Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) comes out next week, Josh Aas, Firefox developer and Camino project leader has released a brief list of known issues Mac users may face when they update.

• Installing the Flashgot plugin will trigger security warnings when you restart. This appears to be because Flashgot contains executable binaries that trigger new security warnings in Mac OS X 10.5. Installing Flashgot is safe, but you will have to click through those warnings. Do not click “Cancel” or your browser may enter a bad state.
• Embedded WMV media using the Flip4Mac plugin renders at 1/4 size.
• The Advanced Preferences tabs render incorrectly.
• Firefox 2.0.0.8 does not download to the new Downloads directory by default yet. It still defaults to the desktop. You can change your download destination manually.

All these along with some other unconfirmed bugs should be resolved in the next Firefox update, 2.0.0.9.

Users may also notice a couple of cosmetic issues: lack of support for resolution-independent UI and rounded-corner context menus. Nothing to lose your sleep to, but in this case the fix won’t come until Firefox 3. Think 2008.

Via Mozillalinks.org

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