Ordinarily I wouldn't even mention a release with such a minor increment in version number, but many users, self
included, were somewhat unsatisfied with the performance of Firefox 1.5 and have been eagerly awaiting some fixes.
Firefox 1.5.0.1, which is going out over Automatic
Update (go to Help > Check for Updates if you haven't gotten an alert), has a short set of release notes, but what I
was craving is there: stability improvements, security enhancements, and, most of all, fixed memory leaks. Also in the
new release is improved OS X support and, for our Icelandic readers, International Domain Name support for .is domains.
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Subscribe to commentsDavidFeb 1st 2006 9:28PM
Yes, but it breaks Roboform, and there's not a version of Roboform that works with it yet.
ThomasFeb 1st 2006 9:33PM
Thanks for the 'forced update' tip. I was looking for that in the preferences.
JasonFeb 1st 2006 11:14PM
i didn't really experience much trouble with 1.5. but now, after upgrading to 1.51 i've had firefox freeze up on me about 6 times.
henrrrikFeb 1st 2006 11:59PM
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Check your extensions. An incompatible extension can cause lots of trouble.
JamieFeb 2nd 2006 9:22AM
Yeah... this thing screwed me big time. Fortunately Firefox Safe Mode allowed me to run the browser again, although I have no clue which of my 30-odd extensions is causing the stupid thing not to load. Grr.