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Mozilla 0.9.7 Release NotesThese release notes describe system requirements, installation instructions, and known issues for Mozilla 0.9.7. 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. Read more about customizing Mozilla and setting hidden prefs that aren't available in the prefs menu. Use the Bugzilla Helper to report bugs. Avoid submitting a duplicate bug report by checking to see if your problem is already a known problem or one of our most frequently reported bugs. The bug reporting guidelines explain how to write a useful bug report that results in your problem being fixed. Contents
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System RequirementsMac
Windows
Linux
OpenVMS
Solaris 8
Compatibility InformationVisiting SSL2 and SSL3 sites while in FIPS mode may lead to a crash or failure to connect. (Bugs 106587) WindowsIf 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) Mac OSIf 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. LinuxMozilla 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)
Redhat 7 users who have problems with Java hanging should try setting the
environment variable To run Mozilla on SuSe Linux 6.2, you must install the libjpeg.so.62 file available here. SolarisTo 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 . In addition the following patches from http://sunsolve.sun.com need to be installed: 109147-09, 108434-02 108435-02. (Bug 68604) IRIXWhen using a window manager from the twm family without the DecorateTransients option, popup windows such as Find, Save and Preferences will not function. To work around, set the DecorateTransients option in the window manager's rc file. (Bug 78928) Installation NotesInstall 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. Multi-user installs: To install Mozilla for multiple users on Unix, install as normal, then create the following script in your Mozilla directory, make it executable (chmod u+x <scriptname>), and run it as root. #!/bin/sh dist_bin=`dirname $0` MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=$dist_bin LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$dist_bin export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH $dist_bin/regxpcom $dist_bin/regchrome touch $dist_bin/chrome/user-skins.rdf $dist_bin/chrome/user-locales.rdfYou should then be able to run that installation of Mozilla as any user who has permissions to access it. 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:
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 Mac OS: You should not restart your system with all extensions off before running Mozilla installation. JavaWindows 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 NPOJI610.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 0.9.7 \bin\plugins). Linux With tar.gz builds on Linux, after the JRE has installed, put a symlink in your mozilla0.9.7 /plugins directory to the java2/plugin/i386/ns610/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. 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. SecurityWindows, Mac and Linux: Personal Security Manager (PSM) provides security (cryptographic) features for Mozilla . Installing on WindowsInstalling 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:
To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and installing manually, follow these steps:
Installing on Mac OSNote: 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:
To install Mozilla by downloading the archive file and installing manually, follow these steps:
Installing on LinuxIf the Mozilla installer dies immediately with the error message "getcwd: Function not implemented", then download a Mozilla tarball build instead. (Bug 101016) 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:
To install Mozilla by downloading the .tar.gz archive file:
To hook up Mozilla complete with icon to the GNOME Panel, follow these steps:
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 MozillaLinux
Windows
Mac OS
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, set the following pref (instructions here):
Known ProblemsGeneralLinux: Save As for web pages should give you a choice between saving HTML only, or saving the complete page including CSS, images, etc. Attempting to save as HTML only, will do a complete save and change links to use the local objects. (Bug 116418) 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) Keyboard and MouseDouble right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bug 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, add the following prefs (instructions here):
Linux: Middle-mouse clicking in areas without links may lead to alerts popping up. (Bug 96972) Event HandlingWrong events are fired on FILE element. (Bug 4033)Mouse wheel scrollingLinux: 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 for updates. Dialog Boxes and WindowsIf 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:
Form ManagerForm Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla . FontsMany 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 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: mv /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2
and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command: mv /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2
ProxiesMozilla 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) Mozilla only accepts hostnames for manual proxies. If you migrate a Communicator 4 profile, you will need to change the settings manually. (Bug 30387) \ Setting ProfilesIf 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 "
NavigatorAdditional 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 ri ght 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. XSLT support still has bugs. (Bugs 53030, 53944, 59912, 88198, 94921 ) The scrollbar in the Preferences dialog sometimes doesn't appear after expanding categories. Workaround: collapse other categories --or, resize the dialog, if possible. (Bug 59108) Printing web pages may not print out all pages due to table pagination problems. (Bugs 87374) Mac and Linux: Transparent backgrounds are printed as black. (Bug 12037) Printing newsgroup messages with images leads to a crash. (Bug 92659) Accessing PagesMozilla may not be able to connect to some secure (https) IBM Web servers. This is a problem with the servers' software, not with Mozilla . (Bug 54031) If you use "Last page visited" as your Home (starting) page, if the last page you viewed had frames, it may not be displayed correctly when you next restart Mozilla . (Bug 58613) Accessing pages on a network requires 5 slashes (file://///). (Bug 66194) Windows: Double browser window appears when opening an html or image document from the Windows environment. (Bug 59078) Linux: You can't view hidden files or directories (such as .mozilla) using Mozilla. (Bug 39036) Linux: Flash may crash with exported X display. (Bug 58937) Linux: On Linux, there may be problems with ESD Audio and Flash. (Bugs 85772, 58339) Downloading FilesHourglass cursor, progress meter, and throbber do not stop spinning although downloading has been finished. Status bar says "Transferring data from ..." when page is done loading. (Bug 39310) If you're unable to remove user-defined helper applications try the following:
Uploading FilesMozilla will hang when submitting forms which have a field to upload files if this field is blank or refers to an invalid file. This affects sites using Zope or IMP webmail, among others. If you need this feature, you can download a nightly build here. (Bug 116210) BookmarksBookmarks cannot be rearranged if you have sorted them. To rearrange them, select Unsorted from the View menu, or click the Name column header until the arrow disappears. (Bug 64768) View SourceTo view frame source, point to the frame and click the right mouse button (Control-click on Mac OS) and then choose View Frame Source from the context menu. (Bug 47319) Page content generated by an online form isn't correctly reflected in the view source window. Mac OS: The horizontal scrollbar in the View Source window might be missing. Resize the window to see the scrollbar. (Bug 56488) Mail and NewsIn the Mail/News Account Settings: Server Settings dialog box, any changes you make to local directory settings won't take effect until you exit and re-start Mozilla . (Bug 2654) Undo/Redo and Stop may not always work as expected. (Bugs 27468, 28129, and others) Biff, a feature that automatically checks your server for new mail, works only on the first account and does not work for any other accounts in the same profile. Work around: select each account's inbox once and click on Get message. (Bug 85227)
'Get All New Messages' checks the default account only, with or without passwords saved. Workaround: Select each account's Inbox and click on Get Message the first time for that se suchFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
$windir/ |
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| user/ prefs.js in ~/.mozilla/[profile] (preferences file) Cache in ~/.mozilla/[profile](cache directory) cookies (cookies file) *cookperm (used to selectively accept/reject cookies) FieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling) SchemaConcat.tbl (files for auto form filling) SchemaValue.tbl (files for auto form filling) URLFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling) signons and signonsx (logins and passwords file store) ~/.mozilla/ |
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| Documents:Mozilla:Users50:mozProfile: prefs.js (preferences file (use)) Cache (cache directory) cookies.txt (cookies file) *cookperm (used to selectively accept/reject cookies) res: System:Preferences: |
*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, set the following pref (instructions here):
Linux: Save As for web pages should give you a choice between saving HTML only, or saving the complete page including CSS, images, etc. Attempting to save as HTML only, will do a complete save and change links to use the local objects. (Bug 116418)
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)
Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bug 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, add the following prefs (instructions here):
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.)
Linux: Middle-mouse clicking in areas without links may lead to alerts popping up. (Bug 96972)
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 for updates.
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:
Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .
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:
mv /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2
and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:
mv /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2
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)
Mozilla only accepts hostnames for manual proxies. If you migrate a Communicator 4 profile, you will need to change the settings manually. (Bug 30387) \
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.
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 ri ght 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.
XSLT support still has bugs. (Bugs 53030, 53944, 59912, 88198, 94921 )
The scrollbar in the Preferences dialog sometimes doesn't appear after expanding categories. Workaround: collapse other categories --or, resize the dialog, if possible. (Bug 59108)
Printing web pages may not print out all pages due to table pagination problems. (Bugs 87374)
Mac and Linux: Transparent backgrounds are printed as black. (Bug 12037)
Printing newsgroup messages with images leads to a crash. (Bug 92659)
Mozilla may not be able to connect to some secure (https) IBM Web servers. This is a problem with the servers' software, not with Mozilla . (Bug 54031)
If you use "Last page visited" as your Home (starting) page, if the last page you viewed had frames, it may not be displayed correctly when you next restart Mozilla . (Bug 58613)
Accessing pages on a network requires 5 slashes (file://///). (Bug 66194)
Windows: Double browser window appears when opening an html or image document from the Windows environment. (Bug 59078)
Linux: You can't view hidden files or directories (such as .mozilla) using Mozilla. (Bug 39036)
Linux: Flash may crash with exported X display. (Bug 58937)
Linux: On Linux, there may be problems with ESD Audio and Flash. (Bugs 85772, 58339)
Hourglass cursor, progress meter, and throbber do not stop spinning although downloading has been finished. Status bar says "Transferring data from ..." when page is done loading. (Bug 39310)
If you're unable to remove user-defined helper applications try the following:Mozilla will hang when submitting forms which have a field to upload files if this field is blank or refers to an invalid file. This affects sites using Zope or IMP webmail, among others. If you need this feature, you can download a nightly build here. (Bug 116210)
Bookmarks cannot be rearranged if you have sorted them. To rearrange them, select Unsorted from the View menu, or click the Name column header until the arrow disappears. (Bug 64768)
To view frame source, point to the frame and click the right mouse button (Control-click on Mac OS) and then choose View Frame Source from the context menu. (Bug 47319)
Page content generated by an online form isn't correctly reflected in the view source window.
Mac OS: The horizontal scrollbar in the View Source window might be missing. Resize the window to see the scrollbar. (Bug 56488)
In the Mail/News Account Settings: Server Settings dialog box, any changes you make to local directory settings won't take effect until you exit and re-start Mozilla . (Bug 2654)
Undo/Redo and Stop may not always work as expected. (Bugs 27468, 28129, and others)
Biff, a feature that automatically checks your server for new mail, works only on the first account and does not work for any other accounts in the same profile. Work around: select each account's inbox once and click on Get message. (Bug 85227)
'Get All New Messages' checks the default account only, with or without passwords saved. Workaround: Select each account's Inbox and click on Get Message the first time for that se suchFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
signons.tbl and signonsx.tbl (logins and passwords
file store)
$windir/
mozregistry.dat (
Mozilla
registry)
mozver.dat (stores version of
Mozilla
components)
MozillaUninstall.exe (
Mozilla
Uninstaller)
Application Data\Mozilla (
Mozilla
data directory on Win98)
Mozilla
Mozilla
data directory on Win95
~/.mozilla/
registry (
Mozilla
Registry)
res:
FieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
SchemaConcat.tbl (files for auto form filling)
SchemaValue.tbl (files for auto form filling)
URLFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
System:Preferences:
Mozilla
Registry
*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, set the following pref (instructions here):
Linux: Save As for web pages should give you a choice between saving HTML only, or saving the complete page including CSS, images, etc. Attempting to save as HTML only, will do a complete save and change links to use the local objects. (Bug 116418)
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)
Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bug 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, add the following prefs (instructions here):
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.)
Linux: Middle-mouse clicking in areas without links may lead to alerts popping up. (Bug 96972)
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 for updates.
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:
Form Manager is not fully implemented in the Japanese version of Mozilla .
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:
mv /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2
and then log out of Linux and log back in again. You can always undo this, if necessary, by entering the following command:
mv /usr/share/fonts.ISO8859-2 /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2
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)
Mozilla only accepts hostnames for manual proxies. If you migrate a Communicator 4 profile, you will need to change the settings manually. (Bug 30387) \
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.
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 ri ght 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.
XSLT support still has bugs. (Bugs 53030, 53944, 59912, 88198, 94921 )
The scrollbar in the Preferences dialog sometimes doesn't appear after expanding categories. Workaround: collapse other categories --or, resize the dialog, if possible. (Bug 59108)
Printing web pages may not print out all pages due to table pagination problems. (Bugs 87374)
Mac and Linux: Transparent backgrounds are printed as black. (Bug 12037)
Printing newsgroup messages with images leads to a crash. (Bug 92659)
Mozilla may not be able to connect to some secure (https) IBM Web servers. This is a problem with the servers' software, not with Mozilla . (Bug 54031)
If you use "Last page visited" as your Home (starting) page, if the last page you viewed had frames, it may not be displayed correctly when you next restart Mozilla . (Bug 58613)
Accessing pages on a network requires 5 slashes (file://///). (Bug 66194)
Windows: Double browser window appears when opening an html or image document from the Windows environment. (Bug 59078)
Linux: You can't view hidden files or directories (such as .mozilla) using Mozilla. (Bug 39036)
Linux: Flash may crash with exported X display. (Bug 58937)
Linux: On Linux, there may be problems with ESD Audio and Flash. (Bugs 85772, 58339)
Hourglass cursor, progress meter, and throbber do not stop spinning although downloading has been finished. Status bar says "Transferring data from ..." when page is done loading. (Bug 39310)
If you're unable to remove user-defined helper applications try the following:Mozilla will hang when submitting forms which have a field to upload files if this field is blank or refers to an invalid file. This affects sites using Zope or IMP webmail, among others. If you need this feature, you can download a nightly build here. (Bug 116210)
Bookmarks cannot be rearranged if you have sorted them. To rearrange them, select Unsorted from the View menu, or click the Name column header until the arrow disappears. (Bug 64768)
To view frame source, point to the frame and click the right mouse button (Control-click on Mac OS) and then choose View Frame Source from the context menu. (Bug 47319)
Page content generated by an online form isn't correctly reflected in the view source window.
Mac OS: The horizontal scrollbar in the View Source window might be missing. Resize the window to see the scrollbar. (Bug 56488)
In the Mail/News Account Settings: Server Settings dialog box, any changes you make to local directory settings won't take effect until you exit and re-start Mozilla . (Bug 2654)
Undo/Redo and Stop may not always work as expected. (Bugs 27468, 28129, and others)
Biff, a feature that automatically checks your server for new mail, works only on the first account and does not work for any other accounts in the same profile. Work around: select each account's inbox once and click on Get message. (Bug 85227)
'Get All New Messages' checks the default account only, with or without passwords saved. Workaround: Select each account's Inbox and click on Get Message the first time for that se suchFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
signons.tbl and signonsx.tbl (logins and passwords
file store)
$windir/
mozregistry.dat (
Mozilla
registry)
mozver.dat (stores version of
Mozilla
components)
MozillaUninstall.exe (
Mozilla
Uninstaller)
Application Data\Mozilla (
Mozilla
data directory on Win98)
Mozilla
Mozilla
data directory on Win95
~/.mozilla/
registry (
Mozilla
Registry)
res:
FieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
SchemaConcat.tbl (files for auto form filling)
SchemaValue.tbl (files for auto form filling)
URLFieldSchema.tbl (files for auto form filling)
System:Preferences:
Mozilla
Registry
*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, set the following pref (instructions here):
Linux: Save As for web pages should give you a choice between saving HTML only, or saving the complete page including CSS, images, etc. Attempting to save as HTML only, will do a complete save and change links to use the local objects. (Bug 116418)
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)
Double right-clicking on a page can disable the keyboard. (Bug 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, add the following prefs (instructions here):
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.)
Linux: Middle-mouse clicking in areas without links may lead to alerts popping up. (Bug 96972)
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