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From: "Rich Walsh"
New betas of Firefox and Seamonkey are now available. They feature
the latest Mozilla code plus small refinements to the OS/2 features
seen in previous betas.
* Firefox v4.0b12pre:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/firefox-20110210.zip
or
http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/firefox-20110210.zip
* Seamonkey v2.1b3pre:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/seamonkey-20110210.zip
or
http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/seamonkey-20110210.zip
New
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Printing at 600 dpi is now supported, provided the page requires no
more than 144mb to compose (an A4- or Letter-sized page uses 132mb
at 600dpi but only 34mb at 300dpi).
If you use the apps' built-in Postscript support and print directly
to a PS printer, an experimental option may enable you to use printer
features such as duplexing. See 'PRINTING.TXT' in the exe's directory
for details.
SNAP users should no longer experience video corruption caused by the
mouse pointer when DIVE is enabled. The apps are now able to detect
whether SNAP is using a hardware- or software-generated mouse pointer.
These releases include a beta version of Exceptq v7.1 to create an
exception report whenever a crash occurs within the app. They also
include debugging files that have a '.xqs' extension. Please do not
delete them. If you don't want these reports to be created, add
"SET NSPR_NO_EXCEPTQ=Y" to your config.sys.
Previous Enhancements
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Video: Dramatic reductions in CPU usage will be seen when viewing OGG
videos, and to a lesser extent, WebM videos. Overall video performance
should be noticeably improved for SNAP and GenGradd users running their
displays in full-color mode, thanks to the implementation of DIVE.
Printing Support: All native printer drivers will work if their output
resolution is set to 600 DPI or less. Mozilla's built-in Postscript
support is also available for use, as is its PDF support. Please read
PRINTING.txt in the exe's directory for details.
Memory Management: With a few trivial exceptions, the Mozilla apps no
longer use any shared memory beyond what is needed to load their dlls.
Problems that have been attributed to low or no shared memory should
not occur.
Font Selection: The apps should do a better job of selecting DBCS fonts
and fonts with less common font weights such as "Thin" or "Heavy".
Copy Link Location: A bug that caused characters to be deleted from URLs
when using the 'Copy Link Location' menu item has been fixed.
Bugs
----
Both apps will occasionally "smear" the video when scrolling. In most
cases, the easiest workaround is to resize the window slightly to force
its redisplay.
Notes
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DIVE lets an app bypass PM's graphics subsystem and write directly to
your video card's memory. This improves display speed but can cause
problems on some systems. Use the following to disable DIVE:
- uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when possible".
In Firefox, it's on the Options dialog's 'Advanced->General' tab.
In Seamonkey, this is in Preferences under 'Appearance->Content'.
- start the app in "safe mode" (use "/safe-mode" on the command line)
- add "SET MOZ_ACCELERATED=0" to config.sys.
Support
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Community support for these betas and all Mozilla apps is available
through the newsgroups 'mozilla.dev.ports.os2' or 'comp.os.os2.apps'.
Messages posted to other forums may not be seen by the developers.
Rich Walsh
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