Firemonger 1.5 Public Beta Released

The Firemonger project has announced the release of the Firemonger 1.5 Public Beta. The Firemonger project produces a multilingual downloadable CD image of the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, together with some selected plugins, extensions, themes, utilities and a beginner's guide. Tech-savvy users are encouraged to download this CD image, burn it to disc and distribute it to friends and family.

Robert Wiblin writes: "It's out! The big update we hope you've been waiting for is uploading as I write. We have put a lot of effort into this release over the last few weeks and it really is a major change. We are now running Firefox straight off of the CD. For most people it will work absolutely fine. However, because we want to make sure our big release comes with all the benefits of Firefox 1.5, lots of translations, the momentum of the 1.5 publicity and a truly polished product, we are using this release as a Public Beta. Although we don't anticipate too many problems with it, be sure to send in any and all issues and suggestions to bugs AT firemonger DOT org or post in the forums (registration not necessary). The more feedback you give us the better we can get!

"Currently the CD includes French, Spanish and Japanese text as well as English, but the content for this version is English only until we finalise the rest of the CD. The changes in this release are many so we recommend you just download it and try it out. Screenshots are available here. We've changed the extensions and themes, improved the help, added several whole new sections, made mass extension installing, fast lite and translations possible possible and just made the CD a whole lot more awesome. We're sure you will enjoy it! Note that we are still looking for someone to take on the challenge of improving the CD's graphical design now that Niels can't do it because he's too busy. If you're that person, tell us in the forums! Now go download. Then give your friends a copy, post about us around the net and send us details of any problems or suggestions that you have. Thanks.

"P.S. Most of the credit for the technology in this version has to go to Oren Nachman who came on board a few months ago and has done most of the coding and other difficult stuff. Oren is now a great and valued member of the Firemonger team! He hopes to have a running version with the Firefox 1.5 beta in about 3 weeks for your enjoyment."

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