Mac OS X forum: Firefox

Are your current O/S systems 10.2 or later? jj

Hi. If you downloaded Firefox of the main page of the firefox home page (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/), you are downloading the wrong version. The version that you can downlaod off the main page is for windows. Either click "other systems ond languages where the download button is or go to http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all.html .

Ok. If you can't get Firefox to work, you could try mozilla's new browser, Camino, that is designed for Mac's. The browser is still in development so it may have a few bugs. You can get it at: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino

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JoshHendo

That's a shame. I use firefox (but I use windows, so I can't really test it). I would say that it is the best browser there is (but that is in my opinion)

That's right, Safari works better than IE.
I started with Firefox beta version on my eMac with Panther, then with Firefox 1.0 RC1 without any problem!
Firefox performs better than Safari, my favorite up to now.
I have two friends who were successfull installing and using Firefox on an iBook and an eMac, both using Panther system.
We all have French Panther versions. I tested both US & French versions of Firefox and they work perfectly.
Try this utility maintenance before installing Firefox: Onyx 1.4.7

Safari crashes each time I type something into an IE page such as "search" or "Get now" (a stock quote)

There's always Netscape and Safari.

Since you didn't mention any specifics about you and your friend's Macs, especially what version operating system you are using, the first question has to be, "What version OS are you using". Firefox only works with OS X, so users of OS 9.x and earlier simply can not use Firefox. If you are using some version of OS X, when you download the file, it arrives with a ".gz" extension. This is a compressed file and needs to be expanded. If double-clicking doesn't expand the file, try control-click (right-click w/2-button mouse) on the file and select open. If neither of these results in a new file with a ".dmg" extension, download the free "Stuffit Expander" at http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html . That definitely will expand the file. The resulting ".dmg" file is a disk image. Double click the ".dmg" file and a new disk icon will appear after a few seconds. The Firefox app is in that virtual disk. Just drag Firefox from the virtual disk into your application folder, there is no installer program. That's all there is to it. The program should launch at that point when you double click it.

If after all this, Firefox still doesn't launch, then you have a problem with your system itself. Start by repairing permissions with Apple's "Disk Utility". Be careful when using that program, since you can totally erase your hard drive. Make sure to ONLY repair persmissions for your hard drive. If that doesn't allow Firefox to launch, you need to run some other disk maintenance program such as Norton Utilities, Disk Warrior or Tech Tool. Hopefully you don't need to go that far, but you should have at least one of those programs around to fix hard disk/system problems, two would be better.

After having red this entire thread and seen that you a) cannot run Firefox on 10.2.8 and b) also cannot run Safari I would suggest that you either a) do a clean install and merge of your current OS or b) upgrade to Panther (10.3, which with updates is to 10.3.6 now) or c) wait for Tiger (10.4) to be released then upgrade to this.

If you cannot run Safari, you have a munged up OS that needs to be repaired. And I'm sorry, but Disk Utility is NOT gonna fix that! (And, btw, you CANNOT erase your hard drive with Disk Util if you are booted to your drive that contains the OS. the only way you can do this is if you boot from your OS installation CD/DVD or from an external source and run Disk Utility improperly. Yes, be careful but also listen to people that know what they are talking about!

Also, if you are going to the Firefox main oage using a Mac-based browser the page will DETECT that you are using a Mac and give you the CORRECT link to download the Mac version. (I have no idea where anyone alse got the idea that it was any different--people need to pay attention).

Firefox is up to version 1.0 now. It is officially no longer beta.so when you get your OS repaired, try that.

-MM

Well, it seems that you might have done something wrong so I went to Mozilla site and read this in faq page and saw this and not sure if this is what you talking about, " MacOS X
JRE 1.4.1 will not work with Firefox (Bug 197813). Applets will display using JRE 1.3.1.

Notes
You should not use Java with a spoofed useragent, as this may cause crashes (Bug 83376 - a JRE issue). You should also remove any Java plugin files from your Plugins directory when installing a new JRE release (if present)." So, there that I copy & paste it here so you know what you see what went wrong. So, if it's don't work then I might suggest you to uninstall it and re-install it again to see if it's works.

hope that helps.

Did you look at the Firefox file under Get Info and see if the permissions are so that you have access?

I beleive it only works in 10.3

As a Mac owner (10.3) why would you even want to run Firefox? Is this a keeping up with the Jones' things? Safari ROCKS! Seriously, I hope you can get it to work. Even though M$ has killed IE for Mac, it is still a good alternative. Try Opera or Netscape they both work with Mac. I tried the Windows version of FireFox and it sucks big time. Won't even think about putting it on my Mac.