Subj : [VOICENWS] SW: bww bitwise works GmbH progress update
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Date : Tue Mar 10 2015 08:59:26


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From: silvan.scherrerDESPAM@DESPAMaroa.ch

*bww bitwise works GmbH progress update February 18, 2015
***  

This is the fourth beta release of Firefox for eCS (OS/2) version 24. It 
contains some UI fixes (makes the "Clear Recent History" dialog and most recent 
sites' thumbnails on the new tab canvas work again) and makes XUL.DLL finally 
loadable into high memory.. Also this release uses the new GCC runtime (version 
4.9.2) which significantly reduces the size of executables and DLLs and the 
memory footprint of the running application (by about 5-6 megabytes).  

The CHANGES.OS2 https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/blob/FIREFOX_24_8_1esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_4/widget/os2/CHANGES.OS2> file contains more detailed list of changes.  

The README.OS2 https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/blob/FIREFOX_24_8_1esr_RELEASE_OS2_Beta_4/widget/os2/README.OS2> file contains software requirements and detailed installation instructions.  

*IMPORTANT NOTICE*  

 1.  

 If you find a bug (which is likely), please create an issue at the
 issues page https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/issues>.
 But before you create a new issue, be sure it is not already
 reported by searching through the existing ones using the Search
 field at the top of this page.  

 2.  

 When Firefox crashes it creates a trap report that may contain
 useful information for the developers. These reports are saved in
 |.TRP| files created in the directory where |firefox.exe| is
 installed. By default these reports contain only basic information.
 In order to make them even more useful (and therefore make a fix for
 your problem much more likely) please do the following:  

 * Install the latest EXCEPTQ runtime from
 http://home.earthlink.net/~steve53/betas/
 http://home.earthlink.net/%7Esteve53/betas/> (currently, this
 one
 http://home.earthlink.net/%7Esteve53/betas/exceptq-7.11-shl-2014-03-03.zip>
 is the latest).
 * Install the Firefox symbol files by downloading the
 |.symbols.zip| archive from the link below and unzipping it to
 the same directory where you installed Firefox.
 * Make Firefox crash again and attach the resulting |.TRP| file to
 the issue describing your problem.  


*Sponsoring:*
If you want to support us or a specific project then please check out these 
links:
http://www.bitwiseworks.com/shop
You are one of the people making the future possible!  

With regards, the bww bitwise works GmbH Team
http://www.bitwiseworks.com
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