Thanks to all who contributed to my cause :)
I'm ready to give up here. By looking at everyone's headers who posted
in this thread, you are all using a windows version. BTW, I could not
view the headers using mozilla, I had to use my old Thoth Newsreader. I
am using the Mac OS X version (http://www.apple.com/macosx - based on
freeBSD).
Is there anyone in this newsgroup that uses the OS X version?
I can safely say that this version just doesn't work. I have used two
different computers, under 4 user accounts, and they all produce the
same results:
1. I cannot change the view to show only unread messages. The check mark
stays on "all" regardless of what I try to change it to. I try this
under view>messages>unread.
2. The aqua theme will not intall on the milestone version 92 using the
new themes option. I know I am using the right theme for the right
version. Thanks to Peter, I now know the difference between the two, and
where to get them, and I now know which theme to install for the
milestone or the nightly. BTW, is it just me, or is that developers page
for the aquamozilla theme not accessible?
This is extremely frustrating. I really want to use this, but after
using the aqua in Mac OS X, I just find it difficut go back to the old
look and feel. I could live with that, however, if I could at least view
my newsgroups with out having to sift through all the messages I have
read already.
Peter Lairo wrote:
> No problem,
>
> the *Nightlies* are located at:
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/
>
> the *Milestones* are at: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
>
> The difference can be explained as follows:
>
> Mozilla is continually being developed and improved. Every "evening",
> whatever development is reached then is compiled into a "nightly build".
> After about a month of development, the most stable "modules" from the
> nightlies are used to compile a "Milestone Build".
>
> So you see, the nightlies are more current, but can also be less stable
> than a milestone since they are generated more rapidly and new features
> receive less testing (actually, the nightlies are for testing the newest
> additions). The milestones are less current (only come out once a month)
> but therefore more stable, since about a week before a Milestone comes
> out, the features available at that time are frozen and the modules are
> "branched" away from the main "trunk". No new additions are allowed on
> this branch, and the existing features are thoroughly tests during the
> week between the "branch-time" and the "Milestone Release".
>
> So the nightlies are the "Trunk" and a Milestone is a "Branch" from the
> trunk [:)]
>
> The current Milestone is Mozilla 0.9.2. The next Milestone (Mozilla
> 0.9.3) os only a week or so away.
>
> I suggest to create two sepearate installations (as described in my
> previous post) so you always have a more stable (i.e., Milestone) and
> more current (i.e., Nightly) build [;)]
>
> BTW. You can just install a newer vversion over an existing one, just
> like with any other decent program (unlike M$ office). All your settings
> will be retained, only the program itself will be updated. This is maily
> because your settings are stored in one location, and the program in
> another location (i.e., subdirectory).
>
> PS. You sent this question to the newsgroup and to me *separately*. In
> the future, please just click on the "Reply All" button so when I reply
> to your email, and I too hit "reply All", my answer goes to you by email
> *and* to this newsgroup, thus allowing others here to benefit from the
> new information ;)
