For Firefox 1.0 and later, releases of the British English localisation are handled by mozilla.org.
On this page you can install British English language packs for Firebird 0.7 and Firefox 0.8.
Download and Installation Instructions
Ensure you know which version of Mozilla Firefox/Firebird you are using - use the "Help | About Mozilla Firefox" menu command, or type about: into the address bar.
If you are running GNU/Linux, install this pack as root / system administrator.
XPI for the Current Firefox Release:
To use the "Install XPI" links, Javascript must be enabled—it is by default. (If not, from the Tools menu, select Options; then expand the Web Features section and check the Enable JavaScript box).
Advanced users may wish to "Download XPI".
| Version | Install XPI | Download XPI (for advanced users) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| from (eu.)mozilla.org | from this site | from (eu.)mozilla.org | from this site | |
| Mozilla Firefox 0.8 (116 kB) | Click here. | Click here. | Right-click here. | Right-click here. |
| Mozilla Firebird 0.7 (122 kB) | Click here. | Click here. | Right-click here. | Right-click here. |
Follow the on-screen prompts to install.
Post-install instructions
After installing the pack, you must tell Firefox to use it.
- Close all Firefox windows.
- Open a command prompt and type:
- on Windows:
C:\path_to_firefox>firefox -UILocale en-GB -contentLocale GB
- on Linux, you may also need to set the appropriate permissions on the JAR files that the pack installs:
/path_to_firefox/chrome$ chmod 644 *.jar /path_to_firefox$ firefox -UILocale en-GB -contentLocale GB
- on Macintosh:
path_to_firefox/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -contentLocale en-GB -UILocale GB &(NB: this is what I've inferred from other language packs. If you're a Mac user and you know how to do this, please let me know – there's a link in the page footer.)
- on Windows:
- Start Firefox normally, and you should be browsing with a British English UI
About this language pack
Mozilla Firefox is the slimline sibling of the Mozilla Suite, designed for the non-technical end-user who just wants a browser (and furthermore, one that just Does The Right Thing).
Changes
Firefox 0.8
Change of name, a fair few differences from 0.7 structurally. I'd missed a "filling out" in 0.7.
(2004-Mar-02) Bother. And a "Save link to Disk" in the 0.8 pack released in February.
Firebird 0.7
First release, based vaguely on the pack for Mozilla 1.5. There are few similarities under the bonnet.
What I’ve used:
- My 1990 Chambers English Dictionary
- [ Arachnophilia ], a programmable Programmer’s text-editor written in Java (and so runs on anything which has a [ Java Runtime Environment ]).
To Do:
Testing for bugs, speeling mistooks and remaining Americanisms on all platforms; keeping pace with the new releases of Firefox; pack for Thunderbird.
How you can help:
Email me if you spot any errors: moz_en-gb<AT>tyndall<DOT>org<DOT>uk - that’s not a clickable link, but an obfuscated mailto: link using Javascript is available in the page footer - just click on my name, and as long as you have a Javascript-enabled browser, you should be able to contact me. The obfuscation code is freely available from [ Jim Tucek’s website ].
