December 18, 2007

Firefox 3.0b2 Released

Well, it is official, Firefox 3 is not going to released in 2007. However, late today Mozilla did give us an early Christmas present with the release of Firefox 3 Beta 2. Should you choose to download and test, here are some new features and changes in this milestone that require feedback: Improved security features such as: protection from cross-site JSON data leaks, tighter restrictions on site-specific content using effective TLD service, better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, version checking for insecure plugins. Improved ease of use…

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Weekly Update 2007-12-17

Reminder: Due to Day Light Savings time ending and my work schedule, I am not be able to get the meeting notes posted until the following Tuesday. Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.12 Planning not begun for release Big triage starts this week Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 2- We held a Firefox 3 B2 test day on Fri Dec 14th. See the results here and here. 28 community testers joined us! Planned Release: Fri, Dec 21st. Tuesday, Dec 18th Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 3- Status of Beta 3: 24 P1s 57 P2s approvals to continue over…

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