Sorry this is so late, been a very busy Saturday. Anyway, got some new release dates for Firefox 3 and Thunderbird 2…But still nothing for Firefox 3.1b2 other than “due out very shortly”. Just Released MU Firefox 2.0.0.18 >> Firefox 3.0.4 – December 4th Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.1b2 – Cannot predict now Future Release AMO 4.0.4 – December 2008 Firefox 2.0.0.19 – December 16th *FINAL UPDATE* *NO ANTIPHISHING PROTECTION* Firefox 3.0.5 – December 16th Firefox 3.0.6 – February 3rd, 2009 Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b1 – TBA Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 – January 6, 2009
December 6, 2008
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I first reported with the Mozilla Project Weekly Status: December 1st, the upcoming Firefox 2.0.0.19 release is not going to have the Antiphishing Protection that was introduced with Firefox 2 back in 2006. According to an article on Computerworld Security, the feature is being remove by Google’s request because the older browser line uses an obsolete protocol. “The Phishing Protection feature in Firefox 2 relies on data provided by Google via the first version of the SafeBrowsing protocol,” said Beltzner, who explained that Google and Mozilla had worked together to update the protocol, first to SafeBrowsing v2.1 late last year,…
Earlier this week I was alerted by Grand Stream Dreams’ Claus the possibility there was going to be a Firefox 3.1 Beta 3. Well, I am currently (and not sure for how long) using Shiretoko 3.1 Beta 3 Pre. As for Beta 2, still no release date other than “due out very shortly.” At least that is what Mozilla programmer Ben Turner said Thursday. There is a new feature in the works that there has not been much press about, Web workers. Here is some background from CNet Business Tech: One big change in the 3.1b2 is the addition of…