June 4, 2011

Add-ons Disabled – Updated for Gecko 2.0

A slight update to the Add-on(s) Disabled by Firefox post from earlier this year. Gecko 2.0 added the file extensions.sqlite to the ‘extensions’ files. Firefox 4.0 and newer include this particular file. We have updated the Wiki to reflect these changes. To get your add-ons working again: Close Firefox Locate your profile folder Delete the following files from your profile folder. Note: You may not have all these files: extensions.ini extensions.cache extensions.rdf extensions.sqlite Restart Firefox When you restart Firefox it will automatically rebuilt the extensions list, replacing the files you just removed with fresh updated copies. Your add-ons should now…

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Thunderbird for Mobile?

While there has been a lot of new development on Firefox for Mobile aka Fennec there is currently no official Thunderbird for Mobile. Further, there has not been any talk about developing a mobile version of Thunderbird. This could change in the future as the development of Thunderbird is now under Mozilla Labs, a group that specializes in these types of ‘projects’. The closest you can get to Syncing is an add-on, Zindus which allows you to sync your GMail and Thunderbird contacts. There is no synching of mail or calendar. Two options here, using a web-based email/calendar service like…

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Firefox Release Recap: June 2011 Week 1

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.18 – June 21st Firefox 5 Final Release – June 21st Firefox 5 for Mobile Final Release – June 21st Firefox 6 Beta – July 5th* Firefox 6 Final Release – August 16th Firefox 6 for Mobile Final Release – August 16th Firefox 7 Aurora – August 16th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See this post for more…

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