October 2011

How to show the full URL in Firefox Part 2

A bit of clarification is in order in regards to the How to show the full URL in Firefox we posted earlier. The tweak which we had posted a while back is correct and will show the full URL including the http://www and the trailing ‘/’. However, the premise for this CNET article is not correct, Firefox currently and ALWAYS will show when you are on a secure connection (https) by default. It will not show the http (and www) in the address bar starting with Firefox 7. Someone already had commented about this on the CNET post and the…

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How to show the full URL in Firefox

. Firefox made a change to how URLs are displayed when visiting Web pages. Unfortunately, if you’re trying to find out if you’re on a secure connection by reading the protocol at the start of the URL, you can’t do that anymore. Here’s a quick fix for getting the protocol back in the address bar so you can see the full URL, every time: “  How to show the full URL in Firefox | How To – CNET ↑Go get it↓

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HTTPs Everywhere Crashing Firefox 8+

There is a known issue with the HTTPS Everywhere extension causing Firefox to crash. This bug was first reported in early August when Firefox 8 was still in the nightly build stage. From what I can see it appears that only Firefox 8 (now in Beta) and newer (9 Aurora and 10 Nightly) are affected by this. It does not appear to be affecting Firefox 7 or older. This is being caused by some changes in the core Firefox code with Firefox 8 in regards to URIs are assumed immutable in some parts of the Mozilla code, even though they…

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Lightning and Google Data Provider Updates Available

With the recent releases of Thunderbird to the Daily, Earlybird and Beta channels, there are updates for both Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar (gdata-provider) add-ons. You can not at this time update via the Thunderbird add-ons manager, you will need to manually download and install the correct version for both add-ons in order to get your calendar working again in your developmental version of Thunderbird. Thunderbird 7 users are able to use the most up to date version of these add-ons which should have already been updated. For those using Thunderbird 8 Beta, Thunderbird 9 Earlybird or Thunderbird 10…

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Firefox Release Recap: October 8, 2011

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.24 – November 8th Firefox 8 Final Release – November 8th Firefox 8 for Mobile Final Release – November 8th Firefox 9 Beta (9.0b1) – November 8th* Firefox 10 Aurora (10.0a2) – November 8th* Firefox 9 Final Release – December 20th Firefox 9 for Mobile Final Release – December 20th Firefox 10 Beta (10.0b1) – December 20th* Firefox 11 Aurora (10.0a2) – December 20th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin….

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Thunderbird 8 Beta Released

Mozilla has released to Beta Channel Thunderbird 8 on October 4, 2011. What’s new in Thunderbird 8 Beta includes: Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons Improved accessibilty of the attachment lists Several user interface fixes and improvements and numerous other platform fixes Thunderbird Beta 7 users should be able to update via Help > About Thunderbird or may download and install Thunderbird 8 Beta manually here. Source: Mozilla Developer’s Center

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Thunderbird Release Update: October 1, 2011

Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.15 – September 27th Thunderbird 7.0 – September 27th Thunderbird 7.0.1 -September 30th Thunderbird 9 Earlybird – September 30th Coming Soon Thunderbird 3.1.16 – TBA Thunderbird 8 Beta – Early October 2011 Thunderbird 9 Beta – November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird – November 8th* Future Releases Thunderbird 9 Final Release – December 20th Thunderbird 10 Beta – December 20th* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird – December 20th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may…

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Firefox Release Recap: October 1, 2011

Just Released Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7.0 – September 27th Firefox 7.0 for Android– September 27th Firefox 7.0.1 – September 29th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 29th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) for Android – September 29th Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 30th Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) for Android – September 30th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.24 – November 8th? Firefox 8 Final Release – November 8th Firefox 8 for Mobile Final Release – November 8th Firefox 9 Beta (9.0b1) – November 8th* Firefox 10 Aurora (10.0a2) – November 8th* Firefox 9 Final…

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