The Internet Explorer blog recently announced, IE7 will be released sometime this month. Mozilla still plans on releasing Firefox 2.0 on October 24th. A minor detail though, while IE7 will be ‘released’ later this month those who are subscribe to the Windows Updates likely won’t see an update offer until sometime in November. The October release will be for people who download and install the application directly from Microsoft’s website. Firefox 2.0, should be accessible via automatic update shortly after its release. See CyberNet News >> Internet Explorer 7 Release About The Same As Firefox 2 for more details Blogged…

I am really excited to see Mozilla partnering with Sun Microsystems to add Mozilla’s Lighting functionality in the future to OpenOffice.org (OOo). For those not familiar with Mozilla Lighting, it is a Thunderbird extension which adds the currently missing calendar and scheduler features to Thunderbird. This is going to give OOo an edge over Microsoft as presently OOo does not have scheduling/calendar functionality. Lean more at mozilla links » Mozilla to deliver calendar functionality for OpenOffice.org Blogged with Flock

In an unexpected move, Mozilla has gone ahead and released Firefox RC2 today (3:00 PDT), just hours after releasing the second RC for this milestone. You can get your copy via the Mozilla FTP server or from CyberNet News >> Mozilla Jumps Ahead And Releases Firefox 2 RC2 Today As of today there are 18 days left until the ‘projected’ release date for Firefox 2.0! But, Mozilla still plans on doing an RC3 before the final release. 18 days may not seem like enough time, but given how the RC milestones have been coming out, it is possible.. RC1 ~…

The final releases in the Firefox & Thunderbird 1.5.0.X builds series will be released sometime after Firefox 2.0 which as of today is still October 24th.  Mozilla though is encouraging folks to move over the 2.0 build series since like the 1.0.X build series, there will no longer be any more updates on the 1.5.0.X build series after this release. There are many great features (click links for related articles) in both Firefox 2.0 as well as Thunderbird 2.0 that they are worth upgrading to.  The Firefox 2.0 download is a little larger at 7MB compared to 5MB for 1.0.8…

Once again to better confuse folks with odd naming Mozilla has released the second release candidate for Firefox 2.0 RC2 or better named as Firefox 2 RC2 RC2. This is the final testing version and today (10/6) is testing day for this RC. The live version should be due out on Tuesday, October 10th. You can get this trial version via the Mozilla FTP Servers or using Ryan’s Downloader Widget from CyberNet News >> Release Candidate Of Firefox 2 RC2 Available Blogged with Flock

One thing many people have complained about in regards to Mozilla Thunderbird is unlike Outlook, it does not have a calendar. Today on CyberNet News I came across this entry: Mozilla Sunbird And Lightning 0.3 RC1 Available. Mozilla Sunbird is a standalone calendar application where as Lightning is a Thunderbird Extension. While I have not yet had a chance to a look at Sunbird, I have installed and started briefly using Lightning. Here are some of the features: Adds a ‘Calendar’ Menu option which allows you to view your calendar in your message and preview panes. Adds Lightning pane in…

In response to my recent Browser Smörgåsbord entry, some folks have asked for a link to get Minefield (Firefox 3.0a1). It took some hunting on the Mozilla FTP server but here is the link to folder with the latest nightly of Minefield: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/ Please keep in mind Minefield is still in early development and may not be very stable (this may have improved since the previous nightly I had was from sometime in August).