[digg=http://digg.com/software/Firefox_A_Year_In_Review] Here we are at the end of 2006! I can’t believe this year is nearly over and thought wouldn’t it be neat to take a look at all the changes to Firefox over the past year? A lot has happened (more then I first realized) with a total of 11 official releases. For each release I’ll discuss the new features/fixes as well as link to security enhancements/fixes for that version. Now before we begin, I have a couple quick clarification notes: Releases are listed in order by which they were released (date), not by their version number. Which is…
December 25, 2006
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Wishing y’all a very Merry Christmas! A little later today I will be posting a very special entry: Fx Year In Review. I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the course of this past week doing research and taking notes for this entry. This is a very in depth review of Firefox throughout 2006 from 1.5 to 2.0.0.1 and even 3.0a1! I have covered features and fixes as well as included my thoughts (some good and some not so good) about these particular releases. Also, something different with the Fx Year in Review entry, I have included several external…