In the Installing Add-ons in TBird entry, I put together a very comprehensive step-by-step list to install add-ons. All along I was think ‘there has to be a simpler way to do this.’ Well, there is according to this comment from CHR: As far as I know, one could still drag & drop the extension from firefox to the thunderbird add-ons manager window to install the extensions right away. Okay it cain’t be that simple, can it? Well I decided I would test this out and install Lightning (which I am still having trouble saving events/to-do tasks) via this method….
July 9, 2007
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This week’s meeting has brought a lot of big news and not just the usual Firefox/Thunderbird. Firefox/Thunderbird Builds TBird 1.5.0.13/Fx 2.0.0.5 – Code freeze scheduled for this Friday (07/13) with a targeted release date of 07/31. TBird 3 – Begin phasing out the old Talkback on this weeks trunk builds. Will be replaced with Breakpad Fx 3.0 – Alpha 6 released on July 2nd [Release Notes]. First Beta release on the Fx 3 branch was slated for 07/31. However there is now going to be an Alpha 7. Code freeze is scheduled for 07/25 with ship date of 7/31. See…
Mozilla is currently auctioning off a couple MacBook Pro’s, one [eBay item 170128089933] has a laser etched Firefox logo similar to the picture here. This is being done to promote the newly launched Mozilla Firefox eBay Edition, a special Firefox 2 release bundled with the Firefox Companion for eBay, an extension that allows users to track watched and selling items. Also, 100% of the final sale price will support Computer Aid International. At time of this posting the bidding was at $2856. News Source: Mozilla Links
This is one of those ‘I wonder how long it was broken?’ kinda things. It seems my custom Subscribe Now! widget was broken. Now when you click on the RSS logo in the sidebar (under the Subscribe Now header) depending on how your browser handles feeds it will either: A new tab/window will open to FeedBurner where you can subscribe to the feed with a web based news reader. OR In the case of Firefox 2.0, you will given the option to add a Live Bookmark. To add our feed to Firefox’s Bookmark Toolbar simply click the RSS icon in…
In the Installing Add-ons in TBird entry, I put together a very comprehensive step-by-step list to install add-ons. All along I was think ‘there has to be a simpler way to do this.’ Well, there is according to this comment from CHR: As far as I know, one could still drag & drop the extension from firefox to the thunderbird add-ons manager window to install the extensions right away. Okay it cain’t be that simple, can it? Well I decided I would test this out and install Lightning (which I am still having trouble saving events/to-do tasks) via this method….