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October 2007
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Well, here’s a post I never pictured myself writing! That’s right, The Guru who has posted such entries as Need a reason NOT to buy Vista?, or Win Vista Stunning Feature and personal favorite How to Install Windows Vista started using Windows Vista yesterday. Here’s the reason, I had to buy a new computer after my old one rejected a power supply upgrade and quit working or so I thought. Turns out it was acting like a possum, pretending it was dead so I wouldn’t try to add any more upgrades to it. So I’ve been using Vista for about…
The latest and greatest update on the Firefox 2.0 branch has been released. This update fixes eight security vulnerabilities including two labeled critical, along with other 100+ stability and performance patches. Users should be getting an auto-update prompt in the next 24-48 hours or can manually update now via Help, Check for Updates… Firefox 2.0.0.8 Release Notes As a reminder if you are still using Firefox 1.5, Mozilla has ceased support and updates nearly six months ago. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest Firefox 2 build. Mac users, there are some known Firefox issues on Leopard. News…
Nearly 3 months after we reviewed Netscape 9.0b2, the final version of Netscape Navigator 9 has been released today. Netscape Navigator uses the same Gecko engine as Firefox 2 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071015 Firefox/2.0.0.7 Navigator/9.0) and is available for Windows, Mac OSX or Linux. Further since it is based on Firefox 2, extensions are cross-browser compatible. Any Firefox 2 extension will work with Netscape Navigator 9 as will a Netscape Navigator 9 extension work with Firefox 2. Get Netscape Navigator
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.8 – All prior landings on the Fx 2.0.0.7 branch have been moved the 2.0.0.8 branch. Code Freeze: Wednesday -October 3rd Release Candidate 1: Thursday – October 4th Beta Users Release: Wednesday – October 10th Target Ship Date: Thursday – October 18th TBird 1.5.0.13 – No Report TBird 2.0.0.8 – As soon as Fx 2.0.0.8 is done (note no TB 2.0.0.7 build) TBird Major Update (TBird 1.5.0.12 > 2.0.0.6) – No Report TBird 3 – No Report Fx3.0.m9/Gecko 1.9m9 – Code Freeze: Sometime between 10/24/07 & 10/31/07 Gecko 1.9 blockers 23…
I guess we can call this Part 3…that is if we call Scott McGregor’s announcement (Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 1 and David Bienvenu’s announcement (More Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 2 . As expected Michell Baker has posted a couple articles about the transition of Thunderbird to MailCo on her blog. The first article (Thunderbird Process of Change Part 1) discusses the organizational setting of Thunderbird within Mozilla Corp since it was formed in 2003 to present and how “started to grow uncomfortable” in the later years with massive growth of the web. The second article (Thunderbird Process of Change, Part…
I guess we can call this Part 3…that is if we call Scott McGregor’s announcement (Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 1 and David Bienvenu’s announcement (More Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 2 . As expected Michell Baker has posted a couple articles about the transition of Thunderbird to MailCo on her blog. The first article (Thunderbird Process of Change Part 1) discusses the organizational setting of Thunderbird within Mozilla Corp since it was formed in 2003 to present and how “started to grow uncomfortable” in the later years with massive growth of the web. The second article (Thunderbird Proces of Change, Part…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.8 – All prior landings on the Fx 2.0.0.7 branch have been moved the 2.0.0.8 branch. Code Freeze: Wednesday -October 3rd Release Candidate 1: Thursday – October 4th Beta Users Release: Thursday – October 11th Target Ship Date: Tuesday – October 16th TBird 1.5.0.13 – No Report TBird 2.0.0.8 – Released (tentative) two weeks after Fx 2.0.0.8 (note no TB 2.0.0.7 build) TBird Major Update (TBird 1.5.0.12 > 2.0.0.6) – No Report TBird 3 – No Report Fx3.0.m9/Gecko 1.9m9 – Code Freeze: Wednesday – October 17th M9 blocker report ~…
Earlier this week Scott McGregor announced he was leaving Mozilla Corp. Now comes the announcement David Bienvenu, the only other Thunderbird Developer is also leaving on October 12th: Just wanted to let everyone know that my last day at The Mozilla Corporation will be Oct. 12. I intend to stay involved with Thunderbird and to continue on as a module owner. I’ve enjoyed working at Mozilla a lot, and I wish Mozilla Co and the new Mail Co all the best. As Percy points out in his article, Thunderbird is after all an open-source project. This means anyone can work…
This morning I mentioned in my More Troublesome Thunderbird News post that there not being announcements from Mitchell Baker or even David Ascher. Earlier today David Ascher dropped by and left this comment and invitation: Hi — i did blog about it this morning on my own blog — I don’t have much to say about Scott & David’s departure, but I have lots to say about MailCo and thunderbird. see http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/10/06/open-letter-to-the-thunderbird-community/ As I mention in that blog, I’m keen to hear from anyone in the Thunderbird community.