From Mozilla Developer News: If you already have Thunderbird 2.0.0.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu starting later today. For a list of changes and more information, please review the Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 Release Notes. The security vulnerabilities addressed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 do not affect Thunderbird 1.5.0.x users, therefore, there is no update required for Thunderbird 1.5.0.x series users.
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Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.5, a security upgrade. From mozillaZine.org: Firefox 2.0.0.5 includes a fix for firefoxurl:// security exploit, which allows an attacker to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to trick Firefox into executing malicious code. Whether Firefox or IE is responsible for the flaw has been a matter of debate over the past week. The Mozilla Foundation security advisory about the firefoxurl:// issue maintains that it’s a problem in IE and notes that other applications could be exploited in the same way. Others have argued that it’s Firefox’s responsibility to vet incoming data (something 2.0.0.5 now does). You should…
Well, the big-wigs at Microsoft are at it again. As if tracking cookies weren’t bad enough, Microsoft has recently filed a patent that would ” look at what’s on your hard drive and serve you targeted advertisements based on that data.” The patent application notes that the software in question could be a part of Windows or a stand-alone app: An advertising framework may reside on a user computer, whether it’s a part of the OS, an application or integrated within applications. Applications, tools, or utilities may use an application program interface to report context data tags such as key…
We can’t even rely on our own government to backup the Internet…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4vDClhnJjs]
Here are the details of today’s Weekly Update meeting: Fx/TBird 2.0.0.5 – Firedrill Release due a critical security bug (cross browser scripting). Also a regression was found in Fx 2.0.0.5RC1 resulting in a re-spin. Currently testing Fx 2.0.0.5RC2, updates available soon for testing. Possible release this Thursday (07/19) but TBird could be released Friday or following week. Fx3: Places team focused on UI (details) Download manager spec complete Ongoing design discussions in d-a-f AddOns specs in progress, Madhava and Rob Strong leading that work More plans to be posted this week about visual refresh M7 freeze next week, m8 is…
The next milestone in the Netscape 9.0 series, Beta 2 was release late last week. Netscape 9.0 is based off of Firefox 2.0.0.4 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070710 Firefox/2.0.0.4 Navigator/9.0b2). I have used Netscape 8 in the past and had found it to be very unstable, so I was not sure what to expect with Netscape 9. I played with it for a couple hours this morning and much to my surprise it was very stable (never even crashed 🙁 ), even on Delphi Forums where some ads would cause Netscape 8 to crash. Being Netscape…
The Guru is getting popular! I’ve had two extension review requests in the past couple days. Today’s extension review is Interclue, “an extensive and polished new add-on that brings you link summaries, link context information and useful next action icons inside a handy tooltip window that turns up when you want it, not when you least expect it.” Unlike Snap Shots, it provides more than just a preview of the link. With Interclue you get a preview plus ‘clues’. These ‘clues’ include statics such as number of words, links and files contained within the document. In addition there is (optional)…
Note: If you are using a Nightly or other custom builds of Firefox you will need to make a change in your about:config in order to be allowed to download this add-on. Change general.useragent.extra.firefox preference from Bon Echo (or whatever your build is called) to Firefox. Once you have installed the add-on you can get safely reset that preference. Snap allows you to see preview or a ‘snap-shot’ of the link target when you hover over a link. WordPress has been using Snap for a while now and it is one of those features you either like or hate. I…
It has been nearly 9 months since I originally posted the Firefox 2.0: Close Tab Buttons tweak and still it is the top viewed and commented post. Making this adjustment is the first thing I do when I setup a new profile as having the button on every tab is just too much. I have setup a poll and discussion on the The Firefox Extension Guru’s Forum about this very topic. Come join in.
They CyberNet Blog has a really good article today, What Was Your Experience Cancelling AOL?. I have had my own experience and when I use to work for a credit card company have heard many of horror stories. It took me nearly a month to cancel an account I never activated. Several phone calls kept yielding more free months offers but never a cancellation. I found the best way to cancel AOL is accept an offer, wait for the confirmation letter, complete the form on the back and then either FAX or mail (be sure to make a copy as…