Very little to report out of today’s Firefox 3 status meeting. The latest news on Places is expect to see something (may not be fully functional) shipped with the Alpha 4 build the end of this month. Okay so this week they are saying Alpha 4 by the end of the month. But wait…last I looked Fx3/Gecko1.9 are only on Alpha 2 right now. Okay I’m confused. So now I am wondering just when is Alpha 3 going to ship? I would expect this might be discussed in tomorrow’s Gecko 1.9 status meeting. Then I noticed something when I was…

[digg=http://digg.com/software/Fx_1_5_0_11_2_0_0_3_Bug_Fixes] Last night I mentioned about the upcoming release (either this week or next week) for Fx 1.5.0.11 & 2.0.0.3 builds to address some serious regressions. Here is some more detailed information about these four regressions. Bug 370136 prevents Firefox from automatically obtaining a certificate when there are two or more valid certificates for a website. This bug has been fixed Bug 371525 is a result of the change in the way password manager works in the new Fx 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2 builds. This is regression is not a security issue, just an annoyance. If you have multiple accounts for a site,…

Sorry this is so late, currently working on a new project with my web design business. Anyway, some big and interesting news from today’s Weekly Update Meeting: The developers are still working on plans for Major Update. Looks like they won’t be doing 1.5.0.10 > 2.0.0.2 as planned (see next item). Due to a small number of serious regressions there are going to be a Fx 1.5.0.11 & 2.0.0.3 releases. Code freeze is set for Tuesday night. I am guessing these will be released next Tuesday (2007/03/13). See Mozilla Developers Center for more details. Fx 1.5.0.12 & 2.0.0.4 releases therefore…

[digg=http://digg.com/software/Firefox_URL_Fixer] Without a doubt, typos are annoying! Even more so when the typo occurs in the Fx address bar. The bulk of address bar related typos are usually the very last part of the address. You meant to type mozilla.com but instead you ended up typing mozilla.con and now you are wondering why you are getting an error or your DNS severs search page. URL Fixer will…well “fix” this. It will automatically review the address you have placed in the address bar and instantly make any corrections so you are routed to where you want to go. It will fix…

The latest version of the Thunderbird 1.5 builds was released yesterday (March 1st). This update contains stability improvements and a couple of security fixes (one fix which is labeled as critical). Users who have not been presented with an upgrade offer should be able to upgrade via the Help Menu and selecting Check For Updates… If you can not or are getting an error when trying to upgrade, you can get the new version here. Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 Release Notes News Source: mozillaZine

Not much to report from today’s Firefox 3 Status Meeting. Due to Blocker bugs, Places will NOT ship with Alpha 3 later this month. For those of you keeping track at home it has been nearly 10 months (April 28th) since Places was removed from the Firefox 2 development. Here was Mike Schroepfer’s reasoning from back in April 2006: “Places is a complex and exciting feature which changes the way people use bookmarks, history, and navigate through their private space of the web. Rather than rush it to market – we’d prefer to spend the time it takes to get…

This is a very useful extension in instances where you have a long link (which you don’t want to shorten) and limited space such as within tables, forums and blogs. Firefox won’t wrap links so you end up having to scroll horizontally or in the case of my blog, links in the comments occasionally run into neighboring sidebar. The extension will automatically wraps the link on to a second (or more) line without breaking the link. Before installing this extension visit the test page and then again after installing the extension to see how it works. Note: There is a…