I am sure a lot of folks have been wondering what happened to the Fx 1.5.0.X to 2.0.0.X Major Update feature. Many people thought it would be included with the Fx 1.5.0.8 build as that was released a couple months after 2.0 came out in October. Then there were rumors it would be in the 1.5.0.9 build giving users the option to go directly to the 2.0.0.1 build. After some hunting around (was actually looking for info on the upcoming 1.5.0.10/2.0.0.2 releases) I came across some information about the Major Update. For the most part, the Major Update is done,…
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The release of Fx 1.5.0.10 & 2.0.0.2 had been scheduled to occur on February 1st, however due to three critical blockers this has been delayed. The developers hope to have these bugs fixed either today or tomorrow with a release candiate by the end of the week. The new targeted release date is going to be around February 15th. News Source: Mozilla Wiki >> Weekly Updates 2007/01/29 Permalink
New at the Mozilla Store, Firefox Crop Circle Hoodie. Designed by Alex Polvi, a member of the Crop Circle creative team. The Hoodie is in navy featuring the original image to make the 220-foot Firefox crop circle along with the text “Aliens Prefer Firefox”. Each sleeve also has a splotch of wheat chaff. Also features a ‘kangaroo’ pocket on the front and draw string hood. Available in Large and Extra Large and are $50 each plus $2 shipping (within the US) per order. Firefox Crop Circle Hoodie Permalink
Just because Windows Vista is being released today does not mean Mozilla is going to stop supporting Windows XP after the upcoming Firefox 3 release later this year. The only reason Mozilla ended support for Windows 95/98/Me with the upcoming Firefox 3 release was because Microsoft discontinued support for these obsolete operating systems. Mozilla’s plans are as long as Microsoft continues to support Windows XP, they will continue to support XP with future Firefox releases. So now million dollar question: When does Microsoft plan to discontinue Windows XP support? The answer depends on if you were using XP Home or…
Note: The below directions apply to Firefox 2 or older. More updated directions canbe found at The Firefox Extension Guru’s Wiki. Here is a neat little trick to open the Add-Ons and Download Managers into the sidebar instead of a new window: From the Bookmarks Menu, select Organize Bookmarks Click the New Bookmark Button In Name field enter what you want to call this bookmark (Add-Ons or Downloads) In the Location field copy/paste the appropriate address below: Add-Ons: chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul Downloads: chrome://mozapps/content/downloads/downloads.xul Check the box: Load this bookmark in sidebar Click OK To make it even easier to access the Add-Ons…
Some folks have asked what happened to the “Get Mail” button that use to be in the older Firefox 1.5.0.X builds. For reasons not really clearly stated the developers opted to remove the button in Firefox 2. However, with the Get Mail extension, you can have the icon back. The extension works with Firefox 2.0 and newer. One word of warning this extension may not display correctly if you are not using the default Firefox theme. If this is the case you may want to inform the theme offer and see if they can provide icon support. 06/21/07: Link has…
Earlier this week the next Thunderbird 2 milestone, Beta 2 was released. We are getting closer to the final release of Thunderbird 2. According to the Roadmap, the estimated release is first quarter 2007. Given how late into January we are and also that there will still be a couple release candidates, I am going to guesstimate the final release sometime in March. New features with Thunderbird 2: Visual Refresh (new look) Improved Message Notification Message Tags Folder Summary Popups* Tabbed Message* * Still in development News Source: mozillaZine Permalink
Yet another new release (v 0.3.1) of the SearchLoad Extension. A couple minor changes but nice fixes though. The main change/fix is on the options screen, in Searchbar section there is no longer a 99 second maximum limit before the search bar is cleared and/or the search engine is reset back to the default. You can now specify however much (or little) time you want before these actions happen. The other change was on the tabs section, Keep blank tab has been renamed the Detect blank tab. I still cain’t get this feature to work right, as in theory if…
Naturally, after I reviewed the SearchLoad Extension a new version (0.3) is released. However the functionality of the extension has not changed, just the options. Prior to version 0.3 the extension added Search Options to the Tools menu. With version 0.3, this has been removed and a search tab has been added the main options panel (Tools, Options…).
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