On Friday – October 26th, there was a Fx 2.0.0.9 Test Day which means the final release of Fx 2.0.0.9 should be coming out some time this week. I have seen unconfirmed reports that this release date is going to be this Thursday – November 1st. Should have more info soon from the Mozilla Weekly Update meeting. Update: Beta users release will be coming later today.
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Your TBird profile not only contains all your preferences and extensions but your e-mail folders and messages as well. Moving your profile is not that difficult. One thing to keep in mind though is your TBird profile can get quite large depending on the size of the e-mail messages you have saved so you will need to copy it to a CD/DVD or Flash Drive. Step 1: Locate Your Profile Folder: On Windows Vista/XP/2000, the path is usually %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxxxx is a random string of 8 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\ on Windows XP/2000 or…
Here are some thoughts about the Blip.tv Windows Vista video: A Combination of Windows CE + ME + NT – Never used Windows CE or ME (although my friend had it and didn’t seemed too difficult to work with). I’ve used NT in a corporate environment and it seemed to work fairly well, given it is a Microsoft product. Six Versions – I recall a while back when they were introducing Vista the six different versions. I have the Home Premium Edition. Not really sure how that compares to the Basic Home Edition (other than it must be better if…
Had I not already purchase a computer with Windows Vista, I would have second thoughts after seeing this video… Update 04/26/15 –BlipTV has removed this video. However, it lives on over at YouTube.
As was pointed out in this week’s update meeting notes, there are some issues with the recent Fx 2.0.0.8 upgrade. As of Monday morning this was the list of known Regressions: 391412/400406 – layout regression with CSS (Win XP/Vista, Mac, Linux) 400421 – dynamically removing an <area> makes the whole map disappear (Win XP/Vista, Mac, Linux) 400467 – After upgrading to FF 2.0.0.8 Java applets stop working on Vista [Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues] 400714 – Flash crashes on Mac have skyrocketed in FF 2008 Here are a couple more we have found from Mozilla Developer News and the appear only to…
As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update, a serious regression involving Firefox 2.0.0.8 and JAVA (JRE 1.6 update 3)on Windows Vista ONLY has been identified. Bug 400467: Java broken on Vista after Firefox 2.0.0.8 upgrade (says Java Not Found, Or Not Working). Reviewing the bug report, the bug filer had upgraded to Fx 2.0.0.8 earlier that morning and attempted to launch/play a JAVA based game at Pogo.com and was told that they could access the site with IE7. There is a possible work-around for this: Right click Firefox icon and choose “Run as administrator” Accept UAC prompt Enter any site which…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.8/Fx 2.0.0.9 Fx 2.0.0.8 Released: Thursday, October 18th Over the weekend there were reports of some serious regressions, for which we are considering a Fx 2009 firedrill We will have an FF 2009 triage meeting today at 2:30 PDT, #2009, x204 We will triage the nominations list here Known Regressions: 391412/400406 – layout regression 400421 – dynamically removing an <area> makes the whole map disappear 400467 – After upgrading to FF 2.0.0.8 Java applets stop working on Vista [Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues] 400714 – Flash crashes on Mac have skyrocketed in FF…
The ‘Upcoming’ page has been updated (got a little behind on that one) and renamed to ‘Releases’. Also there is now a ‘Releases’ category which will make it easier to find the posts related to new version releases.
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…