Most of the tips posted here have been for Firefox 2/3. However this time around we have a Thunderbird 2/3 tip. Alex commented on the Thunderbird 2.0 Message Tags post: There must be some way to change the default tags. i like the tags themselves, but the default tags are kind of annoying. Any tricks for getting around this one? Yes, but you will need to have the About:Config add-on for Thunderbird (see TBird about:config for instructions). Note you could also access the editor from Tools, select Options…, Click the Advance Tab, select (if it is not already) the General…
August 2008
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Since I want to see how the whole message tagging system worked on TBird 3 (Shredder), so I went ahead downloaded and installed TBird 3 Alpha 2. This is it for the Thunderbird 3 Alpha builds. After I got Alpha 2 installed I changed over to the ‘Nightly’ Update Channel and downloaded Shredder/3.0b1pre. Cain’t say I am too thrilled with the new logo… What’s New in Shredder Alpha 2 There were over 300 bug fixes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include: Integration improvements Shredder can import mail from Mail.app on Mac OS…
Since I want to see how the whole message tagging system worked on TBird 3 (Shredder), so I went ahead downloaded and installed TBird 3 Alpha 2. This is it for the Thunderbird 3 Alpha builds. After I got Alpha 2 installed I changed over to the ‘Nightly’ Update Channel and downloaded Shredder/3.0b1pre. Cain’t say I am too thrilled with the new logo… What’s New in Shredder Alpha 2 There were over 300 bug fixes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include: Integration improvements Shredder can import mail from Mail.app on Mac OS…
Most of the tips posted here have been for Firefox 2/3. However this time around we have a Thunderbird 2/3 tip. Alex commented on the Thunderbird 2.0 Message Tags post: There must be some way to change the default tags. i like the tags themselves, but the default tags are kind of annoying. Any tricks for getting around this one? Yes, but you will need to have the About:Config add-on for Thunderbird (see TBird about:config for instructions). Note you could also access the editor from Tools, select Options…, Click the Advance Tab, select (if it is not already) the General…
FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.17 & Fx 3.0.2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Major Update Version Fx 2.0.0.17 >> 3.0.2 Current Schedule Code freeze: August 15th Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: September 3rd Firefox 3.1b1/Gecko 1.9.1b1 – Status: In Triage Beta 1 Code Freeze (purposed) on Tuesday, August 19th Look here for interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1. For a great update of what’s going on in Gecko, take a look at last week’s Gecko meeting notes. Highlights include: Tracking 21 1.9.1 blockers. 138 wanted bugs 26 P1s. These are bugs we feel would…
There were no new releases during the week of August 3rd-August 9th. Firefox 2.0.0.17 – September 2nd. Also purposed Major Update to Fx 3.0.2 for this build Firefox 3.0.2 – September 2nd. Firefox 3.1b1 – August 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – TBD, Possibly September 2nd as well as should be able to do 3 releases (Fx 2.0.0.X/Fx 3.0.X and TBird 2.0.0.X) at once. Thunderbird 3.0a2 – August 13th?
Finally having a chance to go through the Contact Us mail-box and was sent a tip about the site FreePatentsOnline.com. The site allows you to a highly customizable search for patents and chemicals patents (requires you to have a free account.) You can download the documents in PDF format. Search options include: US Patents Patent Applications European Parliament (EP) documents World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)/ Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Abstracts of Japan The only other Patent Search I’ve used before was the Google Patent Search (Beta). Tip Souce: James
FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.17 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: Late August/Early September 2008 Fx 3.0.2 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Bake time: TBA Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: Late August/Early September 2008 Firefox 3.1a1/Gecko 1.9.1a1 – Status: Released Released: July 28th Firefox 3.1b1/Gecko 1.9.1b1 – Status: In Triage Beta 1 Code Freeze (purposed) on Tuesday, August 19th Look here for interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1. For a great update of what’s…
Firefox 2.0.0.17 – No Info Firefox 3.0.2 – No Info Firefox 3.1a1 –Released July 28th Firefox 3.1b1 – August 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – No Info Thunderbird 3.0a2 – Handed off to builds on July 16th. Next stage would be RC for en-US builds, but no scheduling information available at this time