February 2009

Important Flash Player Updates Released

Adobe released important updates to their Flash Player this week. Follow these steps to get the new player(s) correctly installed: Go to the Adobe Flash Page to see which version you are running. Look for the Version Information box just above the list of current versions. If you are the current version there is nothing more you need to do. Otherwise continue… Windows & Mac users download the Adobe Flash Player Uninstaller. Close Firefox, Internet Explorer and any other browser you may have open. Run the Uninstaller downloaded in step 4. Windows Users: Be sure to click \”Show Details\” button…

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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Coming Soon & More News

Back on December 9th, 2008, Mozilla released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. Ironically when Firefox 3.1 was announced (see What’s Next For Firefox?) back in June 2008, this was suppose to be around the time Firefox 3.1 was released. Now, nearly 3 months later Beta 3 is finally going to be release during the early part of March. With that news, does it mean the following release is going to a Release Candidate? Sadly, no it is going to be Beta 4 which is scheduled to be release about 6-weeks after Beta 3 is released. The continuing and great work on…

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Release Recap: February Week 4

Just Released Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b2 – February 26th, 2009 Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.0.7 – March 4th, 2009 Firefox 3.1b3 – March 2009 Future Release Firefox 3.0.8 – April 7th, 2009 Thunderbird 2.0.2.21 – March 17-18, 2009

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Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 Released

Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 3 beta 2 today. Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality of the new features and platform changes that will be included in Thunderbird 3. For additional information about the new features, visit this blog post. New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include: New Activity Manager New ability to Archive email see the complete list of bugs fixed Source: David Ascher

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Thunderbird (Shredder) Beta 2 Released

Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 3 beta 2 today. Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality of the new features and platform changes that will be included in Thunderbird 3. For additional information about the new features, visit this blog post. New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include: New Activity Manager New ability to Archive email see the complete list of bugs fixed Source: David Ascher

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Mozilla Project Weekly Status: February 23rd

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) 5.0.2 release last week: Fixed bugs Updated developer dashboards Extension permalinks (now developers can link directly to the latest version of an add-on) Enhanced anonymized stats tracking of logged-in vs logged-out users Compatibility update 79% of add-ons compatible with Fx3.1 Email to developers went out a little over a week ago, response has been positive but many are waiting for b3 before putting significant work into compatibility AMO Mascot/Logo by Sean Martell FIREFOX Firefox 3.0.7 Beta this Wednesday afternoon Release next Wednesday at 3pm if all goes well Firefox 3.0.8 Code freeze is March 17 at 11:59pm Release…

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Release Recap: February Week 3

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b2 – February 24th, 2009 Future Release AMO 4.0.5 – February 2009 Firefox 3.0.7 – March 3rd, 2009 Firefox 3.0.8 – April 7th, 2009 Firefox 3.1b3 – March  2009 Thunderbird 2.0.2.21 – March 2009

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No Lightning In Thunderbird 3

A bit of major announcement in regards to Lightning (Calendar) and the upcoming Thunderbird 3. From David Ascher’s (CEO, Mozilla Messaging) Blog: For some time, we (the Thunderbird release-drivers) have been exploring how to best integrate calendar functionality into Thunderbird.  Time for an update. The current plan is to work with the Lightning Add-on community to make a version of it available as an add-on to Thunderbird 3 after we ship later this year.  This is a change from our initial plan of integrating all of Lightning into Thunderbird by default. While there are several reasons for this decision, these…

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No Integrated Lightning in TBird 3

A bit of major announcement in regards to Lightning (Calendar) and the upcoming Thunderbird 3. From David Ascher’s (CEO, Mozilla Messaging) Blog: For some time, we (the Thunderbird release-drivers) have been exploring how to best integrate calendar functionality into Thunderbird.  Time for an update. The current plan is to work with the Lightning Add-on community to make a version of it available as an add-on to Thunderbird 3 after we ship later this year.  This is a change from our initial plan of integrating all of Lightning into Thunderbird by default. While there are several reasons for this decision, these…

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Foxmosa

A new mascot has joined the international Mozilla Family. Foxmosa, is the new mascot for Mozilla Taiwan (moztw.org). Foxmosa joins G-Fox (China) and Foxkeh (Japan). Source: Mozilla Links

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