ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) 5.0.7 launches 7/15 Tagging Contributions 5.0.8 launches 8/5 Add-ons and Personas at Renegade Craft Fair this weekend- sign up if you’re going to be in town and want to help talk about add-ons and Mozilla with attendees 92% of hosted add-ons compatible with 3.5.* FIREFOX Firefox 3.0.12 on track to ship to beta tomorrow final ship next week Firefox 3.0.13 please review the final schedule blockers in place… ‘please work on your blockers’ code freeze set for August 4 at 11:59pm Firefox 3.5.1 Sam’s started triage, should be continuing this week still aiming for an end of the…
July 2009
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Part of the big improvements for Firefox 3.5 was it is suppose to be faster. Unless you have started using Firefox 3.5 with a clean profile, you are going to notice that the initial startup of Firefox can be a bit (or for some user painfully) slow at times. This is especially true for those on Windows. There are a couple quick fixes to improve the startup time of your Firefox. These involve cleaning up temporary files (Windows users) and vacuuming your databases. Both tips come courtesy of Percy at Mozilla Links.
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.12 – July 21st Firefox 3.0.13 – Sept 1st Firefox 3.5.1 – TBA
Note: Effective today the Mozilla Project Weekly Status Meetings will be held 2-hours earlier at 11:00 AM PDT. ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) AMO 5.0.7 freeze was 7/2 5.0.7 pushed to next Wednesday (7/15) (help us test!) Upcoming projects welcoming discussion Collections Phase II Removing the sandbox developer.AMO designs 365 pending updates and 268 nominated add-ons (graph) 90% of hosted add-ons compatible with 3.5.* FIREFOX Firefox 3.0.12 handed off to build a couple hours ago still targeting mid-late July for release Firefox 3.0.13 proposed schedule to become final this week will have a final list of blockers this week as well Firefox 3.5…
Just Released Firefox 3.5 – June 30, 2009 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.12 – July 21st Firefox 3.0.13 – Sept 1st Firefox 3.5.1 – TBA
For assistance with importing passwords to/from other versions of Firefox see: Tip: Importing Saved Passwords During the development of Firefox 3.1/3.5 the way Firefox handles passwords was changed. Passwords are now stored in a file called signsons.sqlite. Should you choose to do a fresh install of Firefox 3.5 instead of upgrading directly from 3.0.11 or moving away from the old Firefox 2, follow these steps below to get your passwords into Firefox 3.5:
The Cookies controls are a bit hidden in Firefox 3.5. You will need to go Tools >> Options.. >> Privacy. From there under history select from Firefox will: Use custom settings for history.
“Within the web today, a browsing transformation is underway. We’re seeing constant advancement from the static browsing Middle Ages of old and the ushering in of a new Modern Era of openness, speed and security.“ –Sean Martell Mozilla’s Sean Martell has created a Da Vinci-esque A Web Browser Renaissance wallpaper. You can get either a 4:3 ratio widescreen version (2560px × 1600px) or fullscreen version (1600px × 1200px). The same design is also available as a Persona skin.
With Firefox 3.5 Released yesterday, many unsuspecting users are going to unwillingly discover the new tab tearing ‘feature’ in Firefox 3.5. This ‘feature’ allows you to tear a tab from the current window to have it opened in its own window. The problem with this is simply clicking on the tab and dragging it downward tears it from the current browser window and places it in another new window.