For most of the week Arizona has been seeing a lot of rain and wind. Nothing too bad and the rain was much welcomed. From the start of the week though the weather forecasters had been warning us that the final system to move in on Thursday was going to be a big one, with lots of rain and wind. For the most part it was calm on Thursday, some periods of heavy rain but nothing too bad. However, late Thursday afternoon the wind picked up, peak gusts in my area were recorded at around 43 MPH at Hendrix Jr…
January 2010
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AdFreak has put together in one easy to access place, all the Get A Mac ads. Thus far there are a total of 66 ads starting from 2006 up until the most recent back in October 2009.
Just Released Firefox 3.6 – January 21st Firefox 3.6RC2 – January 17th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.18 – February 2, 2010 Firefox 3.5.8 – February 2, 2010 Firefox 3.6.1 – TBA Firefox 3.7 – TBA
I was recently asked how to remove the ‘New Tab Button’ that appears on the far right of the tab bar. Come to think of it, I never really even use that button, I always just do CTRL+T to open a new tab. A quick search on AMO turned up this handy add-on. Remove New Tab Button. It already works with Firefox 3.6 upto Firefox 3.7a1pre.
The Moving/Removing List All Tabs Button tweak has been updated for Firefox 3.0 and newer. This includes instructions on how to remove the List All Tabs button in Firefox 3.0, 3.5 and 3.6.
Firefox 3.6 is now available for download via the getfirefox.com site. Please note at this time if you want Firefox 3.6 you will need to manually download and install this version. A Major Update (Firefox 3.5.X to 3.6.X) likely won’t be coming out until sometime after the Firefox 3.5.8 release in mid-February. Note: It is recommend once you have downloaded Firefox 3.6 to remove Firefox 3.5 before installing. You may bring your current profile over from Firefox 3.5 to the new version. Firefox 3.0 users Mozilla is going to ending support and updates after the 3.0.18 release in mid-February. Firefox…
Mozilla Messaging has release the first update for Thunderbird 3.0. The new Thunderbird 3.0.1 update includes these changes: Several fixes to improve stability and security Several fixes to the user interface and attachment handling. For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the Rumbling Edge. Thunderbird 2.0 and older users should upgrade by downloading Thunderbird 3.0.1 directly via http://getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 3.0 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… Source: Mozilla Developers News
Big news, Mozilla has confirmed Firefox 3.6 is coming January 21st. Firefox 3.6 is going to be even faster than Firefox 3.5 and includes these great new features: Personas Full Screen Open Video Web Apps More Mike Beltzer has posted a short introductory video which describes some of these features in more detail. If you want to get a sneak-peak you can also download Firefox 3..6 RC2 from the above link as well. Source: Mozilla Links
Mozilla has released the second (and final) Release Candidate for Firefox 3.6. The only update was on the Linux platform due to Bug 539553 [Core:JavaScript Engine]-Correctness regression on the r-tree benchmark [Lin]. For Windows and Mac this is just a repackage of the RC1 build with a new version number. Firefox 3.6 RC1 users should be able to obtain the update via Help >> Check For Updates, or it can be downloaded from Mozilla. As indicated earlier, if all goes well the final release of Firefox 3.6 should be on Tuesday, January 26th.