On March 16, 2010 after almost 7-months Mozilla Messaging has released an update on the Thunderbird 2.0 branch. However, this is also the final update on the Thunderbird 2.0 Branch. Users are encouraged to upgrade to Thunderbird 3. For more information about the Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 Release, see the official release notes.

Just Released Firefox 3.5 >> 3.6 MU — March 11, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.19 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.5.9 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.6.2 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.7a3 – TBA

Mozilla Messaging has released the first Beta of Thunderbird 3.1, code named Lanikai. This release includes: From the release notes: Several fixes to improve upgrading from Thunderbird 2. Several fixes for auto complete, tabs, and activity manager. Several design improvements and corrections to the interface. Stability and memory improvements. You can try Thunderbird 3.1 from Mozilla Messaging available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 25 languages. Source: Mozilla Links

Starting today users on Firefox 3.5 (or older versions) will be offered a direct upgrade to Firefox 3.6. Note: The upgrade offer will not appear until there has been at least 10 minutes without any keyboard activity. The offer can also be access via the Help Menu and selecting Check For Updates… Users can able to choose to: Wait 24 hours (“Ask Later”) Decline the offer (“No Thanks”) Accept the free upgrade (“Get the New Version”) Source: Mozilla Developers News

Just Released Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3a2 – March 2, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.19 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.5.9 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.6.2 – TBA Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3a3 – TBA

Mozilla has released the second Alpha for Gecko 1.9.3 layout engine likely to be used in the future Firefox 3.7. This release is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended for web application developers and the testing community. See Release Notes for more information and download/installation instructions.

Mozilla Messaging has release an emergency third update for Thunderbird 3.0 on all platforms. This release fixes an issue with mail folders for some users who updated to Thunderbird 3.0.2. Thunderbird 3.0 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… For information as to what’s new, see Thunderbird release notes Source: Mozilla Developers News

One of the most powerful features in Firefox is also one too few people know about: the ability to create and use more than one profile at the same time. Here’s how to streamline and reap the benefits of multiple browsing profiles. Instead of installing every single extension for every task into the same Firefox profile, why not separate them into separate profiles, organized by task? Think of Firefox like an Operating System for the web, and each profile as a separate application—one profile is used for basic web browsing, another for writing, another for web development, and so on….