With the long awaited releases of both Firefox 3.5.10 and Firefox 3.6.4 earlier this week, it seemed as if it were too much to hope for a Firefox 4.0 (formally 3.7) release today. Indeed it was, Mozilla is not going push out the first beta of Firefox 4 today or likely anytime soon. The Mozilla Releases page now has the release date as ‘TBD’. Release Candidate 1 is still scheduled for October 2010.
June 2010
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The latest updates on The Mozilla Releases page shows Thunderbird 3.1 for this Thursday, June 24th. Stay tuned…
Firefox 3.5.10 was released on June 22. See complete Release Notes for full details. Auto-updates should be occurring in the next 24-48 hours, otherwise users may get the latest update by going to Help menu and selecting Check For Updates. Also, a reminder from Mozilla Developer Network, If you’re still using Firefox 3.0.x, this version is no longer supported and may contain security vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to Firefox 3.5 by downloading Firefox 3.5.10 from www.firefox.com. Next up is Firefox 3.5.11 scheduled for release around late July.
Mozilla has released the third (there was no Firefox 3.6.1) update for Firefox 3.6.4 on June 22. This update is the first with the plugin handler (like that of Google Chrome). Firefox 3.6.4 provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins. Users should be prompted soon to update, but can obtain this update via Help the Menu and selecting Check For Updates… For complete list of changes and more information, please see the Firefox 3.6.4 Release Notes. Next up is Firefox 3.6.6 scheduled for around the…
Released This Month Thunderbird 3.0.5 – June 17, 2010 Schedule This Month Thunderbird 3.1 – Mid to Late June 2010 Future Releases Thunderbird 3.0.6 – TBD
Just Released Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3 Alpha 5 – June 14, 20210 Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.5.10 – Mid June 2010? Firefox 3.6.4 – Mid June 2010? Firefox 4.0b1 – June 24, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative
Mozilla Messaging has release the fifth update for Thunderbird 3.0 on June 17th. The new Thunderbird 3.0.5 update includes several security and stability updates [Thunderbird release notes]. Thunderbird 2.0 and older users should upgrade by downloading Thunderbird 3.0.5 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
Support for the ‘original’ IE Tab ended with Firefox 3.5 in June 2009. I believe it was through Go Firefox! I learned about IE Tab +. The extension not only supports Firefox 3.6 but also has an integrated version of AdBlock Plus that will work within the IE Tab. IE Tab + works with Firefox 3.6 and 4.0 (32-bit only). Update: 03/15/2011 IE Tab + (not to be confused with IE Tab Plus) supports Firefox 3.6 and newer
Before the next version of Firefox is released to the public it goes through months of testing. During this time several developmental builds are released for beta-testers, extension/plugin developers and anyone else who is brave enough to want to try using the new version. These releases are numbered with either an A for Alpha, B for Beta or RC for Release Candidate. So what is the difference between Alpha, Beta and RC builds? Note: this is a more simplified explanation of the different builds. Alpha – these releases include the new features that are planned for this version of Firefox that need…
Looks like we are about ready to move the extensions review off the main ffextensionguru.com site over to the WIKI (ffextensionguru.com/wiki) this weekend. This is the last section to moved over to the WIKI. The main ffextensionguru.com site is mainly going to be a dynamic informational page. We will have our blog and twitter feeds along with the latest release information for the current three (3.5,3.6 and 3.7/4.0) versions of Firefox. We will also plan (time permitting) on updating the layout of the page to better accommodate the new and recently added features such as our Twitter Feed and Facebook…