From Mozilla Developer’s News: As part of Mozilla’s new rapid release development process the beta development channel has been updated with a Firefox release candidate. For detailed information about the changes please visit: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/5.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/mobile/5.0beta/releasenotes/
June 2011
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In a post couple weeks ago, we did mention about the numbering change for the next Thunderbird release (Miramar) going from 3.3a to 5.0b. However, we have received several questions related to the whereabouts of Thunderbird 4. Simply put there will NOT be a Thunderbird 4.0 version. The reason for this is because Mozilla wants the Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird to be on the same development cycle which also includes the same version numbering. Currently Firefox is on version 4.0.*, so why not make Miramar Thunderbird 4.0? A couple reasons, Miramar is not ready for release yet (estimated release date…
Firefox 5 Desktop and Mobile are scheduled for release on Tuesday, June 21st. This will be the first Firefox version released under Mozilla’s new Rapid Release Process.
It was announced during Monday’s Mozilla Weekly Update meeting, Firefox Mobile 4.* has broke 1 million active Android users. Also, for those who are interested Firefox 5 Beta 4 has been released. Simply scan the bar code link below to be taken to Mozilla Firefox Mobile page. Swipe down to the Want to test the latest features? Download Beta for Android link.
A while ago I wrote about the ProfileManager application created by J. Griffion. This application provided a new UI to managing profiles in Firefox, but it can also do so in Thunderbird. The trick is it needs to be setup as a separate application/short-cut and passing Thunderbird as an argument. On my Windows 7 system I have the following short-cuts: “C:\Program Files (x86)\profilemanager\profilemanager.exe” – This launches the ProfileManager for Firefox which is default. “C:\Program Files (x86)\profilemanager\profilemanager.exe” thunderbird – This launches the ProfileManager for Thunderbird So now I am able to run multiple versions of Thunderbird at once on different profiles….
A little over a month ago we reported Firefox 5 Aurora allowed you to Switch on the fly among Aurora, Beta, and Release versions. On May 26, 2011, Bug 659972 – Remove channel switching UI was filed. Seems this new feature was more trouble than any benefits it would gain. Biggest issue is users would install a Nightly, Aurora or Beta build which once installed would show in the Windows Programs list with the ‘build name’. But, if the user changed the channel they were on, Windows would reflect this. For example say the user installed Aurora 5.0a2 and later…
As I was getting Firefox setup on my newly setup Mint system, I needed to make a couple about:config tweaks to make the process a little easier. Enable the ‘Install Button’ (Firefox 3.6 and older) In a new tab, type about:config in the address bar and press enter (If needed) click the I’ll Be Careful button In the filter field enter extensions.hideInstallButton In the preference list double-click on extensions.hideInstallButton to change the value to False Note: Firefox 4 and newer the install button is available, albeit hidden in the ‘Gear’ Menu in the add-ons manager select Install Add-on From File…:…
BlueGriffion by Disruptive Innovations is an open-source Mozilla powered web page editor. I used this a little bit the other day. It does seems like it can do quite a bit and a lot more stable than the NVU web authoring software which is the predecessor to BlueGriffion. Of course most of my sites I have converted over to WordPress so I don’t really use a desktop web page editor much any more. ” BlueGriffon brings support for the most modern web technologies including HTML5 new layout, form and media tags, ARIA, CSS3, SVG features including transitions, transformations, shadows, and…
Note: This applies more to site developers who have been using the new WebGL textures feature introduced in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4, Thunderbird 3.3 and SeaMonkey 2.1). In Firefox 5, it is no longer possible to use cross-domain elements as the source for WebGL textures. We made this change in response to security concerns around the possibility of cross domain information leakage. Unfortunately, that means that some WebGL-using pages are no longer working. We are working with the WebGL WG on a solution to allow such pages to resume working as soon as possible — read on for details. —…
Bug 531088: ‘Need warning and UI for destructive POP3 default setting’ has been around since the Thunderbird 3 days (November 2009) and is still listed as one of the two critical bugs in the Daily Builds threads on the mozillaZine Thunderbird Builds forum. Here is a brief summary of this bug (issue): By default when a new POP3 account is setup in Thunderbird 3 and newer, the server settings are such that messages will be removed from the server after 14-days from when they are downloaded. Plus, no where during the setup process of their account in Thunderbird are the…