We incorrectly stated in the Thunderbird Merges Completed post that Thunderbird 6.0 Beta (6.0b1) was available. Currently there are no Beta builds (with the exception of Tinderbox Builds) for Thunderbird 6.0. Those who had been on the Beta channel with Thunderbird 5.0 were updated to the release version of Thunderbird 5.0. However, I am uncertain if and when the Beta builds for Thunderbird 6.0 are released if an update to Thunderbird 6.0 Beta will be presented. Should have more information in the next few days.
July 2011
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At the July 11th Weekly Update Meeting, it was announced that there is currently not a planned End of Life (EOL) for Firefox 3.6, at this time. Plans are to go ahead with the 3.6.20 release (was 3.6.19 which is now an emergency update for Mac users) on August 16th.There is planned EOL meeting sometime in August 2011.
This is two paragraphs of a long article. He mentions flash cookies which you can get rid of. Last month, the British advertising giant WPP boasted that it had just created the world’s largest database of individuals’ online behaviour: profiles of 500 million people, covering, it says, almost 100 per cent of the people online in the countries in which it operates, including the UK, the US, Australia and eight others. The firm said it was pooling data from many of the world’s major websites and networks of online advertisers and adding it to information purchased from traditional market-research firms…
I’m downloading this later. Certainly looks like a useful tool.I retrieved some files from a partition I messed up recently using BrowserLinux and that was as simple as moving them from one folder to another but this is much more.I have some family and friends who do not seem to understand the importance of regular maintenance on Windows and I think this will make the job simpler when I get the call.From a review: the idea of using Linux to help teach Windows users how to recover their files has invoked a few chuckles amongst the Linux community as well…
Currently Mobile Firefox users can either use the most current version of Firefox or that in the Beta Channel. At the July 11th Weekly Status Meeting, there was discussion of opening an Aurora Channel for Firefox for Mobile.
There are a couple issues related to Firefox 3.6 & 5.0 and Mac OSX 10.7 as described on the Mozilla Product’s Blog: There is a bug present in the upcoming release of OSX 10.7 that causes Firefox to crash when using downloadable fonts. Downloadable fonts are used widely on the web, so users would have suffered severe crash problems. We alerted Apple to the problem before the release of 10.7 but they did not fix the problem before 10.7 went to final release. We’ve changed the font APIs that we’re using to newer versions which appear to fix the problem. …
Lot of stuff available with this. I had no idea there were this many services available.I’ve only just started tweaking it but am liking it already for the easy access to my Google site and mail. Display all Google services as buttons or as a space-saving dropdown menu next to your address bar.Reach services like Gmail, Google reader, Google maps, Google calendar, and many more in a single click from your browser.” Works with Firefox 2.0a1 – 6.* Google Shortcuts – All Google Services at a glance :: Add-ons for Firefox Go get it.
Unsorted Bookmarks are those which were created by clicking the bookmark star. This item can not be removed (even when empty) from the Bookmarks Menu via the delete option in the context menu.To remove the Unsorted Bookmarks item from the Bookmarks Menu you will need modify your userChrome.css. Add these lines to your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder: /* Hide “Unsorted Bookmarks” in bookmarks toolbar menu */ #BMB_unsortedBookmarks { display: none !important } Note: This does not remove the item from the Library (Organize Bookmarks…/Show All Bookmarks…) window. Works in Firefox 3.6, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
The merges for Firefox 6 onto the Beta Channel, Firefox 7 onto the Aurora Channel as well as Firefox 8 onto the nightly channel has been completed. You can move to the next version within your channel (Firefox 6 Aurora to Firefox 7 Aurora) by going to Help > About Firefox (or Aurora or Nightly). If you want to update manually you can get the builds here: Nightly (Firefox 8.0a1) Aurora (Firefox 7.0a2) Beta (Firefox 6.0b1) Mobile Version available here as well
Just Released Firefox 6 Beta (6.0b1) – July 8th Firefox 6 For Mobile Beta (6.0b1) – July 8th Firefox 7 Aurora (7.0a2) – July 6th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.19 – August 16th Firefox 6 Final Release – August 16th Firefox 6 for Mobile Final Release – August 16th Firefox 7 Beta (7.0b1) – August 16th* Firefox 8 Aurora (8.0a2) – August 16th* Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect…