Mozilla has released Firefox 7.0 to all users on September 27th, 2011. New stuff in Firefox 7: Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync The ‘http://’ URL prefix is now hidden by default Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis Added support for the Web Timing specification Enhanced support for MathML The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8 Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla…
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I don’t use FB but thought this may be of interest to those who do. Zscaler Likejacking Prevention is available as a plug-in for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, and it combats likejacking, in which attackers attempt to exploit Facebook members’ usage of the like button by tricking them into clicking hidden like buttons and unintentionally liking pages or products, which, in turn, appear on their friends’ newsfeeds and spread virally.Zscaler added that Zscaler Likejacking Prevention will also protect users against intrusions via the upcoming variations on the like button, including listened, watched, read, challenge (in games), and, if it is…
I had a lot of them. Quite a few that did not have any indication of what they were which makes it necessary to jump through some additional hoops. Go to “Help” and click on “Troubleshooting Information” and you can find the ID of the add-ons you have installed. This add-on can be used to clear all those preferences left by extensions after uninstallation, all those garbage which some developers do not care on clearing themselves on their add-ons and which later or sooner will make Firefox to load slower… eCleaner :: Add-ons for Firefox ↑Go get it↓
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th-30th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th-30th* Future Releases Firefox 3.6.24 – November 8th? Firefox 8 Final Release – November 8th Firefox 8 for Mobile Final Release – November 8th Firefox 9 Beta (9.0b1) – November 8th* Firefox 10 Aurora (10.0a2) – November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge…
This is an old post but it still works for me on Mint and probably a lot of other versions. OS Novice: Increasing mouse scroll speed in firefox ↑Go get it↓
Mozilla has launched an updated nightly version of Fennec (Firefox for Mobile) which will run on Android based Tablets. According to the comments it also will work on Nook Color running CyanogenMod 7 as well as on some other OS such as Linux with a little hacking. Keep in mind this is still a nightly build, so there are still a lot of bugs and kinks to work out. One of the main bugs right now is the need to add a way to hide the tabs sidebar in landscape tablet mode. However, this will at least show the UI…
Mozilla has released an update version of Thunderbird 7 on the Beta channel today. Existing Thunderbird 7 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or download directly here. Unless anything major happens before the end of the week, this build will likely end up being the released version of Thunderbird 7 on September 27th.
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
…The malware served on all these pages comes from en-softonic(dot)ne. Users looking for Firefox get a rootkit, their IE begins working silently in the background attempting click fraud, and their Google search results get redirected to pages chosen by the attackers…” More net-security.org/malware_news | Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms ↑Go get it↓
Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.14 – September 6th Thunderbird 6.0.2 – September 6th Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 – September 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 – TBA Thunderbird 3.1.15 – September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release – September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta – September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird – September 27th* Future Releases Thunderbird 8 Final Release – November 8th Thunderbird 9 Beta – November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird – November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to…