November 11, 2011

Thunderbird 10.0a2 Earlybird Released

On November 11, 2011, Mozilla has pushed Thunderbird 10 on to the Earlybird Developmental channel. Please be aware there are two issues concerning this release that may affect users: The Add-on Comparability Reporter is not working correctly (also applies to Firefox 10 Aurora). Users will need to go into Thunderbird’s about:config (Tools > Options… > Advanced – Config Editor…) and add the following Boolean preference: extensions.checkCompatibility.10.0a and set it to FALSE. Restart Earlybird and your extensions should be enabled again Lightning users need to manually update to Lightning 1.2a2. Thunderbird 10.0 is scheduled for release on January 31st, 2012.

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Firefox 10.0 Aurora (Alpha 2) Released – Desktop & Android

On November 11, 2011, Mozilla completed the merge of Firefox 10.0 on to the Aurora development channel for both Desktop and Android. What’s New in Firefox Aurora: Firefox Aurora Notes for Windows, Mac, Linux Firefox Aurora Notes for Android Firefox 10 is scheduled for release on January 31, 20112. Important! Add-on Compatibility Reporter is not correctly working with Firefox (and Thunderbird 10). You will need to go into about:config and manually add the Boolean Preference extensions.checkCompatibility.10.0a and set to FALSE.Once you restart Firefox your add-ons should be working again.

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Starting with a Fresh Profile

Updated 03/09/2013: Removed references to now defunct Personas Themes. Updated 11/16/2011: Added info for backup and restore of Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts. Also added new step in the Starting Over section. If you’ve been using the same profile since Firefox 3.6  (or older) you may run into performance issues with newer versions of Firefox. In the case of Firefox 8, some users have reported the browser is very unstable. This can be caused by bad/out-dated extensions and/or a damaged profile. With a new profile you are starting over from scratch with Firefox at its ‘factory default’ settings. However, you can bring…

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Brief 1.6b1

The Brief feed-reader extension was last updated on April 8th, 2011 which was shortly after Firefox 4 was release. There are some issues with using Brief in Firefox 6 and newer. While the add-on says it will work for Firefox 9, it does not work correctly in the Beta 1 release. The Mark As Read option does not work. There is developmental version, 1.6b1 that is suppose to work better with Firefox 6 and newer. There has been some upgrades to the UI in this version as well. To update to 1.6b1: Go to Brief on AMO Scroll to the…

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