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November 2011
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Back when Firefox 4.0 rolled out in March one of the (many) new features was a little something called App Tabs. This was something borrowed from Chrome and even we didn’t really understand the correct use of this feature when we wrote about it in the Firefox 4 Quick Guide. Of course at this point, it really doesn’t matter what you are using an App Tab for as their behavior won’t change until Firefox 9 is released in December. As reported earlier, in Firefox 9 the new ‘Don’t Load Tabs’ option is going to exclude App Tabs starting in Firefox…
I was pointed to this add-on in the Firefox Builds forum when I had first inquired why my App Tabs were loading in Firefox 9 Beta upon start-up even though I had Don’t load tabs until selected checked. I had thought that my profile was broken (which it was, but unrelated to this normal behavior). This after being told App Tabs are for web applications not normal pages.I know I was not using them for the intended purpose, but I liked how the app tab took up 85% less space on my tab bar. Tab Utilities allows me to ‘Faviconize’…
Firefox 9 is going to bring a change to the new Don’t load tabs until selected feature which was introduced in Firefox 8. In Firefox 8, when Don’t load tabs until selected option is checked, ALL tabs (normal and pinned/app) don’t load until selected. However, in Firefox 9.0 (release date December 20th, 2011) only regular tabs will not be loaded until selected, pinned/app tabs will load on start-up and prior to the last viewed tab. There was talk in Bug 674452 of adding a Always restore pinned tabs sub-option (checked by default) under the Don’t load tabs until selected option,…
As a result of the UI changes in Firefox 8 with the inverted (white) icons, the add-on App Button Clear does not work correctly. Besides being ‘incompatible’, when the add-on is forced to work in Firefox 8, it turns the App (Firefox) button white instead of clear. However, there is a userChrome.css tweak that will make the Firefox button clear (also works if you are using the Moveable Firefox button add-on). Simply add the below lines to your userChrome.css file and restart Firefox [directions]. /* Makes Firefox Button Transparent */ #appmenu-button{ background: transparent !important; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.3) !important; border-top:none!important;…
Add-on Compatibility Reporter has been updated to version 0.9.3 earlier today. This update addressees issues with the Add-on compatibility checking not being disabled when updating to Firefox 10 Aurora and/or Thunderbird 10 Earlybird builds. Simply go into the Aurora or Earlybird Add-ons manager, right-click on Add-on Comparability Reporter and select Find Updates. You can also update via AMO.
Add-on Compatibility Reporter has been updated to version 0.9.3 earlier today. This update addressees issues with the Add-on compatibility checking not being disabled when updating to Firefox 10 Aurora and/or Thunderbird 10 Earlybird builds. Simply go into the Aurora or Earlybird Add-ons manager, right-click on Add-on Comparability Reporter and select Find Updates. You can also update via AMO.
Just Released Firefox 3.6.24 – November 8th Firefox 8 Desktop & Android – November 8th Firefox 9 Beta (9.0b1) Desktop & Android – November 10th Firefox 10 Aurora (10.0a2) Desktop & Android – November 11th Coming Soon December 20th Firefox 9 Final Release Firefox 9 for Android Final Release Firefox 10 Beta (10.0b1)* Firefox 11 Aurora (10.0a2)* Future Releases January 31st Firefox 10 Final Release Firefox 10 for Android Final Release Firefox 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Firefox 12 Aurora (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is…
Just Released Thunderbird 3.6.24 – November 8th Thunderbird 8 – November 8th Thunderbird 10 Earlybird (10.0a2) – November 11th Coming Soon To Be Announced Thunderbird 9 Beta (9.0b1) December 20th Thunderbird 9 Final Release Thunderbird 10 Beta (10.0b1)* Thunderbird 11 Earlybird (10.0a2)* Future Releases January 31st, 2012 Thunderbird 10 Final Release Thunderbird 11 Beta (11.0b1)* Thunderbird 12 Earlybird (12.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird 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…
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.