Note: This article may be updated in the coming days as we learn more about the new add-on controls in Firefox 8. As mentioned earlier this week, Firefox 8 introduced some new Add-on Controls that were designed more for single users. These incldued the ability to review and disable user installed add-ons on the first run of Firefox 8 as well as automatically disabling any 3rd party installed add-ons. However, there is a minor glitch in that corporate/enterprise bundled add-ons are classified as 3rd party install add-ons and therefore will be disabled by default.In a corporate/enterprise environment most users are…
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Mozilla has release an update to Firefox 3.6 on November 8, 2011. Version 3.6.24 is a minor security and stability update for the Firefox 3.6/Gecko 1.9.2 branch. Users on Firefox 3.6.23 who are able to move to newer versions of Firefox (Firefox 5+) can not update to Firefox 3.6.24 automatically. Only users, who’s computers do not support the newer Firefox versions will be able to update automatically to the 3.6.24 release. However, users can manually update by going to the Firefox 3.6.24 download page and selecting the language and OS they wish to install. DO NOT click the latest version…
Mozilla has released the next version of Firefox on November 8, 2011 with Firefox 8.0 for both desktop and Android. Firefox 7.0.1 desktop users can update via Help > About Firefox, while Android users will either be notified of an available update or can go into to the Market, select My Apps from the Menu and update Firefox that way. Users can also manually update via getfirefox.com Lots of new stuff in Firefox 8.0 as we mentioned earlier this week. Here’s a list of What’s New: Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default Added a one-time…
Thunderbird 3.1.16 has been released. Users on 3.1.15 or older may update via Help > Check for Updates. This release included several fixes to improve stability and security, see the Security Advisory. For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the complete list of changes in this version. Unless there is a firedrill release prior, the next version (3.1.17) will be released on December 20th, 2011.
Thunderbird 8 has been released on November 8th, 2011. Current Thunderbird 7.0.1 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird. Lightning users, after you have updated to Thunderbird 8.0, your calendars will be broken. To fix this go Tools > Add-ons and then in your add-ons list, find and right-click on Lightning, selecting Find Updates. Lightning will update to version 1.0 and once you restart Thunderbird, your calendars will be working again. Users can also manually download Thunderbird 8.0 via getthunderbird.com and then install over your existing Thunderbird 7.0.x install. For more information as to what’s new in Thunderbird 8.0,…
A reader commented about my add-ons screenshot, that I was running OpenDownload 1.0.0 which has not been updates since January 2007 (Firefox 2.0.0.1 was the newest release back then). I’ve been forcing the extension to work either via Nightly Tester Tools or Add-on Compatibility Reporter. Oddly enough, this has worked fine over the last nearly 5-years, especially when so many old extensions broke when Firefox 4 was released this past March. They did point me in the direction of OpenDownload², which is an experimental add-on to replace the original OpenDownload from 2007. OpenDownload² was last updated in April 2011 and…
Thunderbird 8 comes out later today and there are some minor changes. Some good and some not so good. Add-ons check first run. On your first run after you have updated to Thunderbird 8, you are going to see an add-ons screen similar to that below. This will let you know which add-ons are currently installed, if they are compatible (or can be updated) and who installed them note add-ons installed by 3rd party programs will be disabled by default) . Further, you have an option to choose to keep the installed add-on or remove it (always good to do…
Lightning, the integrated Calendar add-on for Thunderbird has been updated for the upcoming Thunderbird 8 release on November 8th. Lightning 1.0 only works on Thunderbird 8 Beta or Release version. Since this has already hit AMO users moving from Thunderbird 7.0 to 8.0 will be notified of the update when Thunderbird performs a first run add-ons check (note: you may be updated to Lightning 1.0rc3 initially). Thunderbird 7 user can still add Lightning, but will need to add Lightning 1.0b7 from the Version History section on the Lightning AMO page. At this time there are no Lightning updates for Thunderbird…
We mentioned the Java Console Extension as one of those extensions that a program (in this case Oracle’s Java) installs into Firefox without the user’s knowledge. Unless you are a Java Developer, this extension serves no real purpose for most Firefox users. Many users find they have multiple Java Console extensions and some (or all) are disabled. However, there is no way to remove the extension(s) via the Firefox add-ons manager. A long time ago we posted on how to remove the extension and thought it may be a good idea to post it again.Especially since some users may want…
As noted in yesterday’s Firefox Release Recap, Firefox 8 will be released on Tuesday, November 8th. There are several new features coming in this release and there are couple that really standout. These include additions to the add-ons installation and management process as well as only allowing tabs to load when selected upon restart. Add-ons check first run On your first run after you have updated to Firefox 8, you are going to see an add-ons screen similar to that below. This will let you know which add-ons are currently installed, if they are compatible (or can be updated) and…