I am not a big fan of Tab Mix Plus (TMP) may be because I hear of so many issues it causes with Firefox. Yet it is by far one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox. Now comes word the latest version of TMP breaks the Add-ons Manager in the newly released Firefox 17. There is a work-around which involves installing a developmental version of TMP. What I don’t understand is why are they just discovering this now? If this add-ons is so popular there should have been users who reported the issue during the Beta cycle in the past six-weeks,…
November 2012
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Mozilla has released the next update for the desktop version of Firefox on November 20, 2012 (Android version was released on November 19th), with Firefox 17. Changes in this version include: First revision of the Social API and support for Facebook Messenger Click-to-play blocklisting implemented to prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without the user’s permission (see blog post) Updated Awesome Bar experience with larger icons Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported. For more information see the Release Notes. Users will be prompted to update within 48-hours or can go to Help > About Firefox to update or manually download and update via…
Mozilla has released the next update for Thunderbird on November 20, 2012, with Thunderbird 17. Changes in this version include the new ‘menu button’ on the right side and tabs are now drawn in the title bar on Windows. Also with this version Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported. For more information see the Release Notes. Users will be prompted to update within 48-hours or can go to Help > About Thunderbird to update or manually download and update via the getthunderbird.com site. This is the last planned Thunderbird update for 2012, however if any security or stability issues…
” Released a day ahead of schedule because the features were ready, explained a Mozilla representative in an e-mail to CNET, Firefox 17 for Android supports an expansive list of ARM v6 hardware. This means that older but popular phones like the Samsung Galaxy Pro GT-B7510, HTC Status, Motorola XT531, and Motorola Fire XT can now run the alternative browser.“The hardware restrictions are fairly minimal, and appear to include many if not most phones still running Android 2.2. As long as your phone has at least an 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, it ought to be able to run…
Just Released None Coming Soon November 20th Firefox 17 Firefox for Android 17 Firefox 10.0.11 ESR Firefox 17.0 ESR Firefox 18 Beta (18.0b1)* Firefox 19 Aurora (19.0a2)* Future Releases Early/Mid January 2013 Firefox 18 Firefox for Android 18 Firefox 10.0.12 ESR (EOL) Firefox 17.0.1 ESR Firefox 19 Beta (19.0b1)* Firefox 20 Aurora (20.0a2)* EOL – End of Life, this build version will no longer be supported after this release. * 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…
Just Released None Coming Soon November 20th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.11 Thunderbird ESR 17.0 Thunderbird 17 Thunderbird 18 Beta (18.0b1)* Thunderbird 19 Earlybird (19.0a2)* Future Releases Early/Mid January 2013 Thunderbird ESR 10.0.12 (EOL) Thunderbird ESR 17.0.1 Thunderbird 18 Thunderbird 19 Beta (19.0b1)* Thunderbird 20 Earlybird (20.0a2)* EOL – End of Life, this build version will no longer be supported after this release. * 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…
” Mozilla’s Firefox OS (also known as Boot to Gecko), a mobile operating system that focuses on web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript, is quickly moving through its development stages. While it’s already possible to install Firefox OS on many phones, the Firefox OS team today launched its Firefox OS Simulator. The simulator, which is still considered “experimental,” is basically a Firefox add-on that should run on Windows, Mac and Linux (though there are currently some known issues with Linux and Windows XP).“Once installed, the simulator will automatically keep itself updated with the latest snapshots from the Boot to…
Though a lot of this seems obvious it sometimes to easy to over look some of these such as: ” 1. Use the latest version of Firefox. With every update comes more security. If you’re using an older browser, you’re putting yourself at greater risk. An update is so simple — either download the latest version or go to to Firefox > About Firefox to see if you’re up to date. 3. Know if the site is secure. There are two quick and easy things to look for when shopping a site. First, does the URL start with HTTPS (instead of HTTP)? And…
On November 9, 2004 the first official build (1.0) of Firefox was released. Eight years later Firefox is still going strong as both a desktop as well as mobile (Android) browser. Read more at The Den.
Thunderbird 17 due for release on/around November 20th features a redesigned user interface. Like Firefox, Thunderbird is going to have a cleaner and simpler user interface. This means by default removing the Menu bar (which can be brought back temporarily via the ALT key and restored by going to View > Toolbars > Menu Bar) and using an App Button/Menu like Firefox. However, unlike Firefox it is not a ‘Thunderbird’ button and it is not at the top left. Instead it is a little button with 3 horizontal lines on the far right (yet another design ‘borrowed’ from Chrome which…