The summer of 1995 we saw the release of Windows 95, which introduced the paradox of clicking ‘Start’ to turn-off your computer. But more importantly, that summer was also the release of Internet Explorer 1.0 which forever changed the way people accessed the Internet. Yes, there was the Netscape browser but in 1995 the Internet access was still fairly ‘controlled’ by online providers such as AOL which offered a “walled-off version of the Internet.” Internet Explorer was the biggest success for Microsoft, especially when IE4 was released in late 1997. This was the version that Microsoft bundled with Windows 98,…
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Recently a forum member over at Go Firefox! was getting the below error whenever they tried to install a GreaseMonkey Script. They recently reinstalled Firefox with a fresh profile. They could install GreaseMonkey without issue but any time they tried to load up a script they got this ugly error: Now, I know I had seen that error before but still took some searching to find the solution. Turns out this is caused by either a missing or damaged GreaseMonkey folder inside the profile folder. The fix is fairly simple and should only take a couple minutes: Locate Firefox Profile…
For those Thunderbird users who are still using the no longer supported Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 or Thunderbird 3.0.6 you will be offered an update soon to the current Thunderbird 3.1.2 soon. The Major Updates are scheduled as follows: Thunderbird 3.0.6 to Thunderbird 3.1.2 — Deployed on August 12, 2010 Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 to Thunderbird 3.1.2 — August 18, 2010 Later – defers the decision for 24 hours Never – declining the offer Get the New Version – accepts the upgrade
Mozilla has released the third beta for Firefox 4.0 on August 11, 2010. This release is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended as a preview release for web application developers and the testing community. Firefox 4 Beta 3 includes several major features and improvements – by testing them early we’ll be able to respond to your feedback for future versions of Firefox. The included Feedback Add-On that helps you let us know what you think about the new features and technologies in the beta. You can read more about this release on the Mozilla Blog, or…
One of the new features coming to Firefox 4 is going to be ‘silent’ updates. That is updates that are automatically downloaded and applied while the browser is running. Google Chrome (which Mozilla seems to be the bases for quite a bit of the new features of Firefox 4) has this as a standard behavior. Because of this though, 97% of Chrome installations are up-to-date, compared to Firefox’s 85% and Safari’s 53%. Now before the hate comments start pouring in, let me point out a couple things: Unlike Chrome, this feature can be turned off. For those users who want…
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 4.0b3 – August 12, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 3.5.12 – September 7, 2010 Firefox 3.6.9 – September 7, 2010 Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative Firefox 4.0 – November 2010
Mozilla Messaging has release the second update for Thunderbird 3.1 based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. For more information and to download please see the Thunderbird 3.1.2 Release Notes. Note: There is not presently an updated for Thunderbird 3.0 at this time. Thunderbird 3.0.7 will be released with Thunderbird 3.1.3 in early September. Source: Mozilla Developer’s News
Just Released Firefox 4.0b2 – July 27, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 4.0b3 – August 6, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 3.5.12 – September 7, 2010 Firefox 3.6.9 – September 7, 2010 Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative Firefox 4.0 – November 2010
Recently there has been a fake Firefox update page (see below) has been floating around the web. This page not only tells the user they are running an out-dated version of Firefox, but that they need to update Adobe Flash Player as well. There is a link to “update” Adobe Flash Player but this is actually a malicious link: The download starts automatically. Save and run it and you get a rogue antivirus product named “SecurityTool” which starts finding threats which aren’t there and demanding payment in order to remove them. With the recent increase in Firefox updates (especially for…
Mozilla has released the second beta for Firefox 4.0. This release is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended as a preview release for web application developers and the testing community. You can read more about this release on the Mozilla Blog, or at any of the following links: Read more about some of the major features in this beta Take a look at our big chart o’ technology that’s included in this beta Read the release notes for Firefox 4 Beta 2 Source: Mozilla Developers News