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Firefox Release Recap: July Week 3

Just Released Firefox 3.5.11 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 3.6.7 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 3.6.8 – July 23, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 4.0b2 – July 26, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 3.5.12 – August 2010 Firefox 3.6.9 – August 2010 Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative Firefox 4.0 – November 2010

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Thunderbird Release Recap: July 2010

Released This Month Thunderbird 3.0.6 – July 20, 2010 Thunderbird 3.1.1 – July 20, 2010 Schedule Next Month Thunderbird 3.0.7 -TBD Thunderbird 3.1.2 -TBD Future Releases None

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Firefox 3.6.8 Released

Just three days after the release of Firefox 3.6.7, Mozilla has pushed out Firefox 3.6.8 today. According to the release notes this release “Fixed a single stability issue affecting some pages containing plugins.” The current version of Firefox 3.5 still remains 3.5.11 as this issue only affected Firefox 3.6 release. Users should be prompted soon to update, but can obtain this update via Help the Menu and selecting Check For Updates… Source: Mozilla Developer’s News

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Firefox 4 Beta 2 Breaking Extensions

This recent news concerning the next Beta release of Firefox 4 which is due out either later today or Monday surprises me. While it is not unusual for developmental releases to break current extensions it seems odd that Mozilla would choose to do this during the Beta phase and this is going to break a lot more extensions than ‘normal’. Usually by the time a an upcoming major Firefox release reaches the beta phase major changes have already been implemented. However, Firefox 4 Betas are a little different than previous Betas. Prior releases were labeled as Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3 and…

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Firefox 3.5.11 Released

Firefox 3.5.11 was released on July 20. See complete Release Notes for full details. Auto-updates should be occurring in the next 24-48 hours, otherwise users may get the latest update by going to Help menu and selecting Check For Updates. Also, a reminder from Mozilla Developer Network, If you’re still using Firefox 3.0.x, this version is no longer supported and may contain security vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to Firefox 3.5 by downloading Firefox 3.5.11 from here

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Firefox 3.6.7 Released

Mozilla has released the fifth (there was no Firefox 3.6.1 or 3.6.5) update for Firefox 3.6.7 on July 20. This update included 126 bug fixes, this release patches 14 security vulnerabilities, 8 labeled as critical. Users should be prompted soon to update, but can obtain this update via Help the Menu and selecting Check For Updates…For complete list of changes and more information, please see the Firefox 3.6.7 Release Notes. Source: Mozilla Links

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Thunderbird 3.0.6 Released

Mozilla Messaging has release the sixth update for Thunderbird 3.0 on July 20th. The new Thunderbird 3.0.6 update includes several security and stability updates [Thunderbird release notes]. Thunderbird 2.0 and older users should upgrade by downloading Thunderbird 3.0.6 directly here. Thunderbird 3.0.5 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… Source: Mozilla Developers News

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Thunderbird 3.1.1 Released

Mozilla Messaging has release the first update for Thunderbird 3.1 based on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform. For more information and to download please see the Thunderbird 3.1.1 Release Notes. Source: Mozilla Developer’s News

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Firefox Release Recap: July 2010 Week 2

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.5.11 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 3.6.7 – July 20, 2010 Firefox 4.0b2 – July 22, 2010 Tentative Future Release Firefox 4.0rc1 – October 2010 Tentative

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Maintenance Alert.

The blog may be inaccessible due to server maintenance starting at 12:00 AM MST on Friday, July 16th. The maintenance should only take a couple hours at the most.

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