Articles by ElGuru

Release Recap: February Week 1

Just Released Firefox 3.0.6 – February 3rd, 2009 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release AMO 4.0.5 – February 2009 Firefox 3.0.7 – March 3rd, 2009 Firefox 3.1b3 – February  2009 Thunderbird 2.0.2.21 – March 2009 Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b2 – February 24th, 2009

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Microsoft TV Ads Produced Mixed Results

In September 2008 Microsoft launched a new and rather odd campaign featuring former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The first was the Gates-Seinfeld Shoe Store Commercial, which if anything confused viewers as to what Microsoft was trying to advertise. They continued with two more commercials with Gates and Seinfeld living with a new family. About two weeks later, Microsoft shifted directions and launched a new campaign, I’m A PC. The New York Times ran an article today citing a study done by Brand Keys, a New York market research company. The study looked at how the ads changed…

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YouTube: Auto Buffer and Stop AutoPlay

Does not matter how fast your connection is, if the sever you are accessing is over-loaded or just plain slow you are going to have issues with the site loading and functioning. Case in point, YouTube. During peak times YouTube servers are very busy and videos don’t buffer as quickly they would during non-peak times. So what happens when you go to watch a video it plays for a few seconds, stops and re-buffers and starts again. Problem is if the video is more than a couple minutes this becomes very annoying very quickly. After a little trial and error…

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Firefox 3.0.6 Released

Mozilla has released the sixth stability and security update for the current Firefox 3 browser. For more information about What’s New in Firefox 3.0.6, check out the Release Notes.  Current Firefox 3 users may obtain Firefox 3.0.6 manually via the Check for Updates… option from the Help menu. Automatic upgrade (for those who have this feature enabled) should occur within the next 24-48 hours. Alternatively, users may also download Firefox 3.0.6 directly via getfirefox.com

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Mozilla Weekly Status: February 2, 2009

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) NO REPORT FIREFOX Fx 3.0.6 – Status: Pending Release Shipping tomorrow, February 3 Follow various comments, post-release, on the RRRT page Schedule (Estimated) Tree opens: December 5 Code freeze: January 7 11:59pm QA (Part 1) starts: January 7, 2009 Builds start: January 19, 2009 QA (Part 2) starts: January 20, 2009 Release to beta channel: January 27, 2009 Final Release: February 3, 2009 Fx 3.0.7 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Code freeze is tomorrow, February 3 at 11:59pm PST Please land your approved patches ASAP On track for shipping in early March Schedule (Estimated) Code freeze: February 3rd,…

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Release Recap: January Week 4

Just Released no new releases during the past week Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.0.6 – February 3rd, 2009 Future Release AMO 4.0.5 – February 2009 Firefox 3.0.7 – March 3rd, 2009 Firefox 3.1b3 – February  2009 Thunderbird 2.0.2.21 – March 2009 Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b2 – TBA

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Mozilla Project Weekly Status: January 26th

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) AMO 5.0.1 open bugs & fixed bugs Code freeze Jan 26 FIREFOX Fx 3.0.6 – Status: Pending Beta Release Beta release tomorrow Release on track for next week (aiming for Wednesday, February 4) Schedule (Estimated) Tree opens: December 5 Code freeze: January 7 11:59pm QA (Part 1) starts: January 7, 2009 Builds start: January 19, 2009 QA (Part 2) starts: January 20, 2009 Release to beta channel: January 27, 2009 Final Release: February 4, 2009 Fx 3.0.7 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Code freeze is next Tuesday, February 3, at 11:59pm List of blocking bugs without patches Patches…

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Release Recap: January Week 3

Just Released no new releases during the past week Schedule this Coming Week No release scheduled for this coming week Future Release AMO 4.0.5 – February 2009 Firefox 3.0.6 – February 3rd, 2009 Firefox 3.0.7 – March 3rd, 2009 Firefox 3.1b3 – February  2009 Thunderbird 2.0.2.20 – March 2009 Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b2 – TBA

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Tweaks Update for Fx 3.1 Started

I mentioned couple weeks ago, Tweaks Update for Fx 3.1 were coming soon. So far I have gone through about 3/4 of the tweaks and have updated if they work with Firefox 3.1 or not. I should have the remaining tweaks checked out within in the next couple weeks.

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Tweak: Fx 3 Address Bar Part 2

I’ve recently received a couple more tweaks for dealing with the Firefox 3 ‘Awesome Bar’. Note: Tweaks do not work with Firefox 3.1! These are more updates to a couple of the tweaks: Number of Results – By default the Smart Location Bar will display a maximum of 10 or 12 results based on what is typed in the address bar. You can change this so NO RESULTS are displayed. In a new tab and type about:config; (if needed click the “I’ll be careful, I promise” button) In the filter field type browser.urlbar.maxRichResults double-click on the entry and enter -1…

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