FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.17 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: Late August/Early September 2008 Fx 3.0.2 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Bake time: TBA Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: Late August/Early September 2008 Firefox 3.1a1/Gecko 1.9.1a1 – Status: Released Released: July 28th Firefox 3.1b1/Gecko 1.9.1b1 – Status: In Triage Beta 1 Code Freeze (purposed) on Tuesday, August 19th Look here for interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1. For a great update of what’s…
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Firefox 2.0.0.17 – No Info Firefox 3.0.2 – No Info Firefox 3.1a1 –Released July 28th Firefox 3.1b1 – August 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – No Info Thunderbird 3.0a2 – Handed off to builds on July 16th. Next stage would be RC for en-US builds, but no scheduling information available at this time
When I had last checked the Mozilla Releases Calendar earlier yesterday, it had showed Firefox 3.1a1 (Shiretoko) wouldn’t be released until ‘Early August’. Well, Mozilla has turn around and already release the first developer’s milestone, Alpha 1. One of the ‘new’ features in Firefox 3.1 is the new tab switching interface (similar to the Control Tab add-on). I am also been reading, it is going to be much easier to remove bookmarks, history and/or tags from the Smart Location Bar (AwesomeBar) results. Firefox 3.1 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering engine. Firefox 3.1a1 New Features: Web standards improvements in…
The new and improved Smart Location Bar aka AwesomeBar displays the results a little differently than in Firefox 2. In Firefox 3 each result is displayed on two lines. The favicon followed by the page title in a larger font on the top line, followed by the URL in green below. In Firefox 2 the results were displayed on one line with the page URL followed by the page title. Click the samples below for full-size images: Firefox 3 Default: Smart Location Bar displays results on two lines: Favicon, Page Title; URL in green Firefox 3 with oldbar: Smart Location…
One of the biggest changes to Firefox 3 is the Smart Location Bar commonly called the AwesomeBar. You are either going to like it or hate it as it is a major change as to how the address bar behaves in comparison to Firefox 2. I am not going to get into all the technical details as to how the Smart Location Bar works other than to say it displays the results based not only on addresses you have type previously (Firefox 2 behavior) but as well as browser history and bookmarks. For more detailed information on the technical workings…
No Meeting Weekly Update Meeting Today Mozilla Summit 2008 Next Meeting: Monday, August 4th
Firefox 2.0.0.17 – No Info Firefox 3.0.2 – No Info Firefox 3.1a1 – Planned Alpha 1 Release was this Friday, July 25. Now showing as end of July. Beta 1 as early as August with final release by year end Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 – Released July 23rd Thunderbird 3.0a2 – Code freeze occured on July 8th. Handed off to builds on July 16th. No other scheduling information available at this time
It has been nearly 3-months (May 1st) since there has been an update for Thunderbird 2. Today, Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 was released. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 Release Notes.
It has been nearly 3-months (May 1st) since there has been an update for Thunderbird 2. Today, Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 was released. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 Release Notes.
FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.16 – Status: Released Current Schedule Code freeze: July 1 Builds start: July 2 QA starts: July 3 Release to beta channel: July 8 Final Release: July 15 Fx 2.0.0.17 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: TBA Fx 3.0.1 – Status: Released Current Schedule Code freeze: June 30th Bake time: July 1st Builds start: July 2nd QA starts: July 3rd Release to beta channel: July 8th Final Release: July 16 Fx 3.0.2 – Status: In Triage Current Schedule Code freeze: TBA Bake…