Had I not already purchase a computer with Windows Vista, I would have second thoughts after seeing this video… Update 04/26/15 –BlipTV has removed this video. However, it lives on over at YouTube.
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As was pointed out in this week’s update meeting notes, there are some issues with the recent Fx 2.0.0.8 upgrade. As of Monday morning this was the list of known Regressions: 391412/400406 – layout regression with CSS (Win XP/Vista, Mac, Linux) 400421 – dynamically removing an <area> makes the whole map disappear (Win XP/Vista, Mac, Linux) 400467 – After upgrading to FF 2.0.0.8 Java applets stop working on Vista [Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues] 400714 – Flash crashes on Mac have skyrocketed in FF 2008 Here are a couple more we have found from Mozilla Developer News and the appear only to…
As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update, a serious regression involving Firefox 2.0.0.8 and JAVA (JRE 1.6 update 3)on Windows Vista ONLY has been identified. Bug 400467: Java broken on Vista after Firefox 2.0.0.8 upgrade (says Java Not Found, Or Not Working). Reviewing the bug report, the bug filer had upgraded to Fx 2.0.0.8 earlier that morning and attempted to launch/play a JAVA based game at Pogo.com and was told that they could access the site with IE7. There is a possible work-around for this: Right click Firefox icon and choose “Run as administrator” Accept UAC prompt Enter any site which…
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.8/Fx 2.0.0.9 Fx 2.0.0.8 Released: Thursday, October 18th Over the weekend there were reports of some serious regressions, for which we are considering a Fx 2009 firedrill We will have an FF 2009 triage meeting today at 2:30 PDT, #2009, x204 We will triage the nominations list here Known Regressions: 391412/400406 – layout regression 400421 – dynamically removing an <area> makes the whole map disappear 400467 – After upgrading to FF 2.0.0.8 Java applets stop working on Vista [Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues] 400714 – Flash crashes on Mac have skyrocketed in FF…
The ‘Upcoming’ page has been updated (got a little behind on that one) and renamed to ‘Releases’. Also there is now a ‘Releases’ category which will make it easier to find the posts related to new version releases.
Well, here’s a post I never pictured myself writing! That’s right, The Guru who has posted such entries as Need a reason NOT to buy Vista?, or Win Vista Stunning Feature and personal favorite How to Install Windows Vista started using Windows Vista yesterday. Here’s the reason, I had to buy a new computer after my old one rejected a power supply upgrade and quit working or so I thought. Turns out it was acting like a possum, pretending it was dead so I wouldn’t try to add any more upgrades to it. So I’ve been using Vista for about…
The latest and greatest update on the Firefox 2.0 branch has been released. This update fixes eight security vulnerabilities including two labeled critical, along with other 100+ stability and performance patches. Users should be getting an auto-update prompt in the next 24-48 hours or can manually update now via Help, Check for Updates… Firefox 2.0.0.8 Release Notes As a reminder if you are still using Firefox 1.5, Mozilla has ceased support and updates nearly six months ago. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest Firefox 2 build. Mac users, there are some known Firefox issues on Leopard. News…
Nearly 3 months after we reviewed Netscape 9.0b2, the final version of Netscape Navigator 9 has been released today. Netscape Navigator uses the same Gecko engine as Firefox 2 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071015 Firefox/2.0.0.7 Navigator/9.0) and is available for Windows, Mac OSX or Linux. Further since it is based on Firefox 2, extensions are cross-browser compatible. Any Firefox 2 extension will work with Netscape Navigator 9 as will a Netscape Navigator 9 extension work with Firefox 2. Get Netscape Navigator
Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.8 – All prior landings on the Fx 2.0.0.7 branch have been moved the 2.0.0.8 branch. Code Freeze: Wednesday -October 3rd Release Candidate 1: Thursday – October 4th Beta Users Release: Wednesday – October 10th Target Ship Date: Thursday – October 18th TBird 1.5.0.13 – No Report TBird 2.0.0.8 – As soon as Fx 2.0.0.8 is done (note no TB 2.0.0.7 build) TBird Major Update (TBird 1.5.0.12 > 2.0.0.6) – No Report TBird 3 – No Report Fx3.0.m9/Gecko 1.9m9 – Code Freeze: Sometime between 10/24/07 & 10/31/07 Gecko 1.9 blockers 23…
I guess we can call this Part 3…that is if we call Scott McGregor’s announcement (Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 1 and David Bienvenu’s announcement (More Troublesome Thunderbird News) Part 2 . As expected Michell Baker has posted a couple articles about the transition of Thunderbird to MailCo on her blog. The first article (Thunderbird Process of Change Part 1) discusses the organizational setting of Thunderbird within Mozilla Corp since it was formed in 2003 to present and how “started to grow uncomfortable” in the later years with massive growth of the web. The second article (Thunderbird Process of Change, Part…