Granted I don’t talk as much about Thunderbird in here as I do Firefox. Part of that is because their isn’t as much news or anything to talk about with Thunderbird. On Wednesday Mozilla’s, Chief Lizard Wrangler (CEO) Mitchell Baker posted in her blog that Mozilla has come to a point where they to decided what they want to do with Thunderbird. “We have concluded that we should find a new, separate organizational setting for Thunderbird; one that allows the Thunderbird community to determine its own destiny.” Mozilla has come up with three possible options: Option 1. Create a new…

The other day sim asked on the Weekly Update 2007-07-23 post “what’s content handling”.  This was in reference to the report that “content-handling is not going to make Fx3”. So what is content-handling? It is a neat feature that would let you setup Firefox on what to do when it came across certain types of content. Technically, this feature already exists if you go under Tools, Options.., Content tab and then under File Types click Manage… However with Firefox 3, it was more of a user-interface (UI) type change. The blog article, Fx 3 User Interface (UI) Redo shows an…

If you have ever thought about building a Fx Extension, here is a comprehensive guide that can help you not just build an extension, but one that will get used.  The Developing a Firefox Extension That People Actually Use: 32 Essential Tools and Tutorials is very informative (but not overwhelming) with most of the steps containing external links.  The opening paragraph sums it up well.. Over the past few years, Mozilla Firefox has dramatically increased in popularity, largely because of its ability to incorporate extensions. The extensions developed for Firefox range from simple calculators to complete application replacement, and their…

From Mozilla Developer News: If you already have Thunderbird 2.0.0.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu starting later today. For a list of changes and more information, please review the Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 Release Notes. The security vulnerabilities addressed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 do not affect Thunderbird 1.5.0.x users, therefore, there is no update required for Thunderbird 1.5.0.x series users.

The social networking site, Facebook has bought Parakey for an undisclosed amount. For those of you not familiar with Parakey it was the joint venture project by Firefox Founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, see The Firefox Kid for more about Parakey. I was not too sure what to make of this at first. This has been an ongoing project for Ross & Hewitt for quite some time. But as I read further into the article this isn’t one of those ‘buy-out’ type of acquisitions where everything is sold and the original party just walks away from the project (but…

Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.5, a security upgrade. From mozillaZine.org:   Firefox 2.0.0.5 includes a fix for firefoxurl:// security exploit, which allows an attacker to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to trick Firefox into executing malicious code. Whether Firefox or IE is responsible for the flaw has been a matter of debate over the past week. The Mozilla Foundation security advisory about the firefoxurl:// issue maintains that it’s a problem in IE and notes that other applications could be exploited in the same way. Others have argued that it’s Firefox’s responsibility to vet incoming data (something 2.0.0.5 now does). You should…