Allrightythen, now that both Firefox 1.5.0.8 & Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 have been released there is not much Mozilla news right now. However, there is lots of Microsoft news, including some regarding Windows Vista: On November 8th, Microsoft announced Windows Vista is completed and will be released January 30, 2007. Todd Bishop (Seattle Post Intelligencer) did some checking in the Seattle area and discovered there are some PC retailers are getting orders for Windows Vista Systems, but still not much demand at this time. What Vista Sounds Like (Compared to Windows XP) QuickTime Video Actually, they sound very similar. Vista sounds however…
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Along with Firefox 1.5.0.8, Mozilla has gone ahead and released Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 today as well. No release notes for this version at this time. Download available from the Thunderbird Product Page.
Along with Firefox 1.5.0.8, Mozilla has gone ahead and released Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 today as well. No release notes for this version at this time. Download available from the Thunderbird Product Page.
Mozilla has released the next version in the Firefox 1.5 branch. Per the release notes: Version 1.5.0.8 includes some minor security fixes: MFSA 2006-67 Running Script can be recompiled MFSA 2006-66 RSA signature forgery (variant) MFSA 2006-65 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.8) Also this version will contain the upgrade feature (which for now is inactive) which will allow you to upgrade to Firefox 2. While I have not seen an exact date for this, it likely be around the time Firefox 2.0.0.1 is released (later this year). Still in several places Mozilla clearly states: “All users are strongly…
I mentioned last week in my Colorful Tabs & Firefox 2 post, that Colorful Tabs Extension and Firefox 2 didn’t work well with each others. In the last couple days there as has been a couple new versions/attempts to get Colorful tabs to work correctly with Firefox 2. Version 1.5, released November 4th. This version just bumped the max version up to Firefox 2.0.0.* All. Still no close buttons on the tabs. Version 1.6, released November 5th. Per the release notes “Version 1.5 takes off the close btn from the tab. This has been fixed in v1.6.” So, after updating…
Update Notifier was updated this morning to work with Firefox 2.0 and Thunderbird 2.0Beta1 . This handy little extension automatically checks for updates to your installed (enabled or disabled) extensions and themes and will notify you when there is an update. It also has a ‘restart’ option which is handy when switching themes. Update Notifier 0.1.5.1
Update Notifier was updated this morning to work with Firefox 2.0 and Thunderbird 2.0Beta1 . This handy little extension automatically checks for updates to your installed (enabled or disabled) extensions and themes and will notify you when there is an update. It also has a ‘restart’ option which is handy when switching themes. Update Notifier 0.1.5.1
Last month I had pointed out in my post: ONE Lifetime Transfer with Windows Vista, a change to Microsoft EULA in regards to transferring your copy of Windows Vista to another device you owned. With the new changes you could make one transfer for the lifetime of the product without having to purchase a new license. From CyberNet News >>Vista Entices PC Enthusiasts With License Changes: Windows Vista Team Blog had to say about it: You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices….
UPDATE: Firefox 1.5.0.8 has been released as of 11/08/06. Please see entry: Firefox 1.5.0.8 RELEASED for updated information and download link. Okay, so I like totally didn’t notice that Firefox 1.5.0.8 did NOT come out this past Wednesday as I had posted in Firefox 1.5.0.8 & IE7 Force Feeding. It was not until a forum member in Go Firefox! responded to my post there asking about the status that I realized this had happened. I also realized I had not been over to Firefox Builds on mozillaZine in a couple days as well. After checking in at Firefox Builds, I…
If you want to be different and have your tab bar at the bottom of the window, it can be done. You will need to modify your userChrome.css file (best if done with ChromEdit Plus) by adding: /* Display the tabbar at the bottom */ #content > tabbox { -moz-box-direction: reverse; }