On November 9, 2004 the first official build (1.0) of Firefox was released. Eight years later Firefox is still going strong as both a desktop as well as mobile (Android) browser. Read more at The Den.
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Thunderbird 17 due for release on/around November 20th features a redesigned user interface. Like Firefox, Thunderbird is going to have a cleaner and simpler user interface. This means by default removing the Menu bar (which can be brought back temporarily via the ALT key and restored by going to View > Toolbars > Menu Bar) and using an App Button/Menu like Firefox. However, unlike Firefox it is not a ‘Thunderbird’ button and it is not at the top left. Instead it is a little button with 3 horizontal lines on the far right (yet another design ‘borrowed’ from Chrome which…
Mozilla released an important update for Thunderbird 16.0 with Thunderbird 16.0.2 on October 29th, 2012. Thunderbird 16.0.2 addressed these issues: Security vulnerabilities with Location object issues Bug 803843: IMAP based accounts could sometimes continuously download emails Existing Thunderbird 16.0.x users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or downloading and manually installing via the getthunderbird.com site.
Mozilla identified some security vulnerabilities with Location object issues in Firefox 16.0.1. The 16.0.2 update addresses said vulnerabilities. Firefox 15 users are not affected by these vulnerabilities. Existing Firefox 16.0.x users can updated to 16.0.2 via Help > About Firefox or download and install Firefox 16.0.2 manually via the getfirefox.com site.An update for Firefox 16.0.2 for Android has already been pushed out to Google Play Store.
Early last month we wrote about a change in the closing multiple tabs warning behaviour when using the option to close other tabs (even with the warning turned off in the preferences). Within the past week or so, Bug 772319 which was filed to undo this change was changed to RESOLVED FIXED with a target milestone of Firefox 18. This means starting with Firefox 18, users will no longer (as they didn’t get in the past) this warning when using the close other tabs function. The current work around is to use Tab Mix Plus 0.4.0.3 add-on. Firefox 18 is scheduled for…
There may be a point where you want to ‘reset’ AdBlock Plus back to ‘factory defaults’. This can be the case where you are blocking something you don’t want to and can not figure out how to unblock it or AdBlock Plus is mis-behaving (can happen to any add-on). So, how do you reset AdBlock Plus, is it just a matter of uninstalling the add-on then re installing? Not quite, there ara a couple steps in between uninstalling and re-installing AdBlock Plus. Here is what you need to do to ‘reset’ AdBlock Plus: From the Add-ons Manager (Firefox Menu > Add-ons…
Just Released October 10th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.8 Thunderbird 16 October 9th Thunderbird 16.0.1 Thunderbird 17 Beta (17.0b1)* Coming Soon Thunderbird 18 Earlybird (18.0a2)* Future Releases November 20th Thunderbird ESR 10.0.9 Thunderbird ESR 17.0 Thunderbird 17 Thunderbird 18 Beta (18.0b1)* Thunderbird 19 Earlybird (19.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
Just Released October 9th Firefox 16.0 Firefox for Android 16 Firefox 10.0.8 ESR October 10th Firefox for Android 16.0.1 October 11th Firefox 16.0 Firefox 17 Beta (17.0b1)* Coming Soon Firefox 18 Aurora (18.0a2)* Future Releases November 20th Firefox 17.0 Firefox for Android 17 Firefox 10.0.9 ESR Firefox 17.0 ESR Firefox 18 Beta (17.0b1)* Firefox 19 Aurora (18.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
Mozilla has pushed out an update to Thunderbird 16 to address some security issues associated with the most Firefox 16 release earlier this week. Existing Thunderbird 16 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or downloading and manually installing via the getthunderbird.com site.
Mozilla identified some security vulnerabilities with Firefox 16, released earlier this week. The 16.0.1 update addresses said vulnerabilities. Firefox 15 users are not affected by these vulnerabilities. Another update, Firefox 16.0.2 is still being evaluated as Mozilla is still determining the full scope of the window load handler failure issue which causes some add-ons not to load when a new window (not tab) is opened. Existing Firefox 16 users can updated to 16.0.1 via Help > About Firefox or download and install Firefox 16.0.1 manually via the getfirefox.com site.An update for Firefox 16.0.1 for Android has already been pushed out to Google Play Store.