Just Released February 16th Firefox 10.0.2 Firefox ESR 10.0.2 Firefox 10.0.2 for Android Firefox 11 Beta 3 Coming Soon March 13th Firefox 3.6.27 Firefox ESR 10.0.3 Firefox 11 Final Release Firefox 11 for Android Firefox 12 Beta (12.0b1)* Firefox 13 Aurora (13.0a2)* Future Releases April 24th Firefox 3.6.28 *LAST RELEASE ON 3.6.X BRANCH* Firefox ESR 10.0.4 Firefox 12 Final Release Firefox 12 for Android Firefox 13 Beta (13.0b1)* Firefox 14 Aurora (14.0a2)* * 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…
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Adobe released an update to Flash on February 15th to address an exploit that affected Internet Exploiter users. Even if you don’t use IE, you should still update your Flash plugins. Also this would a good time to check on the ‘health’ of your other Firefox plugins. You can do this from within Firefox by going to Tools > Add-ons and then clicking the link Check to see if your plugins are up to date. This will open the Mozilla plugin checker site in a new tab where a quick scan will tell you which plugins needs to be updated.
Big changes are coming to the way Firefox updates. With these improvements users are going to be able to start running the updated version and the update process is going to be a lot smoother for Windows Vista and 7 users. Changes include how the updates are downloaded and installed as well being able to apply updates without Windows Vista and 7 users having to continually giving the application ‘permission’ to update (UAC prompts). More technical details can be found on Laurence Mandel’s Blog.
Interesting post over on Tom’s Hardware about Mozilla’s plan to create a special Firefox to support the upcoming Windows 8 (or whatever Microsoft ends up calling it) Metro Interface. For those not quite familiar with the planned Metro, interface it is going to very similar to the Windows 7 Phones. Mozilla plans on making a special version of Firefox that will support tablets and other touch devices running Windows 8 Metro. More details on the project “in progress” are listed on the Mozilla wiki.
Today is the 3rd day of using this and I think it is going on my “keeper” list.My counter just went over 300.Review: pcworld.com/businesscenter Do Not Track Plus blocks web beacons and other tracking technologies that advertisers use to track your browsing behavior. Easily see what trackers are in use at each website you visit and block any or all of them. “ Source: Add-ons for Firefox Do Not Track Plus Go get it.
Fast Firefox faceoff: Nightly vs. Pale Moon vs. Waterfox Three unofficial Firefox variants take advantage of 64-bit processors and 64-bit version of Windows 7By Howard Wen, Network World February 13, 2012 08:08 AM ET Fast Firefox faceoff: Nightly vs. Pale Moon vs. Waterfox
Firefox has finally caught up to Chrome when it comes to opening a new tab. In Chrome you are presented with thumbnails of sites you have visited prior. While there have been some extensions that have duplicated this feature, it is now part of the native Firefox UI in both the latest Nightly (13.0a1) and Aurora (12.0a2) builds. Note: it will be available for a limited time on the Aurora builds, see * at the end of this post for more details. Below is a sample from Percy’s (mozilla links) review: Keep in mind this is still a work in…
Just Released February 10th Firefox 10.0.1 Firefox ESR 10.01 Firefox 10.0.1 for Android Firefox 11 Beta 2 Coming Soon March 13th Firefox 3.6.27 Firefox ESR 10.0.1 Firefox 11 Final Release Firefox 11 for Android Firefox 12 Beta (12.0b1)* Firefox 13 Aurora (13.0a2)* Future Releases April 24th Firefox 3.6.28 *LAST RELEASE ON 3.6.X BRANCH* Firefox ESR 10.0.2 Firefox 12 Final Release Firefox 12 for Android Firefox 13 Beta (13.0b1)* Firefox 14 Aurora (14.0a2)* * 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…
…Adobe has been modifying its popular Flash Player to include the sandbox technology that would block malicious code before executing. Adobe on Feb. 6 released a beta version of the Flash Player plug-in that has the sandbox for Firefox for Windows Vista and Windows 7. The final version is expected later this year…” Source: Security – News & Reviews – eWeek.comMore Adobe Flash Player Protected Mode Beta Released for Firefox ↑Go get it↓
…The pages – located at vkernel(dot)org, aveonix(dot)org, smolvell(dot)org, stocknick(dot)org – are not able to detect what browser the users use and serve either a Firefox or Chrome themed fake update warning. …Users are warned to be careful when being presented similar pages. The aforementioned four are still online, but there might be others. In any case, it’s always best to update your browser by using the updating mechanism it contains.” Source: net-security.org More Bogus “browser update” pages deliver malware ↑Go get it↓