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Thunderbird 3.1b1 (Lanikai) Released

Mozilla Messaging has released the first Beta of Thunderbird 3.1, code named Lanikai. This release includes: From the release notes: Several fixes to improve upgrading from Thunderbird 2. Several fixes for auto complete, tabs, and activity manager. Several design improvements and corrections to the interface. Stability and memory improvements. You can try Thunderbird 3.1 from Mozilla Messaging available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 25 languages. Source: Mozilla Links

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Major Update Firefox 3.5 to 3.6 Released

Starting today users on Firefox 3.5 (or older versions) will be offered a direct upgrade to Firefox 3.6. Note: The upgrade offer will not appear until there has been at least 10 minutes without any keyboard activity. The offer can also be access via the Help Menu and selecting Check For Updates… Users can able to choose to: Wait 24 hours (“Ask Later”) Decline the offer (“No Thanks”) Accept the free upgrade (“Get the New Version”) Source: Mozilla Developers News

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Firefox Release Recap: March 2010 Week 1

Just Released Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3a2 – March 2, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.19 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.5.9 – March 30, 2010 Firefox 3.6.2 – TBA Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3a3 – TBA

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Firefox 3.7/Gecko 1.9.3 Alpha 2 Released

Mozilla has released the second Alpha for Gecko 1.9.3 layout engine likely to be used in the future Firefox 3.7. This release is being made available for testing purposes only, and is intended for web application developers and the testing community. See Release Notes for more information and download/installation instructions.

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Thunderbird 3.0.3 Released

Mozilla Messaging has release an emergency third update for Thunderbird 3.0 on all platforms. This release fixes an issue with mail folders for some users who updated to Thunderbird 3.0.2. Thunderbird 3.0 users should be prompted to update within the next 48-hours or can do so manually via Help >> Check For Updates… For information as to what’s new, see Thunderbird release notes Source: Mozilla Developers News

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Master Multiple Firefox Profiles for More Productive Browsing

One of the most powerful features in Firefox is also one too few people know about: the ability to create and use more than one profile at the same time. Here’s how to streamline and reap the benefits of multiple browsing profiles. Instead of installing every single extension for every task into the same Firefox profile, why not separate them into separate profiles, organized by task? Think of Firefox like an Operating System for the web, and each profile as a separate application—one profile is used for basic web browsing, another for writing, another for web development, and so on….

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“Save File To” Creates Custom Save-As Context Menus

Just tried it – pretty simple and convenient. “Save links, images and web pages to user-defined folders and their sub-folders straight from context menu.” Source: Save File to :: Add-ons for Firefox   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4902 Review @ Lifehacker “Firefox: If you hate having to search through your folders every time you change the type of file or directory you’re saving to—and we certainly do!—Save File To helps you make custom context menus for file saving bliss…” Source: Save File To Creates Custom Save-As Context Menus in Firefox – context menu – Lifehacker   : http://lifehacker.com/5480003/save-file-to-creates-custom-save+as-context-menus-in-firefox

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Firefox Release Recap: February Week 3

Just Released Firefox 3.0.18 – February 17th Firefox 3.5.8 – February 17th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.6.1 – TBA Firefox 3.7 – TBA

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Add-On Compatibility Reporter

“Maybe you’ve seen your favorite extensions fall behind when new Firefox releases roll out, but you haven’t known what to do about it. A new-ish Mozilla add-on not only enables technically incompatible extensions for testing, but makes reporting actual incompatibilities easy…” via – Lifehacker Add-On Compatibility Reporter Enables Incompatible Firefox Extensions, Reports If Still Not Working

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