Firefox 3.5.3 was released on September 10th. This release addresses three critical security vulnerabilities. This is the first Firefox release which will check for out-dated plugins. However, at this Firefox will only be checking to see if your Adobe Flash Plugin is current. Auto-updates should be occurring in the next 24-48 hours, otherwise users may get the latest update by going to Help menu and selecting Check For Updates. Also, a reminder from Mozilla Developer Network, If you’re still using Firefox 2.0.0.x, this version is no longer supported and contains known security vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to Firefox 3.5 by downloading…
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Kristof Polleunis recently dropped a note to The Guru to take a look at the Gcache Plus extension. A very simple yet useful extension which allows you to “Resurrect a dead pages“. Simply put once installed the add-on uses a keyboard short cut CRTL+SHIFT+ALT+G or context (right-click) menu entry (Gcached Page) to allow you to pull up (if available) the Google cached version of the page. Gache Plus works with Firefox 2.0 and newer and is around 12 KB.
Starting with the Firefox 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 builds due out mid next week, Firefox will automatically warn you if you have an out-dated plugin. The first plugin to be checked will be Adobe Flash. Users will see a warning screen (see below), “You should update Adobe Flash right now” with a direct link to Adobe’s site to get the update when restarting the browser after installing the newest Firefox update. Users who have an up-to-date version of the plug-in will see the usual “You’ve been updated to the latest version of Firefox” screen (as seen at the bottom of this…
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.0.14– September 9th Firefox 3.5.3 – September 9th Future Release Firefox 3.0.15 – October 21st Firefox 3.5.4 – October 21st Firefox 3.6 – November 2009 Firefox 3.7 – Spring 2010
Found this interesting story on the Microsoft Blog earlier this week. Seems Sony has cut a deal with Google (the makers of the Chrome Browser) to have Chrome to be the default browser on new Sony Vaio PCs instead of the usual Internet Exploiter. The deal is a big win for Google, which has struggled to give Chrome a significant share of the market. In August, Chrome captured nearly 3 percent of the market, versus Internet Explorer’s 67 percent and Firefox’s 23 percent, according to Net Applications. The agreement is Google’s first with a computer manufacturer. Microsoft has similar deals…
ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) Lots of new stuff in 5.0.9 Collections Phase II Add-on recommendations Collection based statistics Rating for collections Public Stats Dashboard Contributions on search results, home page, and category pages Post-install “Meet the Developer” pages now available via the Developer Tools Next release (5.1!) is 9/24, will be focused on the Developer Hub Join us in Miami on 9/15 or Chicago on 9/29 for our Add-ons meetups FIREFOX Firefox Front End Work review our list of active projects and this quarter’s goals last week’s team progress reports are available on Planet Firefox, which will get prettier in time Firefox…
Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.14– September 9th Firefox 3.0.15 – October 21st Firefox 3.5.3 – September 9th Firefox 3.0.4 – October 21st Firefox 3.6 – November 2009 Firefox 3.7 – Spring 2010
ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) NYC meet-up a success Collections, Phase II goes live Thursday – collection ratings, collection stats, add-on recommendations — check it out on preview (also, public stats dashboard) Add-on Developer Hub mock-ups posted Coming Up for AMO! FIREFOX Firefox Front End Work review our list of active projects and this quarter’s goals as well, our team is blogging progress reports on Planet Mozilla which is hopefully helpful; eventually we’ll have a better way to do this roundup, but for now: Dietrich would like to talk to you about progress we’ve enjoyed on startup performance, as would Drew Boriss needs…
Mozilla Messaging has released Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 on August 20th. Users will be prompted for an automatic update within the next 72 hours.Those wishing to upgrade now can do so via the Help Menu, Check For Updates option or by downloading the latest release at getthunderbird.com. Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 contains many security fixes and the full details can be found in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 Release Notes.