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Just Released AMO 4.0.2 – October 16th Firefox 3.1b1 – October 14th Shredder (Thunderbird) 3.0a3 – October 14th Schedule this Coming Week No release scheduled for this coming week. Future Release Note: MU Releases are special releases which allow users to upgrade to the next major version (e.g. Fx 2 to Fx 3) automatically without having to manually download and install the newer version. Firefox 2.0.0.17 > 3.0.2 MU – TBD Firefox 2.0.0.17 – November 12th Firefox 3.0.4 – November 12th Firefox 3.1b2 – November 2008 Shredder (Thunderbird) 3a4/b1 – TBD
I don’t know if I had downloaded a bad build last night of Firefox 3.0.X but Firefox was stuck in ‘perpetual crash mode’. All I did was click a link (safe and trusted) in my Windows Live Mail and Firefox crashed. I restarted Firefox with the same session and it crashed again and again. I started with a fresh session and it crashed again, and again. Well that narrowed it down to either my profile (not a big deal if it got fried) or that particular build. I fired up Chrome (one of the benefits of having four browsers installed…
Mozilla Messaging has released Shredder (Thunderbird 3) Alpha 3. Originally planed as Beta 1, the Thunderbird team reversed its decision as there’s still plenty of work to be done including the most expected integration with the Lightning extension to provide calendaring features. What’s New in Shredder Alpha 3 There were over 250 changes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include: User Experience Improvements Improved Message Reader View This is the first stage of a series of improvements to refine the message reading experience; the first stage brings email controls closer to area in which the…
Mozilla Messaging has released Shredder (Thunderbird 3) Alpha 3. Originally planed as Beta 1, the Thunderbird team reversed its decision as there’s still plenty of work to be done including the most expected integration with the Lightning extension to provide calendaring features. What’s New in Shredder Alpha 3 There were over 250 changes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include: User Experience Improvements Improved Message Reader View This is the first stage of a series of improvements to refine the message reading experience; the first stage brings email controls closer to area in which the…
Firefox 3.1 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering engine. Firefox 3.1b1 New Features: Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special characters to restrict your search Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, web worker threads, SVG transforms and offline applications. Suggested Readings: Firefox 3.1b1 Release Notes The “Firefox 3.1 For Developers” article Mozilla Links: Firefox…
New with the latest nightly builds of Firefox 3.1 is an improved (with a minor flaw) crash recovery. In the past you had two options, either reopen the last sessions as it was prior to the crash or start with a clean slate. I’ve had this happen usually due to a temperamental site that causes Plugins to malfunction (Flash & QuickTime, etc). Problem is if you try to restore your session prior to the crash and close the offending tab fast enough, you end up having Firefox crashing again (and again). This has all changed now… Click for full-sized image…
ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) AMO 4.0.2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze/Release Verified 6 bugs Worked with Wil Clouser on a test plan for revising our Add to Firefox detection mechanism. Schedule Code-Freeze: 11:59 PM Oct, 13th Release: Oct. 16. FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.18 & Fx 3.0.4/Gecko 1.8.1.18 & 1.9.0.4 – Status: In Triage No Report Schedule Code freeze: October 24th @ 11:59 PM PDT Builds start: October 28th QA starts: October 29th Release to beta channel: November 5th Final Release: November 12th Fx 3.1b1 (Shiretoko)/Gecko 1.9.1b1 – Status: Pending Release New features (planned/in progress) Major items of interest this week: About to land…
With Yahoo’s stock plummeting to $12.29 a share on Friday (October 10), a Yahoo investor is urging Yahoo to sell itself to Microsoft for $22 a share. From Reuters: Under the proposal by investment fund Mithras Capital, Microsoft would unload Yahoo’s Asian assets and non-search businesses, extract $3 billion worth of cost savings and receive $2.8 billion of tax benefits, meaning the software giant would pay $10.3 billion for Yahoo’s search business. A quick refresher on Yahoo’s stock: Closed at $19.18 per share on January 31st, the day before Microsoft made the offer Closed at $28.38 per share (up 47%)…