Along with Firefox 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 has been released as well. The release notes for Thunderbird are a bit brief: Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. The Mozilla and OSU OpenSource Labs FTP Servers appear to be overload at this time but you should be able to download Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 directly from the product page. Most users should be able to upgrade Thunderbird (if it hasn’t told you to do so already) as well as Firefox by going to the Help menu and selecting ‘Check For Updates…’

By default Firefox is setup to allow no more than two active downloads at a time. Okay this in fine and actually good for folks on dial-up but what about us broadband users? Well, you could install some third-party download manager software or may be an extension. But wait, there is a much easier way! This simple tweak is from CyberNet News and can be done in a matter of seconds and works on Firefox 1.5.0.X, 2.0b2 and the 2.0b2 nightly builds. Again, this is NOT recommended for dial-up users: In a new tab type ‘about:config’ in the address bar…

Once again CyberNet News has the info before Mozilla has even updated mozillaZine. Even better Ryan has created a neat little download widget for Firefox 1.5.0.7. Simply select your language and then click the button for your OS. Cain’t get much easier than that!

Thanks to Ryan at CyberNet Tech News for this extension tip! Download Statusbar adds a customizable download status bar just above the main status bar. Now, if you are using the PDF Download extension along with FoxIt, this is a must. The example below shows two PDF documents downloaded (via the PDF Download Extension) in order to be viewed in FoxIt. Click For Larger Image Now when I am done viewing the documents, I don’t need them to still be sitting on my hard drive. This is where the Download Statusbar extension is a real time saver, all I have…

Firefox has around 1800 extensions just on Mozilla Add-ons and countless others from developers who did not want to be listed on Mozilla Add-ons. Today on CyberNet News, a look at some of the funnier Firefox extensions. Now, I have to admit while some of these are quite creative and humors a couple (such as the Random Theme Switcher) if in the hands of the wrong people could provide some really interesting results in an office environment. See the article: The Funniest Firefox Extensions for full description and download link (Note: some of these are older and may not work…

Yesterday I mentioned the Firefox 2.0 default theme had been changed. Well, they decided to change it again today with tonight’s build. For a quick comparison of what is different today versus yesterday take a look at the article over on CyberNet Tech News. A couple comments: I am glad they did away with the blue folders in the bookmarks menu, those were just too much. It looked like a child designed the icon (or at least the same group who did the icons for DelphiForums). Many folks don’t like the new ‘house’ icon for the home page. From what…

[digg=http://digg.com/software/Adobe_Acrobat_vs_FoxIt_Reader] Adobe Acrobat Reader is a powerful but space and resource hogging application which few users are going to utilize to its fullest potential. But there is an alternative and even better it is free! Foxit Reader 2.0 works just as well as Adobe Acrobat but doesn’t have the ton of plugins to load which on older and slower systems could prove fatal. CyberNet Tech News has done a nice review of the new Foxit 2.0 Reader. In case you are wondering, this program works beautifully with Firefox and even more so when paired with the PDF Download Extension (which…