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eCleaner :: Add-on

I had a lot of them. Quite a few that did not have any indication of what they were which makes it necessary to jump through some additional hoops. Go to “Help” and click on “Troubleshooting Information” and you can find the ID of the add-ons you have installed. This add-on can be used to clear all those preferences left by extensions after uninstallation, all those garbage which some developers do not care on clearing themselves on their add-ons and which later or sooner will make Firefox to load slower…  eCleaner :: Add-ons for Firefox  ↑Go get it↓

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Firefox Release Recap: September 24, 2011

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th-30th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th-30th* Future Releases Firefox 3.6.24 – November 8th? Firefox 8 Final Release – November 8th Firefox 8 for Mobile Final Release – November 8th Firefox 9 Beta (9.0b1) – November 8th* Firefox 10 Aurora (10.0a2) – November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge…

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Firefox for Tablets Nightly Launched

Mozilla has launched an updated nightly version of Fennec (Firefox for Mobile) which will run on Android based Tablets. According to the comments it also will work on Nook Color running CyanogenMod 7 as well as on some other OS such as Linux with a little hacking. Keep in mind this is still a nightly build, so there are still a lot of bugs and kinks to work out. One of the main bugs right now is the need to add a way to hide the tabs sidebar in landscape tablet mode. However, this will at least show the UI…

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Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 Released

Mozilla has released an update version of Thunderbird 7 on the Beta channel today. Existing Thunderbird 7 users can update via Help > About Thunderbird or download directly here. Unless anything major happens before the end of the week, this build will likely end up being the released version of Thunderbird 7 on September 27th.

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Firefox Release Recap: September 17, 2011

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * 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 that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.

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Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms

…The malware served on all these pages comes from en-softonic(dot)ne. Users looking for Firefox get a rootkit, their IE begins working silently in the background attempting click fraud, and their Google search results get redirected to pages chosen by the attackers…” More  net-security.org/malware_news | Bing, Yahoo! serving malware for popular search terms ↑Go get it↓

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Thunderbird Release Update: September 15, 2011

Just Released Thunderbird 3.1.14 – September 6th Thunderbird 6.0.2 – September 6th Thunderbird 7 Beta 2 – September 6th Coming Soon Thunderbird 7 Beta 3 – TBA Thunderbird 3.1.15 – September 27th Thunderbird 7 Final Release – September 27th Thunderbird 8 Beta – September 27th* Thunderbird 9 Earlybird – September 27th* Future Releases Thunderbird 8 Final Release – November 8th Thunderbird 9 Beta – November 8th* Thunderbird 10 Earlybird – November 8th* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is to begin. The actual release to…

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Firefox Release Recap: September 10, 2011

Just Released Firefox 3.6.22 – September 6th Firefox 6.0.2 – September 6th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.23 – September 27th Firefox 7 Final Release – September 27th Firefox 7 for Mobile Final Release – September 27th Firefox 8 Beta (8.0b1) – September 27th* Firefox 9 Aurora (9.0a2) – September 27th* * 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 that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.

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AMO Changes to Incompatible Add-ons

In the past while addons.mozilla.org (AMO) would indicate an add-on was not compatible with the user’s version of Firefox, it would still allow the user to try and install the incompatible add-on. The user would get a warning that the add-on is likely not to work with their current version of Firefox and they could click a button again to go through with the download/install process. Unless the user had add-on compatibility checking disabled, Firefox would generate an error saying the add-on could not be installed. So if an add-on won’t work with the user’s current version of Firefox, why…

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