Just Released AMO 3.4.7 on August 21st Schedule this Week 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. Major Update: Firefox 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 – August 25th 7:00 PM PDT / 10:00 PM EDT 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 – September 11th Firefox…

A minor update for addons.mozilla.org (AMO) was released on Thursday, August 21st.  This update fixed a handful of bugs including: Bug 450356 – Not able to add selected add-ons to Facebook page. Bug 442100 – Phoenity Thunderbird theme listed as a Firefox theme. See the complete Bug Fix List. News Source: Basil’s Bodacious Blog

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 MU – Status: Pending Release Major Update will allow current Fx 2.0.0.16 users to auto-update to Fx 3.0.1 Current Schedule Final Release: End of August 2008 Fx 2.0.0.17 & Fx 3.0.2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze REVISED Schedule Code freeze: August 26th Builds start: August 27th QA starts: August 28th Release to beta channel: September 4th Final Release: September 11th Firefox 3.1a2 (Shiretoko)/Gecko 1.9.1a2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Alpha 2 will be only released for EN-US Alpha 2 Code Freeze: Tuesday, August 19th THUNDERBIRD/LIGHTNING Lightning/Sunbird (Calendar Project) – No Report TBird 2.0.0.17 – Status:…

Just Released Shredder (Thunderbird) 3.0a2 on August 12th Schedule this Week None 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 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 MU – August 2008 Firefox 2.0.0.17 – September 11th Firefox 2.0.0.17 > 3.0.2 MU – TBD Firefox 3.0.2 – September 11th Firefox 3.1a2 – August 2008 Firefox 3.1b1 – September 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – TBD Shredder (Thunderbird) 3.0b1 – TBD

I had mentioned in the TBird 3 (Shredder) Alpha 2 Released post, I was not too thrilled with the ‘new’ logo. As it turns out this is not a new logo after all. Kevin left the following comment: That’s actually a really old logo. They used it a long time ago and must be using it again for trunk development. Further after I posted about “The Logo” in the CyberNet Forum, I was directed to A History of Thunderbird (Wikipedia). Turns out this indeed the original logo: Click for full-size I am just trying to understand why they are using…

Turns out there is a much easier way to edit TBird message tags. I was not even aware there was an option (albeit a little buried) until FreeJeff left this informative comment: You can configure tags to your heart’s content by simply going to Options > Display > Tags. Add, delete, edit title and/or color, whatever. About:config is completely unnecessary. Oh, so there is a ‘Tags’ option in the Display settings. Whoops, guess I should have looked thru the options menu first. Click for full-size Thanks for the info FreeJeff!

Since I want to see how the whole message tagging system worked on TBird 3 (Shredder), so I went ahead downloaded and installed TBird 3 Alpha 2. This is it for the Thunderbird 3 Alpha builds. After I got Alpha 2 installed I changed over to the ‘Nightly’ Update Channel and downloaded Shredder/3.0b1pre. Cain’t say I am too thrilled with the new logo… What’s New in Shredder Alpha 2 There were over 300 bug fixes in this release, many laying the groundwork for future changes. Some notable changes include: Integration improvements Shredder can import mail from Mail.app on Mac OS…

Most of the tips posted here have been for Firefox 2/3. However this time around we have a Thunderbird 2/3 tip. Alex commented on the Thunderbird 2.0 Message Tags post: There must be some way to change the default tags. i like the tags themselves, but the default tags are kind of annoying. Any tricks for getting around this one? Yes, but you will need to have the About:Config add-on for Thunderbird (see TBird about:config for instructions). Note you could also access the editor from Tools, select Options…, Click the Advance Tab, select (if it is not already) the General…

FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.17 & Fx 3.0.2 – Status: Pending Code Freeze Major Update Version Fx 2.0.0.17 >> 3.0.2 Current Schedule Code freeze: August 15th Builds start: TBA QA starts: TBA Release to beta channel: TBA Final Release: September 3rd Firefox 3.1b1/Gecko 1.9.1b1 – Status: In Triage Beta 1 Code Freeze (purposed) on Tuesday, August 19th Look here for interesting queries related to Gecko 1.9.1. For a great update of what’s going on in Gecko, take a look at last week’s Gecko meeting notes. Highlights include: Tracking 21 1.9.1 blockers. 138 wanted bugs 26 P1s. These are bugs we feel would…

There were no new releases during the week of August 3rd-August 9th. Firefox 2.0.0.17 – September 2nd. Also purposed Major Update to Fx 3.0.2 for this build Firefox 3.0.2 – September 2nd. Firefox 3.1b1 – August 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – TBD, Possibly September 2nd as well as should be able to do 3 releases (Fx 2.0.0.X/Fx 3.0.X and TBird 2.0.0.X) at once. Thunderbird 3.0a2 – August 13th?