I’ve updated the Fx 2.0 Tweaks Guide to include tweaks added in the past couple months.
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While the majority of Firefox add-ons install automatically when you go to install the add-on, some don’t always. Further, Thunderbird doesn’t even have the functionality to do an automatic add-on install. So in those cases you have to download the add-on, find it on your computer, open Firefox’s or Thunderbird’s Add-Ons Manager window and then drag the file into the window to install. There is an easier way, both Firefox and Thunderbird have an ‘Install’ Button on their add-on managers, but by default it is turned off. To turn the button on requires a very simple tweak in the program’s…
Well, it is official, Firefox 3 is not going to released in 2007. However, late today Mozilla did give us an early Christmas present with the release of Firefox 3 Beta 2. Should you choose to download and test, here are some new features and changes in this milestone that require feedback: Improved security features such as: protection from cross-site JSON data leaks, tighter restrictions on site-specific content using effective TLD service, better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, version checking for insecure plugins. Improved ease of use…
Reminder: Due to Day Light Savings time ending and my work schedule, I am not be able to get the meeting notes posted until the following Tuesday. Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.12 Planning not begun for release Big triage starts this week Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 2- We held a Firefox 3 B2 test day on Fri Dec 14th. See the results here and here. 28 community testers joined us! Planned Release: Fri, Dec 21st. Tuesday, Dec 18th Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 3- Status of Beta 3: 24 P1s 57 P2s approvals to continue over…
JustZisGuy at Spread Firefox has copied Firefox 2.0.0.11 on floppies. OK, so floppy disks are obsolete. These days USB flash drives can be used even on 95, NT 4, and DOS, but there is nothing quite like having software physically at your fingertips. To that end I printed up some 3.5″ floppy disk labels and created a setup self extractor using Winzip to span the install file across the disks. Using the WinZip self-extractor he was able to get Firefox on five 3½ disks or five 5¼ disks. While his 3½ & 5¼ drives did work, his 8-inch did not….
Personas is an extension or is it a theme? Both actually, it is extension that “adds lightweight theming” to your Firefox. Lightweight in that it only does the main browser window, not any of the options, bookmarks, downloads, etc. windows. There are several Personas to choose from and they apply on-the-fly (no restart needed once the extensions is installed). Personas is a prototype that builds upon the ideas that: themes today are too hard to find, install and use graphic designers should be able to style the browser without having to code browsers can be more than just desktop software,…
A different variation on the holiday classic Santa Claus is Coming to Town… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrWvtRYVYdM]
Turns out PC has written a couple books… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYoQ77tLeq8]
Some quick notes from the Mozilla Developer News Blog. The current plan is to have Firefox 3 Beta 2 released on Friday, December 21st sometime in the afternoon There will be a Firefox 3 Beta 2 Test Day this Friday, December 14th Firefox 3 version numbering is going to be be 3-part (3.0.X) instead of the current 4-part (3.0.0.X) scheme However, extension developers can NOT yet use the new version scheme and must set their maxVersion at 3.0b2 (or whatever the current beta is at that time) Extensions now require a secure update channel to function – either by using…
Reminder: Due to Day Light Savings time ending and my work schedule, I am not be able to get the meeting notes posted until the following Tuesday. Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.11: Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 2- Beta 2 is a Go – Currently under build control. Testing planned for this week and next Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 3- All P1/P2 bugs needed to be fixed. Working on continuous review of blockers at the low end (P3/P4) Key remaining pieces of the puzzle Places Adaptive and more intelligent awesomebar JSON-backed bookmark backup, faster and complete….