I’ve never used Thunderbird myself, but I’ve heard good things about it for years …
Regular readers know that Mozilla has synchronized the release schedules for both the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client. Both applications share the same rapid release process, and both are usually updated at the same day.
Apparently, we can all expect a Firefox upgrade some time in the very near future …
Mozilla has uploaded the stable version of Firefox 10 to its ftp server. The company is currently in the process of distributing the release to all of its world wide mirror servers in preparation for the release later today. The release of the extended support release version marks the beginning of the end for Firefox’s 3.x branch which will be retired from support in April of this year.
If you’ve noticed that Firefox is suddenly having problems with passwords and bookmarks, this might explain why …
Life over at Mozilla is surely not as easy-peasy anymore than it was a year or two ago. With Chrome breathing down the browser’s neck and Microsoft getting their act together it has become a tough playing field. The rapid release process should have changed it all, and for the better. Bad news however seem to come in pairs these days. After Mozilla released Firefox 7 the devs became aware of a hidden add-on issue that some users who updated experienced. Some add-ons would simply not be displayed anymore in the browser.
It looks like I’m not the only one who’s getting kind of tired of Mozilla’s constant updates …
One of the issues that I hear over and over again when I talk with other Firefox users about the rapid release process is that users are tired of updating the browser every six weeks, and especially so if the update turns out to be another “under-the-hood” update where no changes can be spotted right away. Another common complaint is add-on compatibility, and here in particular the problem that add-ons may be considered incompatible by the web browser whenever a new version of it gets released by Mozilla.
Man, this seems like a tactical blunder on Mozilla’s part; McAfee is a fairly well established security program, and at a time when Mozilla is trying to compete with IE, this definitely won’t help …
Mozilla has made the decision to add McAfee’s ScriptScan add-on for the Firefox web browser to the so called Blocklist. The Blocklist lists add-ons and plugins that are known to “cause serious security, stability, or performance issues with Firefox”.
When users try to open the McAfee ScriptScan or McAfee SiteAdvisor page at the official Mozilla Add-on repository, they are redirected to the add-on’s Blocklist entry.
Here are some interesting tips for keeping up-to-date on the latest add-ons for Firefox …
I visit the Mozilla Firefox add-on repository on a daily basis, mainly to see if add-ons have been updated or released that I can review or use on my own. Mozilla recently redesigned the add-on repository which in my opinion is not as intuitive as before.
This is kind of an interesting article about “coming attractions” that will soon be available for the Firefox browser …
Firefox users who have went along with the update process from Firefox 4 to now Firefox 6 stable were in for a big disappointment as the new versions were not really offering any new features or visible speed improvements. That’s without doubt one of the issues that led to criticism of the rapid release process. Good news is; Mozilla has a lot in store for Firefox users. Firefox Beta, Aurora and Nightly users have already had the chance to experience some of those new features and improvements.
I’m glad they re-thought this; I don’t think hiding the “About” information would have fooled anybody anyway …
Firefox users are a dedicated bunch. They love their browser and most prefer it to stay the way it is, with the exception of improved performances, web standards support and security updates. I know several Firefox 3.6.x users who stay with that browser version exactly for that reason.
Wait a minute … I thought the whole point of the current spate of updates was a race to see which browser could boast the highest version number …
One “by-product” of the rapid release cycle of the Firefox web browser is the version number increase that goes along with every new release of the web browser. Firefox this year jumped from Firefox 3 all the way to the latest version Firefox 8, and we are not even at the end of the year.
