Monthly Archives: July 2009

1 Billion Downloads…and counting!
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Posted on July 31, 2009 by

A huge milestone has been reached today with the Firefox download counter rolling over to 1 Billion (that is 1 with nine zeros at the end!) To think, a little under a year and half ago (February 22, 2008) Firefox … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Weekly Project: July 27th
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Posted on July 27, 2009 by

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) AMO 5.0.8 code freeze this Wednesday, see bugzilla Jetpack gallery implementation starts this week Jetpack Roadmap draft created First week of contributions, 89 developers signed up and 37 of them received some contribution. 94% of add-ons compatible with … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: July Week 4
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Posted on July 25, 2009 by

Just Released Firefox 3.0.12 – July 21st Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.6a1 – July 31st Future Release Firefox 3.0.13 – Sept 1st Firefox 3.5.2 – End July/Early August Firefox 3.6 – Fall 2009 Firefox 3.7 – Spring 2010

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Coming Soon: Firefox 3.6 & 3.7
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Posted on July 24, 2009 by

It was back in April when I first mentioned about Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka). At that time Mozilla had indicated a release date of around May 2010 and much bigger ‘goals’ of what was going to be included in this release. … Continue reading →

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Link Pad
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Posted on July 24, 2009 by

Those who used the old Netscape Browser in the past may be familiar with this add-on. Link Pad is a very simple add-on that is part notepad, part bookmarking system. Given my busy schedule, I only get a couple day … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0.12 Released
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Posted on July 22, 2009 by

Mozilla has released the twelfth stability and security update for the Firefox 3 browser. This release addresses five critical security vulnerabilities. Other bugs, addressed in this build include: Fixed an issue introduced in Firefox 3.0.11, where Firefox would occasionally freeze … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Project Weekly Status: July 20, 2009
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Posted on July 20, 2009 by

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) Launched 5.0.7 on 7/15 with Contributions and Tagging Over 100 developers have requested contributions from $.99 to $10 Response from community and press has been positive Tagging Developers and users can both create tags- developers can delete any … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: July Week 3
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Posted on July 18, 2009 by

Just Released Firefox 3.5.2 – July 16th Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.0.12 – July 21st Future Release Firefox 3.0.13 – Sept 1st Firefox 3.5.2 – End July/Early August

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Firefox 3.5.1 Released
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by

Firefox 3.5.1 was released earlier today. This ‘firedrill’ release addresses issues with slow start-ups on Windows builds as well as a recent CRITICAL vulnerability discovered in the TraceMonkey Java Script Optimizer. This vulnerability can be used to run attacker code … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Project Weekly Status: July 13, 2009
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by

ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG (AMO) 5.0.7 launches 7/15 Tagging Contributions 5.0.8 launches 8/5 Add-ons and Personas at Renegade Craft Fair this weekend- sign up if you’re going to be in town and want to help talk about add-ons and Mozilla with attendees 92% … Continue reading →

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