Monthly Archives: March 2011

Firefox 3.5.18/3.6.16 Released & Update to 4.0
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Posted on March 23, 2011 by

Mozilla has released updates for Firefox 3.5 and 3.6. These updates blacklist a few invalid HTTPS certificates [additional details]. If you have not already been prompted about this update you can get the update manually by going to Help Menu … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, General Mozilla, Releases | 1 Comment

Tab Groups [Panorama]
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Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Note: This feature is only available in Firefox 4. There may be currently or soon an add-on to add this functionality to Firefox 3.6 and older. Okay, I had forgotten about this feature as it was introduced very early on … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, General Mozilla | 2 Comments

Installing Firefox 4.
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Posted on March 22, 2011 by

When Firefox 4 is released, it is not going to be as an upgrade, but rather as an installer.  You do not need to remove the old version of Firefox. However, by default when Firefox 4 goes to install it … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0 | 2 Comments

A Quick Guide to Firefox 4.
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Posted on March 21, 2011 by

Note: This article is going to be updated frequently over the next few days. Keep checking back for Updates and new () items since the original posting. After months of delays and well over a year in development, Firefox 4 … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, General Mozilla, IE, Microsoft, Tips & Tweaks, Vista, Windows, Windows 7 | 54 Comments

Add-on(s) Disabled by Firefox
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Posted on March 21, 2011 by

I am anticipating some users may end up accidentally breaking their extensions trying to go back to Firefox 3.6 after trying out Firefox 4.0. The method below also solves pretty much any add-ons installation issues. Firefox will automatically disable any … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, Tips & Tweaks | 5 Comments

Firefox Release Recap: March ’11 Week 3
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Posted on March 19, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 4.0 RC2 – March 18th Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 4.0 – March 21st Future Release Firefox 3.5.18 – April 19th Firefox 3.6.16 – April 19th

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Why Firefox 4 isn’t abandoning Windows XP
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Posted on March 19, 2011 by

gareon posted this article at Go Firefox! as a follow up to the article earlier this week on how IE9 does not support Windows XP. …More than 40 percent of web users are still on Windows XP. And that’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 4.0, General Mozilla, Go Firefox!, IE, Microsoft | 1 Comment

Firefox 4 RC2 Released
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Posted on March 19, 2011 by

Mozilla released the second Release Candidate for Firefox 4.0 on March 18th. New in this release: Blacklisted a few invalid HTTPS certificates Updated localizations for 29 locales Added Vietnamese localization, bringing the total languages available in Firefox 4 to 83 For … Continue reading →

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Under the phishing filters’ radar
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Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Criminals are reportedly using a new phishing technique that allows them to bypass the fraud warnings issued by modern browsers such as Firefox and Chrome. On its blog, security firm M86Security reports that the trick involves attaching an HTML document … Continue reading →

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Firefox 4 Will Support Windows XP
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Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Unlike Microsoft’s latest release of Internet Exploiter Explorer (IE9). Via The Microsoft Blog/Seattle PI: You can download it here, but only if you’re using Windows 7 or Vista. Windows XP users aren’t invited to this party. IE9 won’t work on … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, IE, Microsoft, Windows | 2 Comments