Monthly Archives: March 2011

IE9 Coming March 14th, Fx 4 to follow…
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Posted on March 9, 2011 by

…about a month later. Well, that is a guess given Mozilla is making plans for a worldwide Firefox 4 Launch Party on April 15th. While Mozilla hasn’t nailed down an official release date yet for Firefox 4, Microsoft announced today … Continue reading →

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Mozilla says update graphics drivers for Firefox 4
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Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Mozilla has urged users to update their graphics cards’ drivers if they want to take advantage of Firefox 4′s hardware acceleration. Last Friday, Benoit Jacob, who works on Mozilla’s platform engineering team, spelled out why users should verify that their … Continue reading →

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Now Running: Firefox 4 Beta 13pre (64-Bit)
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Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Thanks to Claus’s post over at Grand Stream Dreams, I was able to install the 64-Bit version of Firefox 4 Beta13pre for Windows. Been a while since I’ve been using the nightly builds, so this will take a little use … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Web Application Project Debuts
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Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Mozilla on Thursday launched a developer preview of its Web application platform, a more distributed version of what Google is doing with its Chrome Web Store.<br>”Web applications are simply Web sites with an accompanying configuration file. This file, the manifest, … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap – March ’11 Week 1
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Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 3.5.17 – March 1st Firefox 3.6.14 – March 1st Firefox 3.6.15 – March 4th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.18 – To Be Announced Firefox 3.6.16 – To Be Announced Firefox 4.0 Release Candidate … Continue reading →

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

Add to Search Bar :: Add-ons for Firefox
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Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Trying various Linux installs I start with a new Firefox often and sometimes useful add-ons get dropped. Here is one I just added back. Make any pages’ search functionality available in the Search Bar (or “search box”)… You can also … Continue reading →

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IE6 Still Kicking
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Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Much to Microsoft’s dismay people are still using IE6 (released in 2001). 11%-12% of the browser market to be exact. Consider IE9 is suppose to be coming out later this year, Microsoft would really like to be done with IE6. … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.6.15 Released
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Posted on March 4, 2011 by

Mozilla has released an update to Firefox 3.6 on March 4th. This release addressed an issue where some Java applets would fail to load in Firefox 3.6.14 See the release notes for more details. User should soon be prompted to upgrade … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.6.14 Released
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Posted on March 1, 2011 by

Mozilla has released an update to Firefox 3.6 on March 1st. This release addresses several security issues as well as stability issues. See the release notes for more details. User should soon be prompted to upgrade but can also can … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.5.17 Released
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Posted on March 1, 2011 by

Mozilla released an update for Firefox 3.5 on March 1st. This released addressed several security issues as well as stability issues. See the Release Notes for more information. Auto-updates should be occurring in the next 24-48 hours, otherwise users may … Continue reading →

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