Monthly Archives: May 2011

Disable Addon Compatibility Checking Fx 7
avatar

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

I mentioned in the Add-on Compatibility Reporter post, I had installed Firefox 7 Nightly but was having trouble getting the addon comparability ‘safe-guard’ turned off via an about:config tweak as I had in the past for other developmental builds. Girish … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Firefox, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla | 1 Comment

Fake Firefox warnings lead to scareware
avatar

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Purveyors of fake security software don’t let much grass grow under their feet and continually make improvements to their social engineering lures. While most of the talk for the past month has been their move to Mac with fake Finder … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, General Mozilla, Other, Security | Leave a comment

Clear Cache & Cookies – The Easy Way
avatar

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

One question I tend to get a lot is ‘How Do I Clear My Cache and Cookies in Firefox?‘.  I will give Microsoft kudos for making this process fairly simple (three steps) in Internet Explorer 9. Mozilla, on the other … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, IE, Microsoft, Tips & Tweaks, Windows, Windows 7 | 2 Comments

about:permissions
avatar

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Note: This feature is currently only available on Firefox 6 Aurora (6.0a2). A new feature coming in Firefox 6 (scheduled for release on August 16th) is a about:permissions. About:permissions, like about:config, add-ons, and just about every aspect of Firefox, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 6.0, General Mozilla | Leave a comment

Firefox Release Recap: May 2011 Week 4
avatar

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 6.0a2 (Aurora) – May 24th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 3.6.18 – June 21st Firefox 5 Final Release – June 21st Firefox 5 for Mobile Final Release – June 21st Firefox 6 Beta – … Continue reading →

Posted in Fx 3.6, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0 | Leave a comment

Add-on Compatibility Reporter
avatar

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

I decided to take a look at the new Nightly builds for Firefox 7. I created a duplicate of my main profile using the ProfileManager. Everything was going smoothly until Firefox ran the compatibility check on my add-ons. All except … Continue reading →

Posted in Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0 | 6 Comments

Firefox 6.0a2 (Aurora) now Available
avatar

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Firefox 6 moved from the Nightly to the Aurora channel on May 24th. The Aurora build is a developer’s preview which will allow testers and extension developers to see and work with the new features in Firefox 6. All new … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, General Mozilla, Releases | 1 Comment

Firefox Release Recap: May 2011 Week 3
avatar

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 5 Beta – May 20th Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 6 Aurora – May 24th to 31st* Future Releases Firefox 3.6.18 – June 21st Firefox 5 Final Release – June 21st Firefox 6 Beta – July 4th … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, General Mozilla | Leave a comment

Firefox 5 Beta Now Available
avatar

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Firefox 5 has been moved to the Beta channel on May 20, 2011 (3-days after the May 17th code merge).  This build as far as features and changes will be very much similar to the final release due out on … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, General Mozilla, Releases | Leave a comment

Merge Date vs Release Date
avatar

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

It is still a learning process for the new Firefox rapid release schedule. Earlier this month Mozilla Developer’s News blog explained the difference between the merge and release dates. To sum it up, the dates show on the release page … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 5.0, General Mozilla | 6 Comments