Category Archives: Thunderbird

Ubuntu will now track Mozilla updates
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Posted on November 29, 2011 by

The Ubuntu developers are now tracking Mozilla’s rapid release cycle, releasing the updated version 8.0 of Mozilla’s Firefox and Thunderbird. Previously, Ubuntu distributions would have stuck with the major version they were released with, say 3.0, and only updated to … Continue reading →

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Revision to Starting with a Fresh Profile
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Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Bad_Attitude commented about the Starting with a Fresh Profile post. They mentioned that they move their Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts as well. I am not really certain what percentage of Firefox users use Greasemonkey and/or Stylish scripts and didn’t even … Continue reading →

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Add-on Compatibility Reporter Update
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Posted on November 12, 2011 by

Add-on Compatibility Reporter has been updated to version 0.9.3 earlier today. This update addressees issues with the Add-on compatibility checking not being disabled when updating to Firefox 10 Aurora and/or Thunderbird 10 Earlybird builds. Simply go into the Aurora or … Continue reading →

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Release Recap Updates
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Posted on October 17, 2011 by

We are now a couple months into Mozilla’s new Rapid Release process where new versions are scheduled for release every six-weeks. As such I’ve decided to change the frequency in which the Release Recaps are posted. In a given 6-week … Continue reading →

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Cross-domain WebGL textures disabled in Firefox 5
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Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Note: This applies more to site developers who have been using the new WebGL textures feature introduced in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4, Thunderbird 3.3 and SeaMonkey 2.1). In Firefox 5, it is no longer possible to use cross-domain elements as … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, General Mozilla, Security, Thunderbird | 2 Comments

Toolbar Icons on Tab Bar
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Posted on June 6, 2011 by

I was looking through the Thunderbird builds board on mozillaZine when I came across a thread asking about having toolbar (icons) next to the tabs in Thunderbird like you could in Firefox. I didn’t quite understand this thread the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Thunderbird, Tips & Tweaks | 6 Comments

Nightly/Central Label
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Just wanted to clarify that mozilla-central is the Nightlies channel for Firefox as in some places you will see mozilla-central. Further, Thunderbird is transitioning to the rapid release cycle as well with the labels comm-central (nightly), comm-aurora and comm-beta.

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Firefox 3.5.17/3.6.14 Delay Info
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Posted on February 18, 2011 by

For those keeping track, Firefox 3.5.17 & 3.6.14 were scheduled to be released back on February 8th. This date later got pushed back to February 14th. Finally today, February 18th Mozilla updated the release page removing a projected release date. … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, General Mozilla, Thunderbird | 2 Comments

ProfileManager
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Posted on February 11, 2011 by

I’ve been debating about posting this for the past couple weeks since I first learned about the possibility of the profile manger being removed “after Firefox 4″. The reason I’ve been so hesitant on this post is because this ‘bug‘ … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Thunderbird | 4 Comments

Preview: Main Site
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Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Phases 1 and 2 of the ‘big changes’ are already or nearly completed. Earlier this week, we did move over the Wiki, the main site, The Email Mafiia blog and sites and a handful of other sites to the new … Continue reading →

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