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Firefox and Thunderbird 10.0 released

by certifiedbug on January 31, 2012

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For a complete list of changes see the release notes:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/10.0/releasenotes/

If you do not receive an update notice when using the application, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu.

Download Firefox 10.0 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

Download Thunderbird 10.0 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

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Mozilla Firefox 9 staggered rollout

by certifiedbug on January 17, 2012

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Mozilla Wiki

We’re still tracking issues for a possible 9.0.2
You can see them @ https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_9/RRRT
Note we are doing a staggered / slow rollout
We were manual-update only initially. This is why < 3 million people got 9.0 instead of 9.0.1
We unthrottled automatic updates for the past week (only offering to 10% of Fx checking for updates)
Now that we are at ~15 million 9.0.1 users we have turned off automatic updates again for a bit to look at data
If you see any news articles about slow Firefox 9 uptake, please email press or release-drivers so we can let the author know what is really going on
Probably going to do something similar for releases in the future as well, more details will be sent to release-drivers
We aren't in the Amazon Appstore anymore, and we missed the holiday season for the Kindle Fire (boo). Details are in bug 713777

Next source migration is 2012-01-31

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/2012-01-03
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223483/Mozilla_slows_pace_of_Firefox_9_upgrades

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Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

by certifiedbug on January 4, 2012

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ie6countdown

10 years ago a browser was born.

Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2012, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye.

http://www.ie6countdown.com/

BBC News

Meanwhile rival Google has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown on the promotion of its Chrome browser.

It has downgraded Chrome in its search listings after the discovery that a marketing campaign paid bloggers to promote a video about it.

The search giant has distanced itself from the campaign, blaming third-party marketing firm Essence Digital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16408850

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Firefox 9.0.1 released

by certifiedbug on December 30, 2011

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The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion
Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
Added support for font-stretch
Improved support for text-overflow
Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
Fixed several stability issues
Fixed several security issues

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/9.0/releasenotes/

Download Firefox 9.0.1 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

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Thunderbird 9.0.1 released

December 23, 2011

The latest version of Thunderbird has the following changes: “Fixes an issue that stopped users of Windows XP and earlier from running Thunderbird in some cases.” http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/9.0.1/releasenotes/ Download Thunderbird 9.0.1 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

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Thunderbird 8.0 released

November 9, 2011

The latest version of Thunderbird fixes several security issues. MFSA 2011-52 Code execution via NoWaiverWrapper MFSA 2011-51 Cross-origin image theft on Mac with integrated Intel GPU MFSA 2011-50 Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug MFSA 2011-48 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:8.0) MFSA 2011-47 Potential XSS [...]

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Firefox 8.0 released

November 8, 2011

The latest version of Firefox fixes several stability and security issues. MFSA 2011-52 Code execution via NoWaiverWrapper MFSA 2011-51 Cross-origin image theft on Mac with integrated Intel GPU MFSA 2011-50 Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug MFSA 2011-48 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:8.0) MFSA 2011-47 [...]

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IE 9.0.3 Available via Windows Update

October 14, 2011

IEBlog October 2011 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update. This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these [...]

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Mozilla blocks ScriptScan Add On

October 5, 2011

McAfee ScriptScan has been blocked for your protection. Why was it blocked? This add-on causes a high volume of crashes. Who is affected? Users of McAfee ScriptScan versions 14.4.0 and below for all versions of Firefox and SeaMonkey. What does this mean? Users are strongly encouraged to disable the problematic add-on or plugin, but may [...]

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FireFox Rapid Release-Silent Updates

October 5, 2011

http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2011/10/03/rapid-release-follow-up/ Update Fatigue. In the past we have been very careful to make sure people know something is changing with their web browser before it changes. We did this to make sure people are aware and in control of what’s happening to their environment. Our position was to err on the side of user notification. [...]

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