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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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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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Firefox 8.0 released

by certifiedbug on November 8, 2011

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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 Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS

Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default.

For a complete list of changes see the release notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/

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

Download Firefox 8.0 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

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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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Firefox 7.0.1 released

September 30, 2011

Close on the heels of Firefox 7.0 Mozilla releases 7.0.1 There was an issue with Firefox 7 that may have caused some or all of your add-ons to be hidden. We have released an update to Firefox that fixes this issue and restores any hidden add-ons. Note: There is a separate issue where add-ons are [...]

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Firefox and Thunderbird 7.0 released

September 28, 2011

Firefox 7 brings several changes plus six critical and two moderate security fixes. MFSA 2011-45 Inferring Keystrokes from motion data MFSA 2011-44 Use after free reading OGG headers MFSA 2011-43 loadSubScript unwraps XPCNativeWrapper scope parameter MFSA 2011-42 Potentially exploitable crash in the YARR regular expression library MFSA 2011-41 Potentially exploitable WebGL crashes MFSA 2011-40 Code [...]

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Firefox and Thunderbird 6.0.2 released

September 7, 2011

Additional protection against fraudulent DigiNotar certificates. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/6.0.2/releasenotes/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/6.0.2/releasenotes/ If you do not receive an update notice when using the applications, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. Download Firefox 6.0.2 https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html Download Thunderbird 6.0.2 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

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Firefox and Thunderbird 6.0.1 released

August 31, 2011

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/6.0.1/releasenotes/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/6.0.1/releasenotes/ If you do not receive an update notice when using the applications, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. Mozilla addons site targeted in same attack that hit Google “In the absence of a full account of mis-issued certificates from DigiNotar, the Mozilla team moved quickly to remove DigiNotar from our root [...]

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Firefox and Thunderbird 6 are out

August 17, 2011

https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/6.0/releasenotes/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/6.0/releasenotes/ If you do not receive an update notice when using the applications, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. Download Firefox 6.0 http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html Download Thunderbird 6.0 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/17/firefox-6-out-several-critical-security-fixes/?

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