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Firefox 1.5.0.1
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There have been more than a few people wondering why they got a 1.5.0.1 update when there is no announcement on any of the Mozilla sites. The update is the 1.5.0.1 release candidate.

The reason is because you installed Firefox 1.5b1 or 1.5b2 and then used the auto-upgrade system to move to the 1.5 final release.

Since you installed a beta and never re-installed Firefox from the full installer your update “channel” is beta - which means you are willing to run beta versions of Firefox. You can confirm this by opening the file {firefox install dir}\defaults\prefs\channel-prefs.js in a text editor. If line 2 looks like this:

* pref(”app.update.channel”, “beta”);

you are on the beta channel

If you want to only receive the final release updates you can simply change this line to:

* pref(”app.update.channel”, “release”);

save the file and restart Firefox. Alternatively, if you run the full 1.5 installer it will make this change for you.



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Here are a few extensions (links) for firefox.

Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.2.6 - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
Adblock Plus 0.5.10 - Filters ads from web-pages. Now with whitelisting and synchronization.
AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.4.7 - Allows to use Roboform in Firefox.
BugMeNot 0.8 - Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.
Context Search 0.2 - Expands the context menu’s ‘Web Search’ to use Mycroft Search Plugins.
Cookie Button in the status bar 0.8 - Button for easy access to cookie permissions in the status bar
Deepest Sender 0.6.10 - Post to blogs directly from Firefox or Mozilla.
Download Statusbar 0.9.3.1 - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar
Enhanced History Manager 0.5.7.03 - Flexible History Management
Forecastfox 0.8.2.4 - Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customisable extension.
Google Toolbar for Firefox 1.0.20051012 - Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web!
Html Validator 0.7.6 - Adds HTML validation to the View Page Source of the browser. The validation is done by Tidy from W3c.
IE View 1.2.7 - Open pages in IE via Firefox menus
JavaScript Debugger 0.9.85 -
keyconfig 20050908 - Rebind your keys.
Link Toolbar 1.1.0.1 - A site-navigation tool
ListZilla 0.7 - Outputs an alphabetical list of extensions to a text, vB code, or HTML file.
Live HTTP Headers 0.10 - View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.
Nightly Tester Tools 0.7.9.10 - Useful tools for the nightly tester (Formerly known as the Build ID Copier).
Permit Cookies 0.6.1 - Set cookie permissions for the site you are viewing
Sage 1.3.6 - A lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator.
Slim Extension List 0.3.1 - Makes items in extension list shorter, so you can see more at once. Also, sorts them by name.
Stealther 0.11 - Surf the web without leaving a trace in Firefox.
Tab Mix Plus 0.2.5.2 - Tab browsing with an added boost.
Talkback 1.5 - Submit a crash report to Mozilla.org.
View Cookies 1.5 - View cookies of the current web page.
Web Developer 0.9.4 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

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The second beta of Firefox 1.5 has been released. Firefox 1.5b2 can be downloaded from Mozilla.org.
A changelog outlining the changes in this release is also available.
This release does not contain any major new features since Beta 1.
Improvements to automated update system, Web site rendering and performance, along with several security fixes are included in this release. Beta 1 users that want to help test software update, should wait for the automatic update to be triggered sometime in the next few days.
The incremental update from Beta 1 to Beta 2 is 700K bytes.

www.Mozilla.org

Firefox Tweaks

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Firefox 1.0.7
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Mozilla foundation has released version 1.0.7 beta of the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Weblink: (4.8mb)

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Today Firefox released a patch and a configuration workaround for a Firefox vulnerability which could allow remote code execution.

If you are using Firefox you should type 'about:config:' in the URL box at the top of the browser.
Now, type 'network.enableIDN' into the second box that appears.
Verify that 'network.enableIDN' is set to 'false'.

Right click to toggle.


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Firefox 1.5 beta1 is out.
It includes many new features including a new automatic update system, reworked options dialogs, faster browsing, new error pages, memory and stability updates.
Get your beta at Mozilla.org.

-- Edited by Blobrana at 12:07, 2006-11-03

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RE: Firefox 1.06
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Only a short time after the release of version 1.0.5, Mozilla has released version 1.0.6 of both Firefox and Thunderbird .

This update fixes a bug in the browser and email program which prevented some extensions from working.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ (4.7Mb)

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Firefox 1.05
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Computer companies Microsoft and Firefox have both issued fixes to several software flaws that could allow hackers to take over vulnerable PCs.
Firefox weblink to download firefox 1.05.


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The Mozilla Foundation plans to release in alpha early next week the next upgrade of the Firefox browser.
A new release candidate for Deer Park Alpha 1, codename for the test version of Firefox 1.1, will be available over the weekend for Firefox developers to look at before the alpha version is posted on the Mozilla website.
Note: The alpha version, which is scheduled for release early next week, is not meant for general use, but is geared toward developers building plug-ins for the browser.
There are currently about a thousand Firefox plug-ins, which are used to extend the browser's capabilities.

"The biggest reason for the alpha version is to start the process of getting extensions and (foreign language) versions. Developers need to test and make modifications to get the extensions compatible with the next release."

Firefox developers have also improved the browser's compatibility with more websites. Many sites have been optimized for Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, which is the dominant browser.
Mozilla claims Firefox is compatible with 98 percent or 99 percent of websites.

The alpha version of Firefox is built on the latest version of Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, which supports several new standards, including Scalable Vector Graphics, Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 and Canvas Tags. The latter is a way for JavaScript to dynamically update two-dimensional graphics used in business applications.



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Firefox has been updated to 1.0.4 with a few critical security holes fixed, including all javascript vulnerabilities.
There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a proof of concept has been reported."

Download


-- Edited by Blobrana at 03:18, 2008-09-10

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