“Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
- Improvements to product stability
- Added changes for Frisian locale (fy-NL)
- Several security fixes“
Mozilla
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Firefox, proxy (proxies), 404 = slow as hell
This is probably the single most annoying bug in Firefox for me, as I have butterfingers when it comes to typing in URLs. Glad to see it’s been reported and hopefully it’ll be fixed in the fothcoming Firefox 2.
“Firefox is setup to use a Squid proxy server. I attempt to visit a non-existant domain that will bring up a DNS error on the proxy server. The moment between me submiting the address and the proxy server returning the error, Firefox locks up the system. […] It is not until the proxy server returns the error that I am able to continue working normaly.”
Remove Duplicate Messages: Prefere to delete…
I’ve been using the Remove Duplicate Messages extension a couple of weeks now. It’s working well apart from the fact that the Prefs dialog doesn’t seem to be working, or at least for the “Prefere to delete…” selection doesn’t get saved. I prefer the “unread” choice, so I dug inside the extension’s code and found out the line needed in Thunderbird’s prefs.js file:
user_pref("extensions.removeduplicates.prefereddelete", 1);
Just stick it in there, among other extensions’ settings. Make sure TB is not running when manually editing prefs.js, otherwise any changes will be overwritten when TB is shut down.
Firefox Debuts In World Cup
“Mozilla released an add-on for Firefox 1.5 today that allows users to theme the browser with national team colors, track World Cup scores and headlines, view videos, chat with other soccer fans, and receive up-to-the-minute match and goal notifications.”
webpronews.com via Juha
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Firefox To Drop Support For Windows 98, Me
“Mozilla will drop support for the nearly obsolete operating systems when it releases Firefox 3.0 in 2007. Some users criticized the decision [and a counter bug has been filed].”
Information Week via Digg
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Extension for removing Thunderbird dupes
“If you have duplicate messages […] you can use this tool to find and remove them from the selected folder […]. It allows you to configure what you want to compare (sender, messageid, subject, …).”
Oh, how badly I’ve needed this! It took out about a zillion duplicates from my RSS feeds.
What's New in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
“Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version.
Here’s what’s new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4:
- Universal Binary Support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Thunderbird supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets.
- Improvements to product stability.
- Several security fixes.
The Rumbling Edge has a more detailed list of notable bug fixes.”
Mozilla via Juha
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.4
“Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
- Improvements to product stability
- Several security fixes”
Mozilla via Juha
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3
Fix Firefox unresponsive script warnings
“Ever since I upgraded to Firefox 1.5, I’ve been getting some unresponsive script warnings on sites that employ heavy Javascript like Gmail or Bloglines. Curious about it, I dug around and managed to find out how to fix the problem.”
The solution is tweaking the value of dom.max_script_run_time in your Firefox config; David sets it to 20 (from the default of 8).