On the 10th July a patch was checked in for bug 384384 which is a bug that needs both Firefox and IE to be exploited. The command injection vulnerability affected users of Internet Explorer who browsed to a malicious page assuming that they had Firefox installed but not running. Opinions vary as to whether this was a Windows vulnerability or a Firefox one. In my opinion both had some degree of responsibility for this.
Camino 1.5 has been released. This Gecko based browser is native to Mac OS X and therefore has a user interface more pleasing for Mac users than Firefox.
Dell are running an ‘Idea Storm‘ website to gather peoples opinions on what they’d like to see on their PCs. So far feedback from this site was one of the driving factors in reintroducing Windows XP as an option in addition to Vista.
Should Dell ship Firefox? Let them know your opinion.
Because of some regressions in the Firefox 2.0.0.2 security update a new release will be produced very soon with these regressions fixed. Once available, this release will be pushed as an automatic update.
When creating the Browser Den I didn’t think I needed to create a ‘Netscape’ category, but it turns out that I do 
According to the Netscape Blog, Netscape 9 is under development, like verson 8 it will be based off Firefox but will include a number of extensions to integrate it with the Netscape portal. As Netscape 8 also included IE support it was only available for Windows, however, version 9 will also be available for Mac OS X and Linux. Also according to Netscape Champion Jay Garcia this release will be developed in-house by Netscape rather than outsourced like version 8.
One of the most useful resources I use for keeping track of Firefox development is The Burning Edge it features regular updates on developments in Firefox nightly builds. For those that don’t follow Firefox development closely they may not know that Mozilla release nightly development builds that incorporate the changes of the day. These builds are not intended for general use, but for those who want to help with Firefox development or testing.
Mozilla Thunderbird 2 beta 1 has been released. The release of Thunderbird and Firefox are not synchronised and currently Thunderbird 2 should be released in the first half of 2007.Beyond Thunderbird 2, future Thunderbird releases will benefit from contributions from Qualcomm’s Eudora team. Although Thunderbird and Eudora are planned to remain separate products at this time, being based on the Thunderbird code base will mean that both clients will benefits to improvements on common features. (more…)
The first Firefox Flicks TV ads are now ready to be broadcast. The Firefox Flicks website shows the chosen 4.
It’s currently only in Boston and SF, but if successful could be spread to other countries. More details on the Firefox Flicks blog.
To make this campaign possible they asked for 72 sponsors and managed to get them in a matter of hours.
Gran Paradiso alpha 1 has been released. It’s the first alpha release of Gecko 1.9 which will form the basis of Firefox 3.
The main changes in this release have been to the Gecko backend and very little has changed in the browser front end.
The release is intended for testers and developers only and not intended for the general public.
Firebug 1.0 beta 4 was released to the public on the 9th December. Created by Joe Hewitt, a long time Mozilla contributor, has decided to release his work under the same tri-licence as Mozilla Firefox.
Joe Hewitt is working on a new venture called Parakey with Blake Ross, one of the first Firefox developers. This means that Joe will not be able to spend much time on Firebug in the future. He had considered selling Firebug in order to fund the employment of another developer to carry on development while he concentrates on Parakey, but in the end he decided open source was the best option. So if you’re benefitting from this product then they’d appreciate anything you’re willing to donate.
Firebug is an essential tool for web developers offering debugging tools for HTML, JavaScript and CSS. It’s particularly useful for debugging apps that heavily rely on JavaScript such as AJAX apps. It’s only a 288KB download and works with Firefox 2.0. There’s also Firebug Lite, a piece of javascript that provides a basic Firebug console in other browsers including IE, Opera and Safari.