Mozilla Firefox 3.5 has been released. Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in more than 70 different languages, Firefox 3.5 is the most recent major Mozilla browser release since the launch of Firefox 3 in June 2008.
Firefox 3.5 can be downloaded from the Firefox product page or via software update. More information can be found in the Firefox 3.5 Release Notes.
The Firefox Features page at mozilla.com lists the new and improved features in Firefox 3.5
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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 has been released. This milestone is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. This milestone includes improvements to private browsing mode, and better performance and stability with a new Tracemonkey engine
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 can be downloaded from the Firefox beta page. The Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Release Notes have more details, including information about what’s new in Firefox 3.1 and what’s been improved in this specific milestone. The Mozilla Developer News weblog’s announcement of Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 includes more details of interest to developers.
The next beta release of Firefox will be labeled Firefox 3.5 Beta 4. The decision to rename Firefox 3.1 to Firefox 3.5 reflects the sheer volume of work that makes it feel more than a small update to Firefox 3.0
A security and stability update for Firefox 3.0 was released recently. Firefox 3.0.7 includes fixes for several critical security and stability issues.
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The sixth minor update to Mozilla Firefox 3 has been released. Firefox 3.0.6 fixes security vulnerabilities, improves stability, improves the ability for scripted commands to work properly with plugins and resolves a handful of other small bugs. The security fixes are detailed in the Firefox 3.0.6 section of the Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0.
The Firefox 3.0.6 Release Notes have more details about the fixes in this minor upgrade. Existing Firefox 3 users are expected to get it via the software update feature built in to the browser or their own operating system’s update facility.
As a reminder, Firefox 2.0.0.x is no longer supported and contains known security vulnerabilities. Users should upgrade to Firefox 3 by downloading it from the Firefox product page
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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 has been released. This milestone is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. New features include a private browsing mode, new functions that make it easy to remove specific portions of web history, a new javascript engine enabled by default, and several other developer features.
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 can be downloaded from the Firefox beta page. The Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Release Notes have more details, including information about what’s new in Firefox 3.1 and what’s been improved in this specific milestone. The Mozilla Developer News weblog’s announcement of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes more details of interest to developers.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 have been released. These releases contain several critical security updates, which include patches for crashes and remote code execution. All users are encouraged to update to the latest versions.
For more details, please refer to Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 Release Notes, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 Release Notes and SeaMonkey 1.1.13 Release Notes
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The Mozilla Corporation has released Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3. This upgrade has been rushed out to fix a regression introduced in Firefox 3.0.2, which caused issues with retrieving saved passwords and saving new passwords (bug 454708).
Firefox 3.0.3 is being distributed to existing Firefox users via the browser’s software update feature. The release can also be downloaded from the Firefox product page. Further details are available in the Firefox 3.0.3 Release Notes.
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The second minor update to Mozilla Firefox 3 has been released. Firefox 3.0.2 fixes multiple critical security vulnerabilities, improves stability, adds several new localizations and resolves a handful of other small bugs. The security fixes are detailed in the Firefox 3.0.2 section of the Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0.
The Firefox 3.0.2 Release Notes have more details about the fixes in this minor upgrade. The new version can be downloaded from the Firefox product page. Existing Firefox 3 users are expected to get it via the software update feature built in to the browser or their own operating system’s update facility.
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Google has launched a new open source browser, Chrome. The new browser boasts a minimalistic UI, a new Javascript engine dubbed V8, and sandboxed tabs to prevent one tab from crashing the browser. Chrome uses components from Apple’s webkit and Mozilla Firefox.
Gigaom has published an article including comments from Mozilla CEO John Lily that while Microsoft, Apple and Google have other businesses and agenda, Mozilla’s singular agenda is to make the web better.
PCMag has published an article commenting on blog posts from John Lilly and Mozilla Foundation Chairperson Mitchell Baker. In his blog post, John Lilly addresses how the introduction of Chrome affects Mozilla and its relationship with Google. Mitchell Baker commented on Mozilla’s open development process and the need to continue building great products in a competitive environment.
CNet News Webware has articles commenting on Chrome’s Javascript performance and Chrome’s fine print, specifically auto update.
Last week, Google and Mozilla extended their search partnership until 2011.
News of Google Chrome leaked early when the comic book explaining Chrome’s features was published before Chrome was formally announced.
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The first minor update to Mozilla Firefox 3 has been released. Firefox 3.0.1 fixes three critical security vulnerabilities, improves stability and resolves a handful of other small bugs.
The security fixes are detailed in the Firefox 3.0.1 section of the Security Advisories for Firefox 3.0 page. Two of the issues — one related to how Firefox handles command-line URLs to open multiple tabs and another allowing remote code execution by overflowing a CSS reference counter — were also present in Firefox 2 and fixed in Tuesday’s Firefox 2.0.0.16 release. Security improvements in Firefox 3 mean that it’s not vulnerable to some of the Firefox 2 variants of the command-line multiple tab exploit but it can still be compromised by combining the attack with a script injection flaw.
The final flaw only affects Mac OS X and allows an attacker to crash Firefox with a malformed GIF file, potentially gaining the ability to execute arbitrary code on the victim’s computer. This vulnerability is not present in Firefox 2.
The non-security fixes include an issue where the phishing and malware database did not update on first launch and a problem that could cause Firefox to not save the security certificate exceptions list properly. A bug that could result in missing output when printing a selection from a page (bug 433373) was resolved and a Linux issue causing Firefox to always start in offline mode when using a PPP connection (bug 424626) was also fixed. The Public Suffix list has also been updated (bug 438585).
The Firefox 3.0.1 Release Notes have more details about the fixes in this minor upgrade. The new version can be downloaded from the Firefox product page or the Firefox 3.0.1 directory on releases.mozilla.org but most Firefox 3 users are expected to get it via the software update feature built in to the browser or their own operating system’s update facility.
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 was released this week. The stability and security update to Firefox 2 fixes two security bugs, which are detailed in the Firefox 2.0.0.16 section of the Security Advisories for Firefox 2.0 page. Both are rated Critical, the highest of the four ratings.
One flaw is related to how Firefox handles command-line URLs to open multiple tabs and allows an attacker to open potentially malicious URLs in Firefox from another application. One variant of this attack exploits the widely-reported Safari carpet-bombing vulnerability but others also exist. Somewhat ironically, the exploit relies on Firefox not being open at the time of the attack.
The other vulnerability allows an attacker to crash and run arbitrary code on a victim’s computer by overflowing a CSS object reference counter. The detailed bug reports for both issues are currently access-restricted to avoid assisting attackers but will be fully opened after users have had some time to install Firefox 2.0.0.16.
Although Firefox 3 was released in June and all users are encouraged to upgrade, Firefox 2 will be maintained with security and stability upgrades until mid-December 2008, according to the Mozilla Developer News weblog, which reported on the release of Firefox 2.0.0.16 on Tuesday. Version 2.0.0.16 is the second Firefox 2 update to be released since the launch of Firefox 3 and follows on from Firefox 2.0.0.15, which fixed twelve security issues.
Existing Firefox 2 users will be offered 2.0.0.16 via the browser’s built-in software update feature if enabled. It can also be downloaded from the older Firefox releases page or the Firefox 2.0.0.16 directory on releases.mozilla.org, where it is available in over forty localizations for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The Firefox 2.0.0.16 Release Notes contain more general information about the upgrade.
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