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It went Phoenix, Firebird, Firefox.

And may a recommend the firesomething plugin?

Huh? How is ActionScript not "seriously object oriented"?

ActionScript 2 (which is nearly identical to ECMAScript 4) is a dynamically-typed object-oriented language that's really a joy to work in... much more pleasant, IMHO, than, say, Python, since it also allows for compile-time type checking without compromising the dynamic typing ability of the language. (See here for more info.)

It doesn't get as much attention around Slashdot, presumably because there is no robust FOSS development-and-playback environment (at least, none that I'm aware of), but if you like Python, Ruby, etc., you're doing yourself a disservice by ignoring AS2/ES4...

You do know what the author does in his spare time, don't you?

The Burning Edge
Security holes in Mozilla the author's found
The author's checkins to Mozilla source code
Helpful bookmarklets for searching through Bugzilla, Mozilla's public bug database

You can also view the credits in Firefox as well. (I'd link to the specific line in code, but because it's in an HTML page LXR displays the HTML instead of outputting it by line number.) I'm pretty certain the author qualifies as a useful open source contributor.

I love this little program. It makes cleaning up a PC fast and easy. None of this 2+ hours to clean it up. Just remove the stuff that you don't need (Must have some experience with PC's to know what is good and bad). It even can remove the software that hooks into IE.

I like HiJack this http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html/

I run Win98SE on two older computers. Here's what I suggest:

1. Hardware firewall. Forget zone alarm and the rest. Just buy a little Linksys or Dlink high speed router/firewall. There cheap.

2. Virus software. I use Free-AV http://www.free-av.com/

3. Setup FireFox http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/ and
Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Don't worry about much.

And when I need to I use HiJackThis to remove the odd piece of spyware that is installed.

I noticed a lot of spyware comes from Kazaa and other P2P networks. If your just web browsing the previous precautions should be enough. P2P is a completely different story!

I love this little program. It makes cleaning up a PC fast and easy. None of this 2+ hours to clean it up. Just remove the stuff that you don't need (Must have some experience with PC's to know what is good and bad). It even can remove the software that hooks into IE.

I like HiJack this http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html/

I run Win98SE on two older computers. Here's what I suggest:

1. Hardware firewall. Forget zone alarm and the rest. Just buy a little Linksys or Dlink high speed router/firewall. There cheap.

2. Virus software. I use Free-AV http://www.free-av.com/

3. Setup FireFox http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/ and
Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Don't worry about much.

And when I need to I use HiJackThis to remove the odd piece of spyware that is installed.

I noticed a lot of spyware comes from Kazaa and other P2P networks. If your just web browsing the previous precautions should be enough. P2P is a completely different story!

I'm the author of the adbar extension. I was also one of the first to propose blocking pop-ups, although the method I proposed wasn't very good.

some sites use a redirect from their own site url for the images, or use a subdirectory within their own url for image serving. Any way of blocking, for example, a single subdirectory of images for a specific site (ie: http://nytimes.com/ads/intrusive.jpg, blocking http://nytimes.com/ads/ without blocking content from http://nytimes)?

I've been working at the National Library of Wales developing an LTSP based system for our new Readers Room. We had decided to replace the old full WinNT desktops with LTSP stations served off a 1u Intel Xeon Server running Redhat 9 (for the trial system). I'm currently in the process of setting up the servers for the deployment version (Redhat Advanced Server on the same hardware).
I personally found the LTSP for Libraries HowTo very useful, after reading it and a day's worth of work in it - our system happily serves Firefox to the terminals.
You should bear in mind though that serving applications like Office to each terminal will mean quite a lot of your bandwidth being taken up. If its running on the same physical network as the rest of your machines (which it *really* shoudn't be imho) then your staff are going to start complaining.
As for security concerns... provided the terminals arent served with an XTerm and you restrict the user logged in only to their home directory, firewall off the server and isolate it from the rest of your network (consider sticking it on a seperate V-LAN to the rest of your network) and keep the machine up to date. Then it will most likely be as safe as any other machine on your network.

Bryn

Just in case his site gets /.'ed, here is his impressive list of links. - Jonah Hex in non-karma whore mode.
Downloads
Linux Wipe Tools: Three shell scripts for securely wiping all data from the swap partition, wiping unused disk space on the root partition, or wiping an entire disk, by Thomas C. Greene.

No Messenger: A batch file that eliminates Windows Messenger and fixes the problem of Outlook Express loading slowly when Messenger is absent, by an anonymous friend of The Register.

FileCheck MD5: A free, simple, lightweight MD5 utility for Windows, courtesy of Brandon Staggs.

Errata: A text file containing my various blunders and ommissions in the book (right-click and "save as," or view as HTML). Last updated 6 June 2004.

Links to Other Goodies
Mozilla: A free, open source Web browser and e-mail client for Linux and Windows, feature rich and far more secure than Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Recommended for novices.

Firefox: A free, open source, stand-alone Web browser for Linux and Windows. Very light and fast. Recommended for intermediate users.

Thunderbird: A free, open source e-mail and news client for Linux and Windows. Recommended for intermediate users.

GnuPG: Gnu Privacy Guard; a free, open source replacement for PGP, for Windows and Linux.

WinPT: Windows Privacy Tools; a free, open source GUI frontend to GnuPG for Windows.

Anonymizer: Various services for anonymous Web surfing, e-mail, chat, etc.

OpenSSH: A free, open source SSH (Secure Shell) client and server for Windows and Linux.

PuTTY: A free, open source GUI frontend to OpenSSH for Windows.

Ethereal: A free, open source network traffic analyzer for Windows and Linux. Windows users will need to install WinPcap before installing Ethereal.

Ad-Aware: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

SpyBot Search & Destroy: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

Sam Spade: CGI gateways to numerous online tools, such as whois, traceroute, etc.

SourceForge: A vast repository of open-source software for Windows and Linux. The site can be overwhelming, but it has a search engine to help users locate packages.

GNU Project: The home base of the open source movement. A repository of open source products, chiefly for UNIX-compatible systems.

Security Information
About Internet/Network Security: An informative and useful site dealing with computer and Internet security, with reviews of security products and books, practical howtos and tips, and links to numerous tools and information resources, geared toward beginners and intermediate users.

SANS Institute: An educational and research organization with a vast archive of security research documents, news, and advisories, geared toward intermediate and advanced users.

CERT/CC: Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Cente

Just in case his site gets /.'ed, here is his impressive list of links. - Jonah Hex in non-karma whore mode.
Downloads
Linux Wipe Tools: Three shell scripts for securely wiping all data from the swap partition, wiping unused disk space on the root partition, or wiping an entire disk, by Thomas C. Greene.

No Messenger: A batch file that eliminates Windows Messenger and fixes the problem of Outlook Express loading slowly when Messenger is absent, by an anonymous friend of The Register.

FileCheck MD5: A free, simple, lightweight MD5 utility for Windows, courtesy of Brandon Staggs.

Errata: A text file containing my various blunders and ommissions in the book (right-click and "save as," or view as HTML). Last updated 6 June 2004.

Links to Other Goodies
Mozilla: A free, open source Web browser and e-mail client for Linux and Windows, feature rich and far more secure than Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Recommended for novices.

Firefox: A free, open source, stand-alone Web browser for Linux and Windows. Very light and fast. Recommended for intermediate users.

Thunderbird: A free, open source e-mail and news client for Linux and Windows. Recommended for intermediate users.

GnuPG: Gnu Privacy Guard; a free, open source replacement for PGP, for Windows and Linux.

WinPT: Windows Privacy Tools; a free, open source GUI frontend to GnuPG for Windows.

Anonymizer: Various services for anonymous Web surfing, e-mail, chat, etc.

OpenSSH: A free, open source SSH (Secure Shell) client and server for Windows and Linux.

PuTTY: A free, open source GUI frontend to OpenSSH for Windows.

Ethereal: A free, open source network traffic analyzer for Windows and Linux. Windows users will need to install WinPcap before installing Ethereal.

Ad-Aware: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

SpyBot Search & Destroy: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

Sam Spade: CGI gateways to numerous online tools, such as whois, traceroute, etc.

SourceForge: A vast repository of open-source software for Windows and Linux. The site can be overwhelming, but it has a search engine to help users locate packages.

GNU Project: The home base of the open source movement. A repository of open source products, chiefly for UNIX-compatible systems.

Security Information
About Internet/Network Security: An informative and useful site dealing with computer and Internet security, with reviews of security products and books, practical howtos and tips, and links to numerous tools and information resources, geared toward beginners and intermediate users.

SANS Institute: An educational and research organization with a vast archive of security research documents, news, and advisories, geared toward intermediate and advanced users.

CERT/CC: Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Cente

Just in case his site gets /.'ed, here is his impressive list of links. - Jonah Hex in non-karma whore mode.
Downloads
Linux Wipe Tools: Three shell scripts for securely wiping all data from the swap partition, wiping unused disk space on the root partition, or wiping an entire disk, by Thomas C. Greene.

No Messenger: A batch file that eliminates Windows Messenger and fixes the problem of Outlook Express loading slowly when Messenger is absent, by an anonymous friend of The Register.

FileCheck MD5: A free, simple, lightweight MD5 utility for Windows, courtesy of Brandon Staggs.

Errata: A text file containing my various blunders and ommissions in the book (right-click and "save as," or view as HTML). Last updated 6 June 2004.

Links to Other Goodies
Mozilla: A free, open source Web browser and e-mail client for Linux and Windows, feature rich and far more secure than Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. Recommended for novices.

Firefox: A free, open source, stand-alone Web browser for Linux and Windows. Very light and fast. Recommended for intermediate users.

Thunderbird: A free, open source e-mail and news client for Linux and Windows. Recommended for intermediate users.

GnuPG: Gnu Privacy Guard; a free, open source replacement for PGP, for Windows and Linux.

WinPT: Windows Privacy Tools; a free, open source GUI frontend to GnuPG for Windows.

Anonymizer: Various services for anonymous Web surfing, e-mail, chat, etc.

OpenSSH: A free, open source SSH (Secure Shell) client and server for Windows and Linux.

PuTTY: A free, open source GUI frontend to OpenSSH for Windows.

Ethereal: A free, open source network traffic analyzer for Windows and Linux. Windows users will need to install WinPcap before installing Ethereal.

Ad-Aware: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

SpyBot Search & Destroy: A free, closed source adware/spyware scanner for Windows.

Sam Spade: CGI gateways to numerous online tools, such as whois, traceroute, etc.

SourceForge: A vast repository of open-source software for Windows and Linux. The site can be overwhelming, but it has a search engine to help users locate packages.

GNU Project: The home base of the open source movement. A repository of open source products, chiefly for UNIX-compatible systems.

Security Information
About Internet/Network Security: An informative and useful site dealing with computer and Internet security, with reviews of security products and books, practical howtos and tips, and links to numerous tools and information resources, geared toward beginners and intermediate users.

SANS Institute: An educational and research organization with a vast archive of security research documents, news, and advisories, geared toward intermediate and advanced users.

CERT/CC: Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Cente

They didn't like the XForms spec and did not want to implement all the XML APIs on which XForms depends. I guess after divorce from Netscape and switching the name to Mozilla Foundation and with support from big companies like IBM, they decided to start the work.

As I am not in the business of testing or benchmarking either Slashdot or Mozilla, I merely notice that sometimes slashdot is unreadable using Firefox. It has been marked as a bug in bugzilla, but no matter how many times someone marks it as resolved, it does not seem to go away.

Microsoft is known to be profient in designing new toolbars, so how about adding a button into the IE7 default toolbar to "install Firefox now". Would save those ~40 keypresses and a couple of mouse clicks.

Hmm, they don't even allow linking to the front page. How odd. I just filed Bug 254852 on that, which of course you can't get to from here. :-P

P.S.: If you remove the contractions, your sig becomes a haiku :-)

here's a list of what gecko (the rendering engine of Mozilla) supports, and what not.

If you can come up with something better than "Uhhh Firefox sucks!" then the Mozilla developers would love it if you could tell them about your problem.

I'd bet any issue you can come up with is either difficult and being worked on, something which is totally unused and therefore possibly lacking dots on is or not even complete but still implementing 99% of it all

Unfortunately Slashdot isn't the place to get anything done on Mozilla but a lot of the devs will jump to fix a bug in bugzilla with a simple testcase that explicitly demonstrates the problem. We look forward to your contribution.

If you can come up with something better than "Uhhh Firefox sucks!" then the Mozilla developers would love it if you could tell them about your problem.

I'd bet any issue you can come up with is either difficult and being worked on, something which is totally unused and therefore possibly lacking dots on is or not even complete but still implementing 99% of it all

Unfortunately Slashdot isn't the place to get anything done on Mozilla but a lot of the devs will jump to fix a bug in bugzilla with a simple testcase that explicitly demonstrates the problem. We look forward to your contribution.

If you can come up with something better than "Uhhh Firefox sucks!" then the Mozilla developers would love it if you could tell them about your problem.

I'd bet any issue you can come up with is either difficult and being worked on, something which is totally unused and therefore possibly lacking dots on is or not even complete but still implementing 99% of it all

Unfortunately Slashdot isn't the place to get anything done on Mozilla but a lot of the devs will jump to fix a bug in bugzilla with a simple testcase that explicitly demonstrates the problem. We look forward to your contribution.

If you can come up with something better than "Uhhh Firefox sucks!" then the Mozilla developers would love it if you could tell them about your problem.

I'd bet any issue you can come up with is either difficult and being worked on, something which is totally unused and therefore possibly lacking dots on is or not even complete but still implementing 99% of it all

Unfortunately Slashdot isn't the place to get anything done on Mozilla but a lot of the devs will jump to fix a bug in bugzilla with a simple testcase that explicitly demonstrates the problem. We look forward to your contribution.

Mozilla is not only a browser but also an excellent cross-platform development platform. If everybody starts using Mozilla software developers might start developing for the Mozilla platform.

When that happens who needs Windows anyway?

Everyone should add a FireFox promotional button to their website. Support FireFox people!

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/buttons.ht ml/

Does anyone own tabbed browsing/built in customisable search engine bar/etc copyrights? I realise that firefox is open source and all, but can microsoft just steal the idea without so much as a thank-you? Is there prior art before firefox?

Just in case microsoft decides to put it in and go "ooh, look what we invented, lets patent it hey its ours"

Does the mozilla public license help at all? (had a quick look, but only seems to cover source code itself)
(Note: i havent used safari/opera, and theres more than likely non-browsers programs that do similar things, but just a thought....)

There are easy technical means to stop people from linking to you. You check the referer header, and if it's from a site you don't like... you block it! Yes, a few people will have blank/fake referers, but they are in the minority.

Example... Mozilla's Bugzilla doesn't want Mozilla to link to their bugs, so they block them! Easy.

Too bad that 1.7.1 was released before that, which only leaves beta stuff with working Eudora import. Anyway, bug 3157 contains some perl script (replace.pl) which for me resolved the issue. Check it out if you want to use a non-beta version of Moz and still get your Eudora E-Mail over.

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3157
(Clicking the link won't work from /. - copy to location bar!)

Thats mozillaZINE. Mozilla is working just fine!

iantri: "BTW, do you know if there is a Firefox extension to prevent stuff from opening in new windows? (opening as tabs instead, like Opera)"

Yes, there is: Single Window 1.0. It doesn't catch things that the browser wants to open in a new window like the "get more extensions/themes" links, and Ctrl+N still opens a new window. However, things that websites want to open in a new window using "target=_blank" or similar open in new tabs and not new windows.

If you are not using Mozilla thunderbird, you are getting too much spam!

I went from more than 100 spams a day to almost zero

I recommend you download Mozilla thunderbird:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

I wrote an article about a few Mozilla Thunderbird Tweaks on my website http://kb1ghc.home.comcast.net/spam.htm

don't spend a penny on any spam filters, just use Thunderbird, and follow my tips.

Why don't we just download it from here?

I'm very sorry to disapoint you, but this article ( http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html ) should open them peepers....

I'm afraid this isn't the first and won't be the last.

User-Agent Switcher, gets 'em everytime :)

Or you could install this extension (latest version here) and just click the link. ;)

There has been intermittent problems with /. rendering the center column slightly over the left sidebar text. You will find this as bug 217527.

Generally, refereshing the page works.

It would also be nice if /code generated validated HTML code...

No, he's right. Mozilla-based apps use libpr0n to render images. Don't know if that somehow links to libpng as well, though.

I previously had Mozilla Firebird 0.7 installed on Windows 2000. I've tried to migrate to Firefox befoew, but certain things (like Sessionsaver sessions and the theme) didn't work/look proper[ly].

For those that don't know, Sessionsaver can save tab /window sessions so that they come back up after closing and re-opening the program. It's really nice when you have 15 tabs that you have the way you like them and accidently close the window. Qute is the Firebird theme and the most popular on the themes site.

Previously, all of my settings for Firebird were kept in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Mozilla\Phoenix\ and there was a file in \Mozilla\ called pluginreg.dat.

I have always downloaded the .zip files and put them where I want them, so if you install using an installer, YMMV.

Here's how I got my settings back with the Firebird theme and all of my tabs back open. There's no real haX0ring involved here, but in the case that any one wants to do this, this is what worked for me. (Gripes to follow.)

Download Firefix 0.9.3
I downloaded and unpacked the Firefox zip file for Windows (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/0.9.3/Firefox-win32-0.9.3.zip).

Load Browser, Migrate Settings
Then, I loaded the browser and it prompted me as to whether or not I wanted my old settings migrated. I did, and selected the default options. The browser loaded and my homepage and network settings were there (YES!).

Download and Install Qute
Now, I liked the way Firebird looked and the way my tabs were saved by the Sessionsaver 0.2d extension. So, I went to the Themes manager and clicked Get More Themes. I downloaded and installed Qute. Then, in the Themes manager, I selected the Qute theme and clicked the Use Theme button. It didn't show up in my browser window right away, but I figured "maybe it needs me to shutdown and restart." So, I wasn't too worried.

Download and Install Sessionsaver 0.2d
Then, I googled for "sessionsaver", and got lucky. I installed the Sessionsaver extension. In the Extensions manager, it asked me if it wanted me to install it to my user preferences folder. It suggested that this way, it wouldn't have to be reinstalled when I upgrade the browser. I know that's not true, but I said yes, anyway. I loaded up an extra tab and a window to see if it would load them back up the next time.

Restart Firefox
Much to my surprise (and excitement), Firefox didn't open back up with my test windows and tabs, but my old Firebird session!

I went through this process again (making sure to remove my \Mozilla\Firefox folder and any added files and the program folder made when I unpacked the zip file), just to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Now, for the things that annoy me:

1) The Qute theme isn't EXACTLY like it was in Firebird. The buttos are shinier or something. I may write to the designer or search around for an older version if I can, but I'm going to live with it for now.

2) The Extentions, Themes, and Downloads windows suck up tons of CPU time when I move my mouse cursor between the panes and in and out of the windows. WTF?

3) The Download manager. I personally preferred the old progress windows from Firebird. I know there's an extension to allow me to use external programs for downloads, but I really did like those little windows. At least give me the choice of using the manager or the windows. The one function of this that I do like is t

I previously had Mozilla Firebird 0.7 installed on Windows 2000. I've tried to migrate to Firefox befoew, but certain things (like Sessionsaver sessions and the theme) didn't work/look proper[ly].

For those that don't know, Sessionsaver can save tab /window sessions so that they come back up after closing and re-opening the program. It's really nice when you have 15 tabs that you have the way you like them and accidently close the window. Qute is the Firebird theme and the most popular on the themes site.

Previously, all of my settings for Firebird were kept in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Mozilla\Phoenix\ and there was a file in \Mozilla\ called pluginreg.dat.

I have always downloaded the .zip files and put them where I want them, so if you install using an installer, YMMV.

Here's how I got my settings back with the Firebird theme and all of my tabs back open. There's no real haX0ring involved here, but in the case that any one wants to do this, this is what worked for me. (Gripes to follow.)

Download Firefix 0.9.3
I downloaded and unpacked the Firefox zip file for Windows (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/0.9.3/Firefox-win32-0.9.3.zip).

Load Browser, Migrate Settings
Then, I loaded the browser and it prompted me as to whether or not I wanted my old settings migrated. I did, and selected the default options. The browser loaded and my homepage and network settings were there (YES!).

Download and Install Qute
Now, I liked the way Firebird looked and the way my tabs were saved by the Sessionsaver 0.2d extension. So, I went to the Themes manager and clicked Get More Themes. I downloaded and installed Qute. Then, in the Themes manager, I selected the Qute theme and clicked the Use Theme button. It didn't show up in my browser window right away, but I figured "maybe it needs me to shutdown and restart." So, I wasn't too worried.

Download and Install Sessionsaver 0.2d
Then, I googled for "sessionsaver", and got lucky. I installed the Sessionsaver extension. In the Extensions manager, it asked me if it wanted me to install it to my user preferences folder. It suggested that this way, it wouldn't have to be reinstalled when I upgrade the browser. I know that's not true, but I said yes, anyway. I loaded up an extra tab and a window to see if it would load them back up the next time.

Restart Firefox
Much to my surprise (and excitement), Firefox didn't open back up with my test windows and tabs, but my old Firebird session!

I went through this process again (making sure to remove my \Mozilla\Firefox folder and any added files and the program folder made when I unpacked the zip file), just to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Now, for the things that annoy me:

1) The Qute theme isn't EXACTLY like it was in Firebird. The buttos are shinier or something. I may write to the designer or search around for an older version if I can, but I'm going to live with it for now.

2) The Extentions, Themes, and Downloads windows suck up tons of CPU time when I move my mouse cursor between the panes and in and out of the windows. WTF?

3) The Download manager. I personally preferred the old progress windows from Firebird. I know there's an extension to allow me to use external programs for downloads, but I really did like those little windows. At least give me the choice of using the manager or the windows. The one function of this that I do like is t

I previously had Mozilla Firebird 0.7 installed on Windows 2000. I've tried to migrate to Firefox befoew, but certain things (like Sessionsaver sessions and the theme) didn't work/look proper[ly].

For those that don't know, Sessionsaver can save tab /window sessions so that they come back up after closing and re-opening the program. It's really nice when you have 15 tabs that you have the way you like them and accidently close the window. Qute is the Firebird theme and the most popular on the themes site.

Previously, all of my settings for Firebird were kept in C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Mozilla\Phoenix\ and there was a file in \Mozilla\ called pluginreg.dat.

I have always downloaded the .zip files and put them where I want them, so if you install using an installer, YMMV.

Here's how I got my settings back with the Firebird theme and all of my tabs back open. There's no real haX0ring involved here, but in the case that any one wants to do this, this is what worked for me. (Gripes to follow.)

Download Firefix 0.9.3
I downloaded and unpacked the Firefox zip file for Windows (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/0.9.3/Firefox-win32-0.9.3.zip).

Load Browser, Migrate Settings
Then, I loaded the browser and it prompted me as to whether or not I wanted my old settings migrated. I did, and selected the default options. The browser loaded and my homepage and network settings were there (YES!).

Download and Install Qute
Now, I liked the way Firebird looked and the way my tabs were saved by the Sessionsaver 0.2d extension. So, I went to the Themes manager and clicked Get More Themes. I downloaded and installed Qute. Then, in the Themes manager, I selected the Qute theme and clicked the Use Theme button. It didn't show up in my browser window right away, but I figured "maybe it needs me to shutdown and restart." So, I wasn't too worried.

Download and Install Sessionsaver 0.2d
Then, I googled for "sessionsaver", and got lucky. I installed the Sessionsaver extension. In the Extensions manager, it asked me if it wanted me to install it to my user preferences folder. It suggested that this way, it wouldn't have to be reinstalled when I upgrade the browser. I know that's not true, but I said yes, anyway. I loaded up an extra tab and a window to see if it would load them back up the next time.

Restart Firefox
Much to my surprise (and excitement), Firefox didn't open back up with my test windows and tabs, but my old Firebird session!

I went through this process again (making sure to remove my \Mozilla\Firefox folder and any added files and the program folder made when I unpacked the zip file), just to make sure I wasn't crazy.

Now, for the things that annoy me:

1) The Qute theme isn't EXACTLY like it was in Firebird. The buttos are shinier or something. I may write to the designer or search around for an older version if I can, but I'm going to live with it for now.

2) The Extentions, Themes, and Downloads windows suck up tons of CPU time when I move my mouse cursor between the panes and in and out of the windows. WTF?

3) The Download manager. I personally preferred the old progress windows from Firebird. I know there's an extension to allow me to use external programs for downloads, but I really did like those little windows. At least give me the choice of using the manager or the windows. The one function of this that I do like is t

Correct - FB1.9.3 has a fix for bug 251381.

According to this, libpng is part of the source tree. My guess is static.

Ok, I found the bug report: here.

New builds of Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird have been released to patch four potential security vulnerabilities including the libpng issue

The windows version listed for download at the FireFox product page is not the same as the windows version listed on the main download page.

Just a heads-up to everyone rushing to download without checking. The mozilla.org web guys might want to fix that too.

Cheers.

The windows version listed for download at the FireFox product page is not the same as the windows version listed on the main download page.

Just a heads-up to everyone rushing to download without checking. The mozilla.org web guys might want to fix that too.

Cheers.

The windows version listed for download at the FireFox product page is not the same as the windows version listed on the main download page.

Just a heads-up to everyone rushing to download without checking. The mozilla.org web guys might want to fix that too.

Cheers.

The windows version listed for download at the FireFox product page is not the same as the windows version listed on the main download page.

Just a heads-up to everyone rushing to download without checking. The mozilla.org web guys might want to fix that too.

Cheers.

One way to keep updated about Mozilla releases and developments in many different areas is by subscribing to one of the developer mailing lists:
http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums. html

MozillaZine.org also does a good job of summarizing the development, but it's almost always 2-3 days late.

For the true cutting-edge lizard in you, there's always the feedhouse:
http://feedhouse.mozillazine.org/

And of course it has RSS feeds.

For those of you wanting to know when specific bugs have been fixed, I find the "edge" websites to be most simple to read (although not thorough):

The Rumbling Edge (for Thunderbird):
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/

The Burning Edge:
http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/

Saddly, there is no information about the releases almost a day after they have been out on http://mozillaeurope.org/en/ ... I wrote a note this morning but I imagine they are submerged.

Enjoy!

The Mozilla 1.7.2 Release Page has a link to the bugs it fixes.

My problem is that NONE of the themes other than the default work on OSX.

That's due to this bug, which mangles any cross-platform theme using native scrollbars. (You'll have to cut and paste the link, as Bugzilla fears Slashdot).

Well, you DID have to wait at least a month for Mozilla to patch its browser.

Well, you DID have to wait at least a month for Mozilla to patch its browser.