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Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-compile-repeat dept.

micpp writes "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."

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  1. and of course by devilsandy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the software update feature never worked for me. I had to download and install.

  2. What really irks me... by oberondarksoul · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...is having all my extensions and themes disabled whenever I install a new version of Firefox. Granted, you can re-enable them through about:config, but wouldn't it be nicer to have a dialogue box on first launch (along the lines of "You have some old extensions installed which may not be 100% compatible - do you want to disable them?")?

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    1. Re:What really irks me... by Suppafly · · Score: 3, Interesting

      ya, thousands of people screaming at the devs wondering what the hell is wrong with FF

      What is wrong with ff is that it is setup in such a way that extensions can have it hang. People should be 'screaming at the devs' about this.

  3. Fixing extensions by Iriel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now if only they could fix a bug that would get authors to update their extensions to the new browser version. I miss my FireGoat browswer

    (yes, I know there's a way to fix firesomething, but I haven't had time and it's just annoying to install an extension to get an error saying that it's for an older version)

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  4. Re:Automatic updater by ckaminski · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Patience... soon enough Windows Update will become an API you can leverage as an app developer to tell Windows where to find patches and updates to your software. Just wait.

  5. Enterprise FF/TB Managment by theyenk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does FF/TB have some type of a management console, that allows you to push updates out to client computers. I work at a university with 3k+ computers, I pity the foo who has to update boxes for a week straight, only to have 1.0.7 come out the next day. Or does anyone know of an open source client management system, that would hold updates for clients and auto-update if out of date clients pass by the manager?