Mozilla Messaging has just released the second release candidate of Thunderbird 3.1 with the plan to introduce the final release of Thunderbird 3.1 in the middle of June. Thunderbird 3.1 introduces several new features to the desktop email client, among them the new quick filter toolbar to filter messages in a folder temporarily or permanently, [...]

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Visiting the Mozilla add-on repository for Firefox, Thunderbird or any other Mozilla project gave the visitor the choice to display experimental add-ons next to the the already reviewed add-ons. Experimental add-ons were add-ons that had not been reviewed by the Mozilla team and could have a negative impact on a computer’s performance and security. Experimental [...]

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Mozilla has just released updates to the Firefox 3.0.x and Firefox 3.5.x branches that they still support up to this point even though Firefox 3.6.2 has been released a while ago. It is a little bit like Microsoft still supporting Internet Explorer 6 or 7 even though Internet Explorer 8 has been released. Firefox 3.0.19 [...]

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The Mozilla Account Manager project aims to simplify the login connection process to websites and services by implementing a new protocol “that sites can use to define their account-and-session management features” that integrates with the web browser. The Account Manager is described as an evolution of the password manager that is integrated in Firefox and [...]

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Mozilla Add-On collections are collections of add-ons that have been created by users or by Mozilla. These add-on collections are displayed on the Mozilla website. They are usually themed and provide an overview of add-ons for specific niches like downloading files, adding security or changing the appearance of the web browser. What they do not [...]

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Beta 3 of Mozilla Prism 1.0 has just been released and it is probably a good idea to answer a question that is probably in your mind right now: What is Mozilla Prism again and why would I need it? Mozilla Prism is offered as a Firefox extension and standalone application. It can basically turn [...]

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Developers who develope add-ons for the Firefox web browser or other Mozilla software can ask for inclusion at the AMO website where everyone can download those add-ons free of charge. The only option to actually earn money from their add-ons at this point is a donations module that can be added to individual add-on page. [...]

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If You Have Something That You Don’t Want Anyone To Know, Maybe You Shouldn’t Be Doing It In The First Place. That is what Google’s CEO Erik Schmidt said in a live CNBC broadcast last week. The sentence itself does not make that much sense as there is a huge difference between doing something and [...]

Categories: Google, Security, The Web

The Mozilla development team that is responsible for the functionality of the website that is offering downloads for Firefox, Thunderbird and other Mozilla projects has changed several key features of the pages that contain the add-ons for the software programs over the last couple of months. Some major changes included filtering experimental add-ons from the [...]

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