Category Archives: Mozilla

Firebot Fixes…

I’ve made a few changes to firebot, the IRC bot that gives bugzilla bug information for Devs/QA/users in #firefox and #thunderbird tonight. * Added kick handling, auto-rejoins channel when kicked. * Added invite handling, bot can join a channel when … Continue reading

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What happened to Mozilla Update?

Well, its obvious by now, things haven’t exactly gone as planned with Mozilla Update Beta. While it’s online, it’s not exactly operating as designed, with new submissions/updates having not been processed for one month now. This, of course, rumors of … Continue reading

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Update-Beta Preview Screenshots

A sneak peek at what’s coming soon to http://update-beta.mozilla.org.

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Netscape Browser = Firefox + IE + WTF?

Meet Netscape Browser… Now that you’ve been scared by the initial look… I’ll give you a minute to recover and visit the bathroom if needed……… Supposedly this is based on Firefox 0.9.3, which IMO was the worst Firefox milestone, pre-release … Continue reading

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Moving Spaces…

So, those of you who watch bugzilla closely have definitely noticed alot of changes lately. The new Core, Toolkit and Mozilla App Suite products for example, and alot of moving bugs. Update has also moved, from a pairing of two … Continue reading

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Firefox *1.0* is coming…

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A Call for Extension/Theme Testing Help for Update.Mozilla.org

Update.mozilla.org is currently managed by a small group of editors, they handle the everyday operations, including, most importantly, adding/updating new extension and themes as they’re released and we get notification of them via bugzilla. Due to life constraints though, these … Continue reading

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New Mozilla.org Website / Update Update

Mozilla.org launched its new look.. which I must say is a big improvement over the previous. So congrats to Steven Garrity / silverorange and all the people who took part in that. Update.Mozilla.org Update Many people have expressed alot of … Continue reading

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Strange Blocking Bug

Well, this has to be the weirdest bug I’ve been apart of. It’s Bug 249787 which is about update.mozilla.org not being browsable in Internet Explorer. Strangely enough though, it’s a blocking-aviary1.0RC1+ bug.. Go figure. Guess I can’t say I have … Continue reading

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Ways to Improve Mozilla’s Extension Pages

I’ve been recently paying more attention to the extensions-side of the Firefox project. Mozilla.org does not maintain a website for extensions, as most are third-party developed. A lot of extensions are mozdev.org projects, and the MozillaZine forums provide some user-to-user … Continue reading

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Mozilla Firefox Release

This past Monday marked the release of the Mozilla Firefox 0.8 web browser. It features a new change from Firebird to Firefox and a lot of changes since 0.7. To find out more and to download, go here. I can … Continue reading

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