Firefox’s selective tab restoration after a crash is a handy feature, but if you’re suffering repeated crashes for whatever reason, then being told “Well, this is embarrassing” every single time can get really wearing. Here’s how to make it go away. More »
Firefox 3.5 was officially released late last month, but the Mozilla team has already released its initial Windows theme mockups for Firefox 3.7, featuring glossy, translucent buttons and a host of other potential new features. More »
Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox 3.5.1 is available for download, addressing the security issue and startup bugs (as well as some stability fixes) we mentioned yesterday. (If you want to know more, you can see the full changelog here.) If you haven’t been prompted already, click on Help > Check for Updates to download and install the latest. [Mozilla Developer Center]
If you’ve heard reports of a critical JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, you’ll be glad to know that Mozilla will address the issue with an update later this week. On top of that, if you’ve been experiencing slow startups, the update intends to fix that as well. [Mozilla Links]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s popular offline browser plug-in Google Gears has been broken ever since Firefox 3.5 was released weeks ago. Frustrated users created their own workarounds, but now Gears is officially back up and running with Firefox 3.5. More »
Firefox 3.5 pulls data from certain file locations for randomised security purposes. Sometimes, though, that can lead to annoying slow start-ups in Windows. You can speed things up by cleaning out certain folder locations. More »
If you want to open a folder of bookmarks in tabs, Firefox normally replaces all of your current tabs—but reader Raghav writes in with a quick configuration trick to fix that behaviour. More »
Windows/Mac/Linux: Most developers did a bang-up job preparing their extensions for the Firefox 3.5 update, but on the Firefox 3.5 release day, one very popular extension didn’t make the cut: Google’s browser plug-in, Gears. More »
Because it needs to be approved, customised and otherwise vetted by the maintainers of Ubuntu Linux’s repositories, the just-released Firefox 3.5 isn’t officially available on that system. With one terminal command, though, open-sourcers can grab and install a working copy. More »
Firefox 3.5 includes support for the multi-touch features of the latest and greatest MacBooks, but leaves out a “twist” motion that moves forward and back through browser tabs. A quick about:config hack brings it back. More »
