The update includes fixes for three critical vulnerabilities including the one reported through TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative program, the same day Firefox 3 was released, that could lead to remote execution.

By default, when you open a new tab either pressing Ctrl + T, middle-clicking on a link, pressing Alt + Enter in the location or search bars, or any other way, the new tab is opened at the end of the tab bar so you will most likely have to scroll all the way there.

Tabs Open Relative, developed by John Mellor, does a single trick: it makes new tabs open to the immediate right of the current tab, making them much easier to reach and saving a few seconds and scrolls.

also see: browser garage
September 1, 2008
Thunderbird start pages *draft*
Tags: mozilla.org — 12:16 pm

*in progress/working* These pages and thoughts are not final.

Thunderbird 2 page is here:

* http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/2.0.0.12/start/

Shredder nightlies page will live here:

* http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/shredder/start/

Thunderbird 3.0 beta page is here:

* http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b1/start/
* currently here: chrome://messenger/content/start.xhtml

Mozilla has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of the company’s total revenue. The deal was originally going to expire in 2006, but was later extended to 2008 and will now run through 2011.

In the wake of Google's release of the new WebKit-based Chrome browser, some technology enthusiasts are beginning to wonder if the days are numbered for Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. Despite the growing popularity of WebKit, those who understand the differences between the two rendering engines and have an appreciation of Gecko's technical strengths, recognize that there is no basis for speculation about the possibility of Mozilla adopting it for future versions of Firefox.