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2006 June 2

Firefox 1.5.0.4 updates - Extensions - 1.0 discontinued

Filed under: IT, ITSec — FreyGuy @ 14:51:30

Firefox just released another update – 1.5.04. You can read the technical Firefox release notes for 1.5.04 External Link for more information, but the fixes listed are primarily secure-browsing type updates. You should have already been prompted to upgrade if you actively use Firefox, so this is probably old news for you. Something that is important if you run extensions that isn’t completely automatic yet – During new upgrades like this is a good time to check for updated extension versions. To do that, choose Tools-Extensions from the drop down menu. Then choose the "Find Updates" button at the bottom of the resulting window. This polls the extensions for new updates and displays a list if any updates are found. Always a good idea to upgrade those as you go. I’m a big fan of NoScript (currently at v1.1.4.1), AdBlock, and Fasterfox – but there are a ton of others, so just keep in mind that those need to be upgraded/updated routinely as well (like any other software) for compatibility and security reasons. Also, please be aware that they have discontinued the v1.0 version of Firefox, so if you are one of those "holdouts" that hasn’t upgrade to 1.5.0.x yet, please do so immediately.

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