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Internet Firefox Updated to 2.0.0.4
Marcus Yam (Blog) - May 31, 2007 9:01 AM
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Mozilla patches Firefox memory corruption crashes

Mozilla has released yet another incremental update for its Firefox 2.0 web browser. New for Firefox 2.0.0.4 are security fixes for XUL popup spoofing, path abuse in cookies, crashes with evidence of memory corruption and more.

The new version isn’t perfect just yet, as there are several new known issues with Windows operating systems. Clicking links in some applications might not open them in Firefox when it is selected as the default browser, and cookies and saved form history are not imported when migrating from IE7.

Windows Vista also has a couple issues unique to itself when using Firefox 2.0.0.4. Vista Parental Controls are not completely honored. In particular, file downloads do not honor Vista's parental control settings. This will be addressed in an upcoming Firefox release. A Windows Media Player (WMP) plugin is not provided with Windows Vista, though a workaround is possible.

For those who like to live on the bleeding edge of browser software, the fifth alpha release of Firefox 3 is set for release tomorrow.

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Get with the times.
By MrPickins on 5/31/2007 11:02:38 AM , Rating: 2
Someone should tell then that it's now 2.0.0.7 ;)




RE: Get with the times.
By Xenoterranos on 5/31/2007 11:03:36 AM , Rating: 2
Pfft... Only if you're using the stable release ;)

Alpha FTW!


RE: Get with the times.
By Adul on 5/31/2007 11:27:44 AM , Rating: 2
ha ha i get it :)


RE: Get with the times.
By MrPickins on 5/31/2007 11:37:47 AM , Rating: 2
"then" should be "them"

Bah, why don't I look at the preview better?


Firefox is the best
By maroon1 on 5/31/07, Rating: 0
RE: Firefox is the best
By encryptkeeper on 5/31/2007 3:34:36 PM , Rating: 3
The crashes DO get quite annoying, especially if they happen every 30 minutes like they did on my work machine.


RE: Firefox is the best
By Haltech on 5/31/2007 6:00:48 PM , Rating: 2
since when does IE7 crash?


RE: Firefox is the best
By TomZ on 5/31/07, Rating: 0
RE: Firefox is the best
By Newspapercrane on 6/1/2007 9:27:42 AM , Rating: 2
It's funny, because so far since updating to 2.0.0.4 It's crashed twice.


apple/trailers
By inthell on 5/31/2007 11:57:16 AM , Rating: 2
oh damn the http://www.apple.com/trailers/ page still crashes. is my comp screwed up or what..




RE: apple/trailers
By mattsaccount on 5/31/2007 1:19:40 PM , Rating: 2
That page works on my machine with the new version of FF. It may be an extension that's causing the problem. Consider creating a new FF profile and see if the problem goes away.


RE: apple/trailers
By armagedon on 5/31/2007 4:54:38 PM , Rating: 2
Second that ! Never had any problems with the trailers including this version. Yes, extensions or you may try to install the latest Quicktime released recently.


My favorite Firefox tip
By peldor on 5/31/2007 12:42:46 PM , Rating: 3
Ctrl-Shift-T will open the last tab you closed. Very handy when you accidentally close something.




RE: My favorite Firefox tip
By Seymourbbuts on 5/31/2007 6:02:30 PM , Rating: 2
I did not know that... I just recently found out if you right click on the tab bar that you can open recently closed tabs. Thanks for the tip. Short cut keys kick ass...

-D.S


Firefox Rules!
By Rotkiv on 5/31/2007 10:49:58 AM , Rating: 2
Long Live Firefox!!




RAM seive
By codeThug on 5/31/2007 11:13:58 AM , Rating: 2
I'm much happier with FF now that the memory leaks seem to be under control. And I really like the "Restore Session" feature.




...
By thartist on 5/31/2007 5:52:38 PM , Rating: 2
the memory leak finally fi-... ! oh, duh...




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