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Old version of flash? Firefox will let you know

Justyn — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:51:48 +0000

If you check out the latest blog post on the Mozilla Security Blog you will notice that John Nightingale announced that both Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 will inform you if you have an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player.

Once you have installed the new version, if you have an outdated version of Adobe Flash Player you will see this warning.

If you already have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player you will see the normal screen like this.

Firefox 3, excessive HDD usage

Justyn — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:57:51 +0000

I’ve noticed for the past couple days, there seems to be a constant read/write with my HDD when I open up Firefox. After trying to find out what it was, I decided to do a Google search for it, which brought me to a post on gHacks.

There is a fix for Linux where you set the Urlclassifier.updatecachemax from -1 to 104857600. When it’s set to -1 it means the cache is unlimited, now set to 104857600 it means it’s limited to 100 Megabytes.

To set it, open a new tab in Firefox and in the address bar type in about:config then in the search bar at the top, type in Urlclassifier.updatecachemax. When you see the result, double-click on it and change it from -1 to 104857600.

I hope this helps. I will monitor my HDD usage over the next couple days and see if it fixes it.

Update: Well, it seems setting the Urlclassifier.updatecachemax helps a little. I can still hear/see the HDD reading/writing from cache, but only lasts about 40-60 seconds, instead of a couple minutes.

Firefox 3 is here

Justyn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:09:48 +0000

The much awaited and anticipated web browser is here. Firefox 3 has been awhile in the making, and just for the people that like reading over the release notes, they are also available.

To become part of the Guiness World Records, please go ahead and download Firefox 3, you have roughly until 04:00 on the 19th, as it only lasts for 24 hours, c’mon people, set a world record!

Enjoy this release, and remember to download Firefox 3 – The best Firefox yet.

Firefox 3.0 RC3 Released

Justyn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:22:35 +0000

The Mozilla Foundation have recently released Firefox 3.0 RC3, which is one step closer to the final release. You can check out the release notes for Firefox 3.0 RC3, or go straight to the download page. Now remember that these builds are for testing purposes only, so enjoy.

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 15,000 updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.