Browser Watch » Firefox 3.5.3 http://www.browser-watch.com Web browser news as it happens Sun, 01 May 2011 06:30:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Firefox plugin check to be extended http://www.browser-watch.com/2009/10/06/firefox-plugin-check-to-be-extended/ http://www.browser-watch.com/2009/10/06/firefox-plugin-check-to-be-extended/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:30:45 +0000 Alex http://www.browser-watch.com/?p=681 Mozilla is set to extend its new plugin check feature, which debuted in Firefox 3.5.3 and would check on first run if Adobe Flash player was up to date.

The feature which was so successful, is expected to be expanded in Firefox 3.6, covering other plugins such as Adobe Shockwave Player, Adobe Acrobat Reader, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and Java.

Firefox Plugin Detection

While not fool-proof, it’s certainly a forward step for browser security. More information on the plugin check feature can be found on the Mozilla blog.

]]> http://www.browser-watch.com/2009/10/06/firefox-plugin-check-to-be-extended/feed/ 0 Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 released http://www.browser-watch.com/2009/09/11/firefox-3-5-3-and-firefox-3-0-14-released/ http://www.browser-watch.com/2009/09/11/firefox-3-5-3-and-firefox-3-0-14-released/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:38:29 +0000 Alex http://www.browser-watch.com/?p=653 FirefoxMozilla has updated both Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3 to close several security holes, 3 of which were rated as critical.

A full list of changes can be found in the Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 release notes.

The update will be automatically pushed out to current users, or can be downloaded directly from the Firefox website.

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