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As you may know, currently in-development Mozilla Firebird and
Mozilla Thunderbird, are expected to become the main browser and
e-mail applications at some time during the first half of 2004. So you
may want to know that Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 was just released. It
features bug (errors) fixes and welcome improvements like address
book Palm synchronization.
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Mozilla Links - English Edition
Issue # 8 - December 9, 2003
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Welcome back to Mozilla Links!
As you may know, currently in-development Mozilla Firebird and
Mozilla Thunderbird, are expected to become the main browser and
e-mail applications at some time during the first half of 2004. So you
may want to know that Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 was just released. It
features bug (errors) fixes and welcome improvements like address
book Palm synchronization.
Mozilla Firebird, the wildly popular in-development browser, presented
also a new feature called Download Manager, similar to the one already
available in the Mozilla Application Suite.
For people looking for presents for this holiday season, consider
giving a copy of your favorite Mozilla products. You can buy the
Mozilla CD at store.mozilla.org or even burn it yourself. It's not
every day you can give or receive the best of something as useful as a
web browser. Remember: no pop ups, tabbed browsing, no security flaws
and you can make it look and do exactly what you want.
As always, your comments are very much appreciated. Please send them
to [E-mail:newsletter-feedback@mozilla.org]
Percy Cabello
Mozilla Links
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In this issue:
1. BETTER MOZILLA
- Mozilla Backup 1.1
- Mozilla Champions Are Here to Help
- Roaming Mozilla Profiles
2. THE NEWS
- Mozilla 1.6 Beta Released
- Mozilla 1.5.1 Released
- Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 Released
- Mozilla Firebird Gets New Download Manager
3. MOZILLA INSIDER
4. MOZILLA PROJECTS
- Project of the Week: Fast Component
- Independent Status Report
5. MOZILLA LINKS POLL
6. CONTACT INFO
1. BETTER MOZILLA
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Featured Utility: Mozilla Backup 1.1
(developed by Pavel Cvrcek)
Mozilla Backup is a helpful utility that allows to pack bookmarks,
history, sidebars, saved passwords, downloaded files list, cookies,
e-mails, address books and general settings; all in a single file and
restore it in a new or reinstalled PC. In a matter of seconds you can
replicate your browsing and e-mail environments wherever you go.
It works with Mozilla Application Suite, as well as Mozilla
Thunderbird (preview technology e-mail application) and Mozilla
Firebird (preview technology Internet browser application). Currently
it's only available for Windows versions.
http://backup.jasnapaka.com/
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Mozilla Links Tip: Mozilla Champions Are Here To Help
(thanks to Jay Garcia for his contribution to this article)
The Mozilla Champions is a group of volunteers with the self assumed
mission of providing support for Mozilla products to end users. It is
a spin-off of the Netscape Champions group, founded in 1995 by Chuck
Simmons, Howard Beckerman, John Oliver and a handful of others.
After the creation of the Mozilla Foundation, earlier this year,
Netscape Champions were warmly welcome to champion for Mozilla.
As stated in the Mozilla Champiosns website
(http://mozillachampions.mozdev.org), membership in the Champions
program is for those who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to aid
others using Mozilla products and get to be invited to the program.
Mozilla Champions attend as much as 1000 questions a month, from basic
to very advanced ones. Much of them within minutes and hardly within
more than 24 hours.
You can reach Mozilla Champions via the various news groups on the
secure server:
snews://secnews.netscape.com (Netscape and Mozilla)
and via the Mozilla news server:
news://news.mozilla.org
Among other sources, you may also want to check this sites when
looking for support:
http://mozillachampions.mozdev.org/faqs.html
http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php?c=10&sid=479af4db8dfaff0507bf43078a4
601b5
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Mozilla Links PowerTip: Roaming Mozilla Profiles
(contributed by mozillatips.com)
If you manage or work in a networked environment (either Novell or
Windows based) where people may switch from one PC to another, like
small businesses and home networks, it is very useful and easy to
setup a roaming profile scheme, so your preferences will follow you
whenever and wherever you log on.
First, create a share for the folder where profiles will be created.
Usually you should do this in a server or an always turned on computer
so profiles are always available for all users.
Second, at any workstation, create a profile located in the shared
area:
- Create a mapping to the shared area such as E:
- Start Profile Manager (in Windows, look in Start/Programs/Mozilla)
- Click on the "Create Profile..." button.
- Click "Next" in the information window.
- Enter a name for the profile and click on "Choose Folder...".
Browse to E: to set your profile here.
- Select a Region if needed and press Finish.
You must repeat these steps for every user in you network.
Now your roaming profiles are created. You can now go to any other
workstation and create a profile -with the same name- that points to
the same location.
http://www.mozillatips.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid
=96&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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Need more tips? Try the TipBar Extension to get the Tip of the Day in
Mozilla Firebird. Grab it at http://tipbar.mozdev.org
You can also visit http://www.mozillatips.com for more fun tips for
your favorite browser.
Have a Tip or a PowerTip? Let other users know about it by sending it
to [E-mail:newsletter-feedback@mozilla.org] .
2. THE NEWS
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(contributed by MozillaZine, your source for Mozilla news and
advocacy. http://www.mozillazine.org )
Mozilla 1.6 Beta Released
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The Mozilla Foundation has released Mozilla 1.6 Beta. This latest
milestone adds support for NTLM authentication on all platforms and
improves the implementation on Windows. The automatic page translation
feature has been restored (now powered by Google Language Tools) and a
new version of ChatZilla, 0.9.48, is now included. In addition, several
security and crash bugs have been fixed during the beta release cycle.
Mozilla 1.6 Beta Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.6b/
Download Mozilla 1.6 Beta: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.6b
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4068
Mozilla 1.5.1 Released
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Mozilla 1.5.1 has been released for Mac OS X. This minor update fixes a
downloading crash on OS X 10.1 and is recommended for OS X 10.1.x users.
Download Mozilla 1.5.1: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.5.1
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4033
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 Released
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Following two release candidates, the 0.4 release of Mozilla Thunderbird
is now available. Thunderbird 0.4 features an updated look to
Thunderbird's default theme, including a variety of new icons; better OS
integration, cut and paste of images on Windows, and a number of bug
fixes and other new features.
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/release-notes.html
Download Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/0.4/
Full story: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4054
Mozilla Firebird Gets New Download Manager
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The latest nightly builds of Mozilla Firebird feature a new download
manager for saving files. The Downloads sidebar and progress windows
have been replaced by a new combined Downloads window that lists all
current and completed downloads. Cancelled and failed downloads also
remain in this list, with a 'Retry' option to allow transfers to be
attempted again. A 'Clean Up' button lets u
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