XML News from Friday, April 14, 2006

The Mozilla Project has released Firefox 1.5.0.2 for Windows, Mac (including X86 Macs), and Linux. They "strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest release. This update is available immediately in 37 languages including German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and more. If you already have Firefox 1.5, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting 'Check for Updates…' from the Help menu within at any time. Mozilla Corporation is also strongly recommending that Firefox 1.0 users upgrade to this latest release of Firefox 1.5 in order to take advantage of significant security and stability improvements. Firefox 1.5 includes an automated update mechanism that ensures users are always up to date with the very latest updates. This release of Firefox includes native support for new Macintosh computers with Intel Core processors, improvements for the Japanese locale, and fixes for security issues, common crashes, and performance."


The Mozilla Project has also released Firefox 1.0.8. No automatic update in this branch though. You'll need to upgrade manually. This too "includes fixes for security and stability issues. This release marks the end-of-life of the 1.0.x product line. See the Firefox 1.0.x Product Sunset Announcement. Mozilla Corporation strongly recommends that all Firefox 1.0 users upgrade to Firefox 1.5 available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from getfirefox.com. This update is available immediately in 35 languages including German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and more."


And finally the Mozilla Project has released SeaMonkey 1.0.1. "All users of previous SeaMonkey versions are encouraged to update, as SeaMonkey 1.0.1 includes multiple security fixes along with other critical bug fixes." It's also now a universal binary on Mac OS X.