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How to Check for Outdated Plugins in Firefox

Shamly — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:22:01 +0000

Mozilla started the plugin check program to help users keep their plugins up to date. Outdated plugins are a major source of security and stability risk for web users. . . . → Read More: How to Check for Outdated Plugins in Firefox

Firefox 3.6.6 fixes crash protection issue

Shamly — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:56:47 +0000

Firefox 3.6.6 has been released to fix the issues that most people were experiencing with the plugin-container or crash protection feature introduced in the 3.6.4 release recently as mentioned here. This latest release modifies the crash protection feature to increase the amount of time that plugins are allowed to be non-responsive before being terminated (Bug 574905).

. . . → Read More: Firefox 3.6.6 fixes crash protection issue

Firefox 3.6.4 now comes with out-of-process plugins

Shamly — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:45:03 +0000

Firefox 3.6.4 has finally arrived and is expected to bring some added stability over previous versions. This is done by making Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Silverlight plug-ins run on separate process. So if a plugin crashes or freezes, it doesn’t bring the whole browser down with it. You will be able to reload the page to restart the plugin and try again. . . . → Read More: Firefox 3.6.4 now comes with out-of-process plugins