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Mozilla updates Firefox 3.5.5 for 'annoying' bug From the 'Quick Fix' files:
For the most part, Mozilla issues updates to its open source Firefox browser for both security and stability related issues. That's not the case with the new 3.5.5 update out today. Firefox 3.5.5 has no listed security fixes and is all about fixing a few key stability bugs. The official list of bugs fixed in the 3.5.5 update actually only includes 5 fixed items of which three are labeled by Mozilla as being critical. One of the critical bugs in the fixed liste deals with crashes in Firefox's GIF image decoder. The flaw was introduced in the Firefox 3.5.4 release which came out on October 28th. The GIF flaw was reported in Mozilla bugzilla bug tracking system by Toronto staffer Joe Drew (JOE DREW!!) on October 29th. "We're seeing lots of crashes in the GIF decoder, involving nsGIFDecoder2::ProcessData calling GifWrite(), then a null dereference," Drew wrote in the bugzilla entry. "Right now, this is showing up in the noted crash site, but this is a Windows-specific, 3.5.4-specific crash site, since the offset in xul.dll will change with every build, and obviously xul.dll has no meaning on OS X or Linux." Aha! So that's why I didn't notice any 'big' issues with Firefox 3.5.4 myself, I run Linux and wasn't (personally) affected by the GIF flaw. Seeing as GIFs are pervasive across the web, this can be one very annoying flaw that could potentially have triggered frequent crashes of Firefox. The other two critical fixes are also crash related items, one of which is a startup crash related to font handling. No these are not major security issues but an annoying issues like these that negatively impact user experience is something that needs to be addressed rapidly - which is precisely what Mozilla has done. 0 TrackBacksListed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Mozilla updates Firefox 3.5.5 for 'annoying' bug. TrackBack URL for this entry: https://swarm.jupitermedia.com/mt-tb.cgi/9220 1 CommentsLeave a comment |
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I have spent a great deal of time trying to get a Firefox issue solved with little success. Maybe you are the guy with the answer. The problem is that I am unable to print form Firefox 3.3.3. The print selection box is grayed out and not accessible. There is no problem with earlier versions. I use PCLinux 2009 but I have tried other OS's using this version with the same results. The only current Linux version printing from Firefox successfully in Mepis. It uses something like version 3.3.2 I believe. I have read where others have had this problem but I have never read of a solution. I hope you can help.
Thanks In Advance