FILEnetworks Blog: Mozilla FireFox 3.0.3 released

Mozilla have released a new update for it’s FireFox web browser. The latest update upgrades FireFox to version 3.0.3. This comes rather quickly after 3.0.2 update and fixes a critical bug where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords.

Developer Description

Mozilla Firefox - faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows.

What’s New in Firefox 3.0.3

Fixed a problem where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords (bug 454708)

What’s New in Firefox 3.0.2

Fixed several security issues.
Fixed several stability issues.
Official releases for Sinhala and Slovene are now available.
Beta releases for Bengali, Galician, Hindi, Icelandic, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, and Thai are available for testing.
Fixed a number of minor issues with the layout of certain web pages.
Fixed several theme issues that affected right-to-left locales.
Fixed issue that caused some users with customized toolbars to have their Back and Forward buttons go missing (bug 426026)
Add new Extended Validation (EV) roots to Firefox 3.0.2.
On certain IDN sites, the password manager would not fill in username and password details properly.
Fixed several hangs and crashes that occurred when using screen readers.
Fixed Mac-specific issues:
- Keyboard shortcuts would stop working in some cases.
- Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Indic characters can not be entered (using IME) into text fields in Flash objects (bug 357670)
- Firefox 3.0.1 could not be used when the user profile is stored on an AFP directory (bug 417037)