Firefox 18.0.2

The latest version of Firefox apparently fixes some Javascript stability issues.

On a related note: is it just me, or are the release notes for Firefox kind of messed up? Looking at the page for the latest release, I notice the following:

  • The version being discussed doesn’t appear anywhere at the top of the page, in any headings, or in the page title.
  • The first reference to the version is in the list of issues fixed in the What’s New section, but issues fixed in previous versions appear as well.
  • What does appear in the page headings is “Notes (First offered to release channel users on February 5, 2013)”. Apparently this is telling us that the version being discussed was released on that date. But again, it’s not clear what version we’re talking about, unless you look at the page’s URL, which includes “18.0.2”.
  • The link to a complete list of changes takes us to a page that lists changes going back several months, in previous versions. It’s a massive list, again with no version information, despite being on a page with a specific version in the URL.
  • Comparing the complete list of changes for version 18.0.2 with the the list for version 18.0.1 shows that they are in fact identical. You have to go back to version 17.x to find a different list.

Confusing. To make matters worse, among all the Mozilla blogs, press releases and other related Firefox information on the Mozilla site, I’ve so far been unable to find a mailing list, feed or any other resource that simply announces new Firefox versions. I have to find out about new versions from SANS.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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