New versions of Firefox fix hardware-related problems

Two new Firefox releases in the past few days fix crashing and black screen problems experienced by some users in Firefox 33.0.

Firefox 33.0.1 fixes a black screen at start-up with certain graphics drivers.

Firefox 33.0.2 fixes a startup crash with some combinations of hardware and drivers.

As usual, there were no proper announcements for the new versions. The release notes have improved, but they still list changes from previous versions, and the link to the complete list of changes shows a list so long that Bugzilla can’t even display it properly. Clearly the vast majority of issues shown there were addressed in much earlier versions.

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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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