Firefox 8 and Thunderbird 8 were released on November 8, 2011. By this upgrade, the approach of add-on administration was changed. About the detail information, please check the release note.
- Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default.
- (Firefox) Added “Twitter” to the search bar for select locales.
- (Thunderbird) Folder switching pane widget was removed. If you’d like to continue to use, please install Folder Pane View Switcher add-on.
- Fixed several stability and security issues.
If you are Firefox 7 or Thunderbird 7 user, your Firefox and Thunderbird will be automatically upgraded within several days. However, you had better keep in mind that a lot of add-on software in Thunderbird will be disabled because of compatibility issue. About famous add-on software, the new version will be arrived soon, but minar software may not be supported.
- Firefox 8 Release Note
- Thunderbird 8 Release Note
- Don’t work add-on software in Firefox 8
- Evernote, Firebug. But maybe these famous add-ons will be corresponded soon.
* If you’d like to make the incompatible add-on run in new version, “Add-on Compatibility Reporter” will be helpful. The Office carried out the operation verification about this add-on, but of course, please use by self-responsibility.
8th November, 2011 Chief of Information Processing Office: Kitani.