Ubuntu 7.10 improvements for Firefox users

Published: September 27th, 2007

Ubuntu released today a beta version of forthcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (code name Gutsy Gibbon), scheduled for final release on October.

It includes a couple of nice improvements for Firefox users.

First, it adds a wizard for users to easily find and install necessary plugins. In the screenshot below (courtesy of Ubuntu) the Plugin Finder Service is offering Flash and Gnash (the open source version of the Flash player).

Ubuntu also adds a link to the Add-ons Manager window that launches an extensions repository to easily add or remove prepackaged extensions. Definitey a plus for users as this will allows them to more easily find one that suits them. It is similar to the redesign Firefox Add-ons Manager is undergoing (on all platforms) and should be available by milestone 9, around mid-October. More on this in a later post.

Source: Ubuntu.

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3 Comments on “Ubuntu 7.10 improvements for Firefox users”

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1. larryk
October 8th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
It blows me away that people have built in ‘fear’ of things open source. Keep up the great work.

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2. Hill Brady
November 15th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
I have 7.10 and I can’t upgrade to the latest version of firefox because there is a missing library that can’t be found.
Help!
Hill Brady

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3. alilou
July 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
hello
i have Ubuntu 7.10 i would like to install FireFox 3.0.1

i downloaded Firefox 3.0.1 from mozilla.com but i couldn’t install it
i tried to install with compilation (./configure) but with out success .
i need some help

Thanks

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