Safari 5.1.5 patches 32-bit glitch

Apple today released Safari 5.1.5, a minor update that patches a specific glitch when running Safari in 32-bit mode. The notes offer no other details.

The update is for Snow Leopard and Lion, and it can currently be downloaded through Software Update or from Apple Safari download page.

Safari 5.1.5 requires
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8
OS X Lion 10.7.3
Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista or Windows 7

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Firefox 11 and Firefox 3.6.28 released

Under Mozilla's rushing release schedule, Mozilla has rushed out another version with another number jump, Firefox 11. Firefox 11 includes some new features and security improvements.

Firefox 11 release notes is available at www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/11.0/releasenotes.

Firefox 11 can be downloaded from www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html.

To match the security fix, Firefox 3.6 series has also upgraded to 3.6.28.

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Safari 5.1.4 improves JavaScript speed

Apple today released Safari 5.1.4, bringing improvements to performance and stability. Most notably, it improves the rendering of JavaScript.

Safari 5.1.4 contains improvements to performance, stability, compatibility, and security, including changes that:

• Improve JavaScript performance
• Improve responsiveness when typing into the search field after changing network configurations or with an intermittent network connection
• Address an issue that could cause webpages to flash white when switching between Safari windows
• Address issues that prevented printing U.S. Postal Service shipping labels and embedded PDFs
• Preserve links in PDFs saved from webpages
• Fix an issue that could make Flash content appear incomplete after using gesture zooming
• Fix an issue that could cause the screen to dim while watching HTML5 video
• Improve stability, compatibility and startup time when using extensions
• Allow cookies set during regular browsing to be available after using Private Browsing
• Fix an issue that could cause some data to be left behind after pressing the “Remove All Website Data” button

For more detail about Safari, visit apple.com/safari.

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Camino 2.1.1

Following the release of Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2, SeaMonkey2.7.2, Firefox 3.6.2, The Camino Project has released Camino 2.1.1. The new Camino 2.1.1 is based on Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, 1.9.2.27. Apart from adding more OS X Lion support, one of the interesting feature is that it blocks unsafe Adobe Flash Player (version 10 older than 10.3.183 or Flash Player 11 older than 11.1.102.62)

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Firefox 10.0.2, Thunderbird 10.0.2 and Firefox 3.6.27

Mozilla has just released Firefox 10.0.2 to the public, the third release in 10.0.x in less than a month’s time. Firefox 10.0.2 is a security update that is resolving one critical security vulnerability in the browser. The vulnerability could allow attackers to cause a crash and potentially exploit the issue. Affected by the vulnerability are both Firefox 10.0.1 and 10.0.1 ESR, as well as Thunderbird 10.0.1 and 10.0.1 ESR, and SeaMonkey 2.7.1.

For those who decide to stay on Firefox 3.6.x series, there's Firefox 3.6.27 with the same security fix as in 10.0.2.

The developers have implemented additional changes and improvements into the new Firefox version. Firefox is now supporting Anti-Aliasing for WebGL and accelerated layers via OpenGL ES. The bdi element for bi-direction text isolation with supporting CSS properties has been added in the release as well.