Mozilla has released a patch that closes several security holes -- three of them critical -- and fixes some stability bugs (details). This brings the latest release to version 3.0.7.
If you don't have automatic updates or notifications enabled, do Help → Check for Updates. The whole process went off without a hitch, and took less than a minute, for me.
(h/t: Ryan Naraine)
[Added] Reminder: If you're still using Firefox version 2, despite my vigorously shaking finger, here is the word from Mozilla:
Please note: If you’re still using Firefox 2.0.0.x, this version is no longer supported and contains known security vulnerabilities. Please upgrade to Firefox 3 by downloading Firefox 3.0.7 from getfirefox.com.
2 comments:
Done.
Firefox is late with its alert so I did it via "Help."
According to something I saw somewhere on Mozilla's blog, the update is pushed out over time; i.e., not everyone on the planet gets the automatic update notification at the same time, but rather, the notifications are sent out over a 24-48 hour span of time.
If you think about how many people are using Firefox, this is probably understandable: they'd want to spread out the load on their servers.
So, rather than calling them "late," I think it's better to refer to us as being ahead of the curve; i.e., the cool kids.
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