Category Archives: General

Building Python 2.7.3 on RHEL6

bug 804865 recently introduced the requirement to use Python 2.7 when building Firefox Nightly (Firefox 21). Since only Python 2.6 is available on Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) you will need to build Python. A working version can be built … Continue reading

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Spider 0.0.3.6

Spider 0.0.3.6 updated to support Firefox 6, Firefox 7 Beta, Firefox 8 (Aurora) and Firefox 9 (Nightly).

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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

A little over 4 years ago, we celebrated our 25 millionth download of Firefox. It was a great day. Firefox is about to celebrate its 1 billionth download. The journey is just beginning!

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YASU 0.0.2.15

Yet another Spider update is available The major change is to script-loader.js which no longer uses the subscript loader to load external user hook functions.

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Dell Precision 650, October 2003 – January 2008

After a great week in Mountain View with the rest of team I returned to find that not all was well. When I tried to boot my trusty Dell Precision, nothing happened. Upon inspection, I found the video card had … Continue reading

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