Brief Hands-On Report--Mozilla Posted Firefox 1.5.0.7, Camino 1.0.3, SeaMonkey 1.0.5 and Thunderbird 1.5.0.7

Mozilla updated its entire line of Web browsers, internet suite and email client.

Here is their Firefox 1.5.0.7 Web browser.

Firefox 1.5.0.7 is a security and stability update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

Improvements to product stability
Several security fixes.

Here is their Camino 1.0.3 Web browser.

Camino 1.0.3 is a security and stability update for Camino 1.0 users; all users are recommended to upgrade.

In Camino 1.0.3, we have made the following changes and improvements since version 1.0.2:

• Fixed several critical security and stability issues, including those fixed in version 1.8.0.7 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
  
• Upgraded the bundled Java Embedding Plugin to version 0.9.5+g.
  
• The "Reset Camino…" command will now reset minimized windows.
  
• Fixed an issue where Cmd-B would fail to act as a toggle in some cases.
  
• Further improved ad-blocking.

Here is their SeaMonkey 1.0.5 internet suite.

SeaMonkey 1.0.5 is now available. This release contains important fixes for several security vulnerabilities and various stability improvements. The SeaMonkey Council recommends that all users upgrade.

Here is their Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 email client.

Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version.

Here's what's new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.7:

Improvements to product stability.
Several security fixes.

We downloaded and installed all four. In very brief use, Firefox and Thunderbird caused no problems. In more extensive but still brief use, Camino and SeaMonkey caused no problems. All seem safe enough to at least try out. [Bill Fox and Dana Baggett]