Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues

As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update, a serious regression involving Firefox 2.0.0.8 and JAVA (JRE 1.6 update 3)on Windows Vista ONLY has been identified. Bug 400467: Java broken on Vista after Firefox 2.0.0.8 upgrade (says Java Not Found, Or Not Working). Reviewing the bug report, the bug filer had upgraded to Fx 2.0.0.8 earlier that morning and attempted to launch/play a JAVA based game at Pogo.com and was told that they could access the site with IE7. There is a possible work-around for this:

1. Right click Firefox icon and choose “Run as administrator”
2. Accept UAC prompt
3. Enter any site which use a Java applet, Java should load normally
4. Close Firefox
5. Run Firefox again, but in normal mode (without administrator privileges)

This regression and several others will be address in a special Fx 2.0.0.9 Triage meeting later today.

Weekly Update 2007-10-22

Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting:

• Fx 2.0.0.8/Fx 2.0.0.9
  • Fx 2.0.0.8 Released: Thursday, October 18th
  • Over the weekend there were reports of some serious regressions, for which we are considering a Fx 2009 firedrill
    • We will have an FF 2009 triage meeting today at 2:30 PDT, #2009, x204
    • We will triage the nominations list here
    • Known Regressions:
      • 391412/400406 – layout regression
      • 400421 – dynamically removing an <area> makes the whole map disappear
      • 400467 – After upgrading to FF 2.0.0.8 Java applets stop working on Vista [Fx 2.0.0.8/JAVA/Vista Issues]
      • 400714 – Flash crashes on Mac have skyrocketed in FF 2008
• TBird 1.5.0.13 – No Report
• TBird 2.0.0.8 – TB2.0.0.8 on hold until this afternoon’s meeting about possible FF 2.0.0.9 firedrill
• TBird 3 – No Report
• Calendar Project - 0.7 release of Lightning (TBird add-on) and Sunbird coming this week
• Fx3.0.m9 - M9 Status: 22 Blockers
  • General focus on blockers and performance
  • Will talk more about post-b1 schedule later this week.
  • Visual Refresh
    • Mac theme ready for initial landing, waiting on unified toolbar
    • Tange theme for Linux rolling
    • Windows theme work should kick off this week.
• Gecko 1.9m9 -
  • 14 Beta Blockers Remaining. 10 have patches!
  • We’ll continue the freeze until all beta blockers have been resolved.

Complete Meeting Notes