Firefox Flaw

Four days after releasing version 2.0.0.10 of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla Corp. has to scramble to release another update. For the first time, Mozilla has issued two updates to fix Firefox bugs in one week.


Firefox to Fix 'Canvas' Problem
Just four days after releasing version 2.0.0.10 of Firefox 2.0 to fix six known bugs, browser developers at Mozilla Corp had to scramble to push out another update. Version 2.0.0.11 was released, last Monday, to fix a new known bug that caused problems when the browser was rendering "canvas" HTML elements. Mozilla released the update last Friday, marking the first time Mozilla has issued two updates to the open-source browser in one week.

The most recent canvas problems were detailed last week by Mozilla, which said at the time is expected to have an update out by last Friday.

The Canvas elements were first used by Apple Inc. in its Safari browser to allow web designers to dynamically render bitmap images in HTML. Microsoft Internet Explorer does this with a plug-in, but Firefox, Safari, and Opera support Canvas natively;

Firefox 2.0.0.10 for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, break pages that include the Canvas element, and cripple at least two Firefox extensions, FoxSaver and Fotofox.

The new version of Firefox is available for free download on the Mozilla website.