The End of Life for Firefox 2

After a new version of Firefox is released, Mozilla typically continues to provide support for previous versions of Firefox for up to 6 months and since Firefox 3 was released on June 16, 2008, that brings us to the 6 month mark thus ending the life cycle of Firefox 2.

Statement from Mozilla:
Mozilla is not planning any further security & stability updates for Firefox 2, and recommends that you upgrade to Firefox 3 as soon as possible. It’s free, and your settings and bookmarks will be preserved.

Also, the Phishing Protection service will no longer be available for Firefox 2 users. Firefox 3 offers a free Phishing and Malware Protection service, which will continue to protect you from online scams and attacks.

As resistant as you might be, I highly recommend that you upgrade to Firefox 3. There have been more than 15,000 ( yes, 15,000) improvements made to Firefox since Firefox 2.
Some of the Firefox add-ons that you use in Firefox 2 will not be compatible with Firefox 3. That has nothing to do with Mozilla. It is individual add-on developers that create Firefox add-ons and so it's up to them on whether or not they decide to maintain their add-ons.

As for me personally, this is a sad day.
Mozilla released Firefox 2 on October 24, 2006 and about a month after that, I was fortunate enough to participate in the Firefox 2 Summit at Mozilla's headquarters in Mountain View California to celebrate the release of Firefox 2 and begin planning for Firefox 3.
I was surrounded by some of the greatest minds on the planet who had all contributed to the development of Firefox 2 in one way or another.

That ranked in my top 10 of the greatest experiences in my life. But, as it is with technology, we must move forward and as an advocate for Mozilla and its mission which is primarily to make and keep the Internet open and accessible to all, I embrace change.

So for you Firefox 2 users, click on Help > Check for Updates.. to get Firefox 3 or download it from here.
All of your bookmarks and other settings will be preserved when you upgrade to Firefox 3.

Thanks for reading.
------- Ken ------
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