FireFix 1.9 review

FireFix automatically updates Firefox to the latest nightly version.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 370K Developer: Reinhold Penner Price: $0.00 Updated: 21 Apr 2006

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FireFix automatically updates Firefox to the latest nightly version. No user intervention is required, everything is fully automated.

Here are some key features of "FireFix":
Downloads Firefox nightly build from FTP server
Unzips the downloaded file and mounts the disk image
Creates a backup archive of the original application on disk
Copies the new nightly build to its default location
Optionally launches the new version of Firefox
Option to undo latest install and revert to last version
Option to show the change log for past week
Preserves the user's search plugin settings
Makes backups of bookmarks and cookie files
Optionally installs Kevin Gerich's fancy OS X widgets.

What's New:
Updated for new Minefield builds
Re-enabled disk image mounting on OS X 10.3.9 (untested).

Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Applescript 1.8.3 or higher
BSD subsystem installed (default OS X install).