Firefox drops Places feature; security patch coming soon

APRIL 30, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The open-source Mozilla project this week plans to release an update to its Firefox browser that will fix a publicly disclosed security issue in the software. News of the update came as developers also confirmed that they were dropping a highly anticipated bookmarking feature, called Places, from the next major Firefox release, due later this year.

The Firefox 1.5.0.3 update was scheduled to be delivered Friday, but was delayed, a Mozilla Corp. spokeswoman said.

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