Firefox update issued for video-related bug

Mozilla issues an update that fixes a bug that prevented the Windows MediaPlayer plug-in from being recognized.

Dawn Kawamoto Former Staff writer, CNET News

Dawn Kawamoto covered enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News.

Dawn Kawamoto

Aug. 3, 2006 9:37 a.m. PT

A week after releasing a to its popular Firefox browser, Mozilla on Wednesday issued another update to address a bug in that fix.

Firefox 1.5.0.6 fixes a bug that prevented the Windows MediaPlayer plug-in from being recognized. Without recognition of the MediaPlayer plug-in, users would not be able to view video while using Firefox.