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Although Firefox 13 is a long way to go, the development team has mapped out the features they’re looking to integrate. One of them is a panel-based download manager, which would replace the current solution.
Improved user experience is the main reason for this, as the current model is not fully integrated wit... |
13 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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There have been talks about releasing a new version of Firefox this week. This chemspill release should not be too surprising since Firefox 8 and 9 already built up a pattern in this sense.
The purpose of Firefox 10.0.1 is to fix two top issues that could not wait until the launch of the future major version. One of... |
10 February 2012
03:43 GMT |
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Firefox 10 has been released at the end of January and we’ve all seen the new features it offers. However, the performance of the web browser, compared to the previous version, also changed, for the better, as you can see from the results of our testing. We compared Firefox 10 and 9 in Kraken JavaScript benchm... |
6 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Mozilla finished migrating the code to Aurora, and, as a result, what’s to turn into Firefox 12 stable on April 24, is now available for download. It brings to the table some interesting features, which, hopefully, will not be pushed back and will move to more stable versions of the web browser.
One important ... |
3 February 2012
12:51 GMT |
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The official release notes were not available at the moment we wrote about the availability of the Firefox 10 binaries on their servers. Now they're out. Overall, there are no surprises, but apart from introducing new features the developer also solved a set of issues.
However, some of the bugs have not been el... |
1 February 2012
04:17 GMT |
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In the release notes accompanying Firefox 10 Final for Mac OS X, Mozilla has confirmed that users will (or should) no longer experience crashes when closing a tab with a Java applet installed. Growl integration, however, still needs more work to behave properly.
The changelog for Firefox 10.0 was published yesterday... |
1 February 2012
02:58 GMT |
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The final version of Firefox 10 is up for grabs, despite the lack of an official announcement from Mozilla, the authors of the popular web browser. We’ve grown accustomed to Mozilla’s modus operandi - the binary is always made available before the official announcement hits the wires. There’s no ch... |
31 January 2012
03:27 GMT |
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Some of you may have noticed that the stable version of Firefox 10 is already available for download on Softpedia. As usual, Mozilla made the binaries available on their servers prior to the official launch, accompanied by the release notes for this version.
The highlights for this release revolve around add-ons, as... |
31 January 2012
02:45 GMT |
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Starting with Firefox 10, Mozilla will start delivering hotfixes for its web browser, via an add-on, in order to have fewer full updates pushed to users.
Firefox beta users are the first testers of the feature, as Mozilla pushes today an automatically downloaded test add-on. The component is visible in the Add-ons... |
21 January 2012
05:07 GMT |
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Firefox 10 b4 is now available for download. And it looks like this build is also very close to entering the release candidate stage and then become the new stable release, as development stages have already been marked towards this end.
Code freezing for Firefox 10 is scheduled for January 20, while the release can... |
12 January 2012
07:02 GMT |
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The latest beta build of Firefox (b2) has been floating on the Internet for about a week now, having been spotted on Mozilla’s servers around December 29. However, since release, Mozilla has received over 11,000 crash reports for Firefox 10 B2, peaking at over 5K in 24 hours. The development team has not yet f... |
4 January 2012
12:21 GMT |
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IceCat 9.0.1, an Internet Browser based on Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1, has just been announced by its developer, Giuseppe Scrivano. The fact that GNU IceCat is based on Mozilla Firefox means that every modification and feature in the later is automatically transposed in this one, Therefore, GNU IceCat features:&middo... |
29 December 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Firefox 10 beta has just rolled out, officially, after spending a brief period of time on Mozilla’s servers as a release candidate. Bug fixing is the focus of this build, but some new elements have also been introduced. The new stuff available in this release includes a hidden “forward” button, unt... |
23 December 2011
04:04 GMT |
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Mozilla has rolled out the latest stable version of its immensely popular web browser, Firefox. Available immediately for all supported platforms, including Mac OS X, Firefox 9 delivers a few Mac-specific enhancements, and some improved JavaScript performance.Firefox 9 adds Type Inference, which significantly improve... |
20 December 2011
09:10 GMT |
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The stable release for Firefox 9 is scheduled for today and it seems like the launch is in straight line, as Mozilla’s FTP location for releases has been updated with a copy of Firefox 9.
As we reported on Saturday, a release candidate for the soon-to-be-officially-launched Firefox 9 was spotted on Mozilla&rsq... |
20 December 2011
03:25 GMT |
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It's nothing official, but Mozilla is definitely ready to move to Firefox 9 as they uploaded a candidate for the stable release of this version. You can download it straight from their FTP server. Officially still in beta channel, Firefox 9 is scheduled to become stable on December 20, when the code migration f... |
17 December 2011
06:25 GMT |
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There is a reason Mozilla announces the release of a product days after uploading it to their servers. And that reason is that testing is still performed and that finding a serious issue would force the company from shipping the product to end-users (these can be viewed as release candidates).And this is exactly what... |
19 November 2011
07:12 GMT |
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It’s been a little over a week since Mozilla released the stable version for Firefox 8. Today they rolled out version 8.0.1 of the web browser. It is not yet available officially, but they already uploaded it to their servers. There are no release notes accompanying it, but given that it is a minor build, we s... |
16 November 2011
09:31 GMT |
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The first beta for Firefox 9 has been released and the features it brings to the table should not come as a surprise, as they’ve been touted since this version was in Aurora development stage. But in this version everything is more fine-tuned.Type Inference is now part of this build, all brushed up and ready to... |
11 November 2011
03:44 GMT |
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Firefox 9 beta has just been released and Mozilla already started the work for version 11 of the browser. Of course, it is a nightly build that has undergone no testing yet, but the bits are out there, as the code has been put together. The set of features planned for this release includes integration of web apps t... |
10 November 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Mozilla Firefox 8.0 Stable has just been officially announced, with features touted to make browsing easier. The most prominent additions are the integrated Twitter search, on-demand tab loading and disabling the installation of third party add-ons without the user’s consent.The heavy artillery in this edition ... |
8 November 2011
15:59 GMT |
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With the official release less than a day away, Mozilla has already unveiled an unofficial version of Firefox 8 Stable. The newest browser package is available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
However, it looks like the latest release is not exactly the final build, since the “firstrun” page still w... |
7 November 2011
03:17 GMT |
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Mozilla just announced that the mass notifications for users working with Firefox 3.6.x it had planned for today is postponed to a date yet to be announced.The developer made clear that there are no implications at support levels and it does not mean Firefox 3.6 has reached end of life. It simply means that users of ... |
6 October 2011
16:52 GMT |
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Although Mozilla is yet to post Version 7-Final publicly, the latest stable version of the Firefox web browser is now available for download by Mac users.Featuring no visible changes from the RC build rolled out last week and sporting no Mac-specific enhancements whatsoever, Firefox 7 is indeed as fast as Mozilla pro... |
27 September 2011
03:28 GMT |
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Mozilla is pushing out the latest beta-grade Firefox with an RC designation stuck to it, confirming that version 7 Final (Release) will launch publicly on Tuesday, September 27.Mozilla confirmed in a blog post today that the company has a release candidate for the next version of the popular web browser, confirming t... |
22 September 2011
03:45 GMT |
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Mozilla is making available two new security-strengthened versions of Firefox for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, advising all customers to update immediately. The releases revoke the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance.An entry over at the Mozilla Dev Center posted by Christian Leg... |
7 September 2011
07:36 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn of fake emails purporting to be Firefox update notifications and directing recipients to a password-stealing trojan.The emails bear a subject of "New version released" and have their header spoofed to appear as if they were sent from a @firefox.com email address. The contained me... |
8 August 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Mozilla quietly released a new beta version of their popular web browser today, including a build for end users running Mac OS X.
Preliminary tests show that the fourth beta of Firefox 6.0 is significantly faster than previous beta builds.
Whether it’s Mozilla we should credit, or the latest version of Ap... |
2 August 2011
10:49 GMT |
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Two workarounds have been included in a new version of Firefox, the popular open source web browser from Mozilla, following the discovery of one issue that caused the application to misbehave under OS X 10.7 Lion, and another that caused the Java plugin to fail to load.
Scheduled to debut sometime this month, OS X... |
13 July 2011
04:00 GMT |
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Firefox 5 has been available for about two weeks now. It's the first release under the new rapid development cycle at Mozilla and was pushed as a security update for Firefox 4. It shouldn't be much of a surprise then that Firefox 5 already has a bigger market share than the Firefox 4 it's replacing.
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4 July 2011
09:46 GMT |
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Hardly surprising, but Google Chrome has continued its steady, though recently somewhat slower, rise, gaining even more users, while Firefox and Internet Explorer's market share slips away slowly. Granted, it's going to be a while before Chrome becomes a threat to Firefox, depending on who's numbers yo... |
1 July 2011
11:31 GMT |
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Mozilla is undergoing a lot of changes, with the switch to a rapid release cycle comes a whole new philosophy at the organization. Not only the way the browser is built changes, but the long term plans have to adjust as well. And considering the whole enterprise Firefox controversy, it's probably a good a time a... |
28 June 2011
08:41 GMT |
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A controversy has been brewing over the weekend, a foreseeable one, but a controversy nonetheless. When it became clear that Firefox 4 will not be getting any security patches beyond 4.0.1 and that it will be replaced by Firefox 5 and then by Firefox 6 and so on, enterprise users cried foul.While the rapid release cy... |
27 June 2011
10:31 GMT |
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This one was fast! All Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) users can now update their favorite web browser to the latest version, Firefox 5, officially released yesterday (June 21st). The new and improved Mozilla Firefox 5 web browser has been made available for download a few days ago on Mozilla's trusted FTP sites, ... |
22 June 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Mozilla has quietly released the final version of Firefox 5.0 ahead of schedule with support for CSS transitions, enhanced compatibility with HTML5 and its Canvas mode, a Do Not Track option, and more.The new Firefox, available for Mac, Windows and Linux users alike, is set to debut tomorrow, June 21, 2011.Mozilla, h... |
20 June 2011
03:41 GMT |
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Firefox 6 (Alpha) has been released through the Aurora channel for Mac OS X packing a ton of new features, including an all-new add-ons manager, new options for Panorama, advanced HTML5 support, a handful of new developer tools, and a Permission Manager window that gives users the ability to set different options for... |
28 May 2011
14:32 GMT |
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Mozilla has released the first ‘rapid release’ Firefox 5.0 beta to the mainstream with performance and stability enhancements, support for the new CSS Animations standard, and a new channel switcher for those actively testing separate builds in parallel.
The software company recently introduced Aurora,... |
23 May 2011
04:06 GMT |
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Following the release of Firefox 4, Mozilla is moving to a more rapid release development cycle to deliver an overall better web browser to Mac, Windows, and Linux users alike. A new beta version will soon be available with new features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements. Why? Bec... |
17 May 2011
08:15 GMT |
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The next major version of Flash Player, which is currently in beta stage, will leverage APIs already supported in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer to allow clearing Flash Local Shared Objects (LSOs) directly from inside the browsers.LSOs are containers where Flash applications can store various pieces of informa... |
5 May 2011
13:32 GMT |
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Mozilla is transitioning to a new fast release cycle, with a new Firefox version coming out every six weeks. It's been going well so far, but it's still in the early stages and there's plenty that can go wrong and plenty to test. Mozilla is now asking users to help with testing a crucial feature of the... |
5 May 2011
09:20 GMT |
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A new version of Mozilla’s popular web browser has been released in the wild containing important security fixes for avid users of the application, including those surfing the web on a Macintosh computer.
Firefox 4.0.1 fixes security issues found in previous versions of Firefox 4, as well as stability issues... |
29 April 2011
07:34 GMT |
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Firefox is the second most used browser in the world, after Internet Explorer, so when a new version is launched people are going to be interested in what prompted this move from Mozilla and what are the major differences between the latest version, 4.0 and the 3.x series.First impressionsMost likely, there's go... |
7 April 2011
10:05 GMT |
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The team behind the popular desktop browser Firefox has just announced the availability of Firefox 4 for Android. The application made the jump from release candidate to final version in just one week. According to Mozilla, Firefox 4 is up to three times faster than the WebKit stock browser that is delivered with all... |
29 March 2011
13:22 GMT |
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Firefox 3.6.x will continue to be maintained with security and stability updates for a short period of time, according to Mozilla, therefore all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 4, the software vendor said. The 3.5 branch is set to become obsolete even sooner.Soon to be ‘discontinued’ n... |
23 March 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Firefox 4 set the world aglow when it officially launched yesterday. And Mozilla says it is “faster, easier and more awesome than ever”. Considering it is the favorite browser of millions of users making up for more than 20% of the market, placed between Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, it better be. ... |
23 March 2011
13:10 GMT |
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Firefox 4 has reached 'Final' status. Although its authors are yet to make the proper introductions, fans of the open source web browser are downloading the most stable build of Firefox 4 from Mozilla’s FTP servers as you are reading these lines.
Firefox 4 sports, among many enhancements, an adjust... |
21 March 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Ladies and gentlemen, Mozilla has finally made available for download the latest and stable version of the highly anticipated Mozilla Firefox 4.0 web browser for Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported! Yes! The final version of Firefox 4 is finally here, an... |
21 March 2011
04:24 GMT |
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Mozilla has released Firefox 4.0 RC for all supported platforms, including Mac OS X, bringing the browser inches close to its final release.
According to a post on The Mozilla Blog, “Mozilla Firefox 4 for Windows, Mac and Linux has exited the beta cycle and is now available as a release candidate in more tha... |
10 March 2011
04:53 GMT |
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This weekend Mozilla rolled out the final beta in the Firefox 4.0 development cycle, confirming via its Director of Platform Engineering, Damon Sicore, that a Firefox 4.0 RC (release candidate) is up next.
Released to the public late last week, Firefox 4.0 Beta 12 further addresses the browser’s performance... |
28 February 2011
02:51 GMT |
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Mozilla has rolled out the eleventh beta in the Firefox 4 branch for all supported platforms, including Mac OS X. This beta adds support for the proposed Do Not Track ("DNT") header, and shows connection status messages in a small overlay. In addition, Mozilla says the default homepage design has been refreshed as we... |
8 February 2011
09:45 GMT |
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