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A long time ago (a couple of years ago) the HTML5 video wars, with the patent-encumbered H.264 pitted against the open and Google-backed WebM, were grabbing everyone's attention. Sides were chosen, battles were waged. Things quieted down after an while and it seems, unlikely or not, that the Mozilla-Google group... |
14 March 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Despite the announcement about delaying the launch of Firefox 11, Mozilla managed to release the web browser on the scheduled day. The new revision is now officially available for download.
The modifications available in Firefox 11 include new features, such as importing bookmarks, history and cookies from Google Ch... |
14 March 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Firefox 11 is almost here. There was some uncertainty over whether it was going to be released on time, with a couple of issues holding it back, but Mozilla decided to go ahead with the scheduled release, though the new version won't be pushed via the automated update channels for at least a few more days, meani... |
13 March 2012
12:13 GMT |
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We already reported that the official release of Firefox 11 would be delayed, but the launch date should not be too far away since the new version has been uploaded to Mozilla’s FTP. You can also download it from Softpedia. Johnathan Nightingale, senior director of Firefox Engineering, announced that the updat... |
13 March 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Postponing the release of a new stable version for Firefox is official: Jonathan Nightingale, Senior Director of Firefox Engineering, has announced the decision on Mozilla’s blog. One of the reasons at the root of this choice is Microsoft’s release of their monthly update, which may have a negative impac... |
13 March 2012
06:26 GMT |
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According to their release schedule, Mozilla should offer Firefox 11 stable tomorrow. However, a few problems may delay the launch.
Some of the issues that may deter the development team from delivering Firefox 11 according to the plan, there is the security hole uncovered during the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest. S... |
12 March 2012
10:39 GMT |
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The official website, forum and blog of the Mozilla community from Denmark were breached and defaced by a hacker called Sbkiller, part of the Malaysian Cyb3rs3c Crew.
Cyber War News informs that the hacker didn’t deface the sites’ main pages, instead he added his own webpage to each subdomain of MozillaD... |
5 March 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Not that long ago, Mozilla started working on a new theme system which would make it easier for designers to create new themes for Firefox and easier for users to install them. The project was dubbed Personas and it was a huge success. Now there are tens of thousands of personas and a huge number of people use them.... |
2 March 2012
08:45 GMT |
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The likes of Gmail, as well as Hotmail and Yahoo Mail before that, have conditioned users to the idea that an email client comes with an email address. Gmail is an email service provider, you get an @gmail.com address, it hosts all of your messages and takes care of delivering them to the right people.
But Gmail is... |
29 February 2012
10:01 GMT |
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There's a lot of discussion about privacy and tracking on the web these days. There's plenty of hyperbole, but the issue is real, people generally give up certain amounts of expected privacy to use websites and web services. It's pretty much a given and it's a barter everyone has to make to enjoy ... |
29 February 2012
08:32 GMT |
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Mozilla's drive to build a device and platform agnostic market place for apps is taking shape. It's been working on it for a while and has now announced that it is taking app submissions for the Mozilla Marketplace which is slated to go live sometime later this year.
For now, developers can secure their sp... |
29 February 2012
04:43 GMT |
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Mozilla is providing an update on the McAfee Firefox add-on that was found to cause serious issues. At the time, some Mozilla contributors argued that the add-on should be blocked/blacklisted until the problem was fixed. Such drastic measures are not generally favored by Mozilla, but the foundation has in the past ... |
28 February 2012
05:13 GMT |
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Facebook has announced an initiative that aims to create standards, or at least guidelines for mobile web apps. Facebook, of course, has a huge stake in this as it pushes its mobile web platform.
The idea is to come up with a set of standards for the mobile web aimed specifically at apps that mobile browsers would ... |
27 February 2012
09:56 GMT |
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One of the most important announcements set for next week’s Mobile World Congress involves the launch of a developer device for Mozilla’s Boot 2 Gecko mobile platform. Whether the device will actually be released or not, it remains to be seen; one thing that is certain at the moment, however, is the fact... |
25 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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LG Electronics might be the first mobile phone maker in the world to bring to the market a smartphone running under Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko (B2G) platform.
Rumor has it that the handset vendor will announce next week an agreement with Mozilla for the release of a developer device powered by the new OS.
Boo... |
24 February 2012
01:42 GMT |
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The fourth beta for Firefox 11 is planned for release tomorrow, but the build is readily available for download at the moment. Mozilla plans to push to the old beta testers the latest beta revision of their web browser through the automatic updates system, which is normally used for minor updates, on Friday.
As a re... |
23 February 2012
07:40 GMT |
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Mozilla's identity project, BrowserID, is moving forward and now it's got a new name, one that will feel familiar to Firefox users nonetheless, Mozilla Persona. Persona will be the name of the user-facing service offered by Mozilla which enables users to manage their online identities, profiles and accounts... |
23 February 2012
06:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has made a big announcement regarding its open web apps platform, it is going to start taking submissions from developers. That means that devs can start getting their web apps ready for distribution in the Mozilla Marketplace."Today, we are incredibly proud to announce that the Mozilla Marketplace will open ... |
22 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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The Jetpack project has long left the experimental label behind and the Mozilla Add-ons SDK, as it is now known, has now reached version 1.5. It's been getting small updates and improvements for a while now, but what makes this latest release special is support for mobile extensions, something that developers an... |
22 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Mozilla is working on a rather interesting set of developer tools for Firefox. It's expanding with each new Firefox as more components are added. A JavaScript debugger is now on its way, promising to be a big improvement over the existing tools. The new debugger is far from ready, but the code is now part of th... |
20 February 2012
11:21 GMT |
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Add-ons are a great way of expanding the functionality of a browser as well as adding features that would only interest a few people. Unfortunately, add-ons are also one of the easiest ways of slowing down your browser, adding instability, memory usage and so on.Mozilla is in a delicate position when it comes to add-... |
18 February 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Firefox's Download Manager has been in need of attention for years. It's been ignored by the developers so far though, but thankfully users have had add-ons like Download Status bar to replace the default manager. However, Mozilla has been working on a replacement, a rather interesting one at that.
The new... |
18 February 2012
11:51 GMT |
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Firefox 10.0.2 includes a bunch of Mac-only fixes for customers using Mozilla’s popular web browser. The update hit the web yesterday evening, but some customers are only now seeing the update notification pop up.
A bug that plagued beta versions of Firefox 10 for a while now appears to be completely resolved.... |
17 February 2012
09:07 GMT |
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Today, Mozilla has made available for download a new flavor of its Android mobile browser, namely Firefox for Android 10.0.2. We have managed to find the changelog for the new browser version, so have a look at it below. There are no release notes attached to the new app flavor, but it appears that it migh... |
17 February 2012
05:52 GMT |
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The reason that caused this chemspill is a security issue, which, at the moment, remains undisclosed. However, it looks like it’s serious stuff, since the vulnerability was present in all builds and versions of Mozilla's web browser as well as Thunderbird email client. And they really mean every build and... |
17 February 2012
04:41 GMT |
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Mozilla is gearing up for the release of its own mobile operating system, and has just offered some details on the platform.
Dubbed Boot to Gecko (B2G), the platform has been under development since last year, when Mozilla first announced plans to be working on it.
Apparently, the project is advancing nicely, and... |
17 February 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Mozilla has a lot planned for Firefox this year. One thing its working on is a "reader" mode or a "focus mode" as Mozilla calls it. Essentially, it's building into Firefox something that plenty of add-ons have done before.The idea is to surface the actual content on a site and presented in a very readable and ea... |
15 February 2012
16:21 GMT |
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Mozilla has big plans for 2012. While 2011 saw the introduction of Firefox 4 and the brand new user interface created for it, updates and changes were few after that. But there is a big redesign in the works, it's been in the concept stage for a while now.
Work is still being done, but the latest mockups are t... |
14 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
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2011 was a transition year for Mozilla, it moved from its tried and tested, but also slow, release cycle to a much faster one where a new Firefox comes out every six weeks. The move hasn't always been smooth, but Mozilla has worked out most of the kinks. Now, that the wheels are in motion and Firefox adds more ... |
14 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 10 won’t be the only browser that Windows 8 users will be able to enjoy on their devices starting later this year.
Mozilla is also looking into bringing its Firefox browser to Windows 8, and has already offered some details on how it aims to make the move.
However, the company notes that ... |
14 February 2012
08:52 GMT |
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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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Mozilla is finally ready to unveil the Firefox New Tab Page. It's been working on it for a while but the latest iteration is rather new. It's fairly basic too, but Mozilla wants some real world testing so it's enabling it in the Aurora builds for a limited time."We turned the New Tab feature on by defa... |
10 February 2012
17:21 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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Mozilla is toiling away at BrowserID, its attempt at a decentralized identity and login system. It has now announced a major step forward, other entities can now be identity providers, helping a great deal with the "decentralized" part.
"Last week we pushed out a BrowserID feature that gets us closer to the decentra... |
8 February 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has a rather ambitious plan with WebAPI, it wants to enable web apps to leverage capabilities and features exclusive to native apps so far. The idea is to enable applications built with web technologies to access features such as a phone's dialer, the accelerometer or even battery status.It's part o... |
7 February 2012
19:21 GMT |
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The latest Firefox 12 Aurora comes with one small tweak that may even go unnoticed, but it is going to make a lot of difference for a lot of users. Firefox 12 comes with Smooth Scrolling enabled by default.
The technology has been built into Firefox for a long time now, but it has been buried away in the Firefox pre... |
7 February 2012
15:31 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's switch to the rapid release cycle, which sees a new firefox come out every six weeks, has been a rather rough one. By now, most users have adapted to it, there's been no massive decrease in Firefox users and the latest versions usually become the most popular soon after they are released.
But the... |
6 February 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Firefox is a community-driven, or at least helped, project. Steered by Mozilla, a non-profit, Firefox is nonetheless a community effort and contributions are not only welcomed, they're requested.
Contributing to Firefox though, where contributing means code and not donations or anything else, is hard.
That... |
6 February 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Mozilla is working on an interesting addition to the web, push notifications. The idea is to enable websites to notify users of updates even when the users are not visiting the site, the same way a mobile application can notify users of update even if it's not running in the foreground.
The benefits of such a f... |
6 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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After an unwanted delay, SPDY support is finally moving forward in Firefox. The latest Firefox 11 Beta includes support for the updated HTTP developed by Google and already supported by several sites, including most Google sites.SPDY, as the name suggests aims to improve the performance of websites by optimizing HTTP... |
4 February 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Firefox 12 has landed in the Aurora channel, meaning it's the first chance most users get to see it in action. Granted, if you've been using Firefox 11 so far, there's not much to see, the changes, as usual, are incremental.
There's still work to be done, so some changes will land during the six ... |
4 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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With Firefox 10 out the door and Firefox 12 already in the Aurora channel, Firefox 11 was moved up to the Beta channel. Firefox 11 comes with several new features so far, though the emphasis is on developers rather than regular users. Firefox 11 Beta adds Add-ons to the list of settings and data that can be synced t... |
4 February 2012
06:20 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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A couple of years ago Firefox debuted Personas, a simpler way of customizing the look of your browser. Unlike traditional themes which required quite extensive knowledge, Personas were very easy to create.This explains why there are thousands of them available in the online repository. But Mozilla feels that the name... |
3 February 2012
03:11 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that users of Thunderbird 3.1 have until April 24 to migrate to a newer version of the email client, since the old one will no longer be supported. All development will be halted at said date, which means that no security or performance fixes will be provided. Truth be told, Thunderbird 3.1.x i... |
1 February 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 10, Mozilla has also released Thunderbird 10, as always. Apart from the improvements to Gecko 10, which benefit both Thunderbird and Firefox, the email client comes with several specific new features. The most touted addition is the ability to search the web within Thunderbird if you so desire. Th... |
1 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 10, Mozilla has made available the first ever Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox. This version will enjoy support, security patches mainly, for at least one year before a new version is launched.
The idea is to give enterprises and other big organizations a chance to test the browser and ad... |
1 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Together with releasing the stable version for Firefox 10, Mozilla also rolled out the stable build for their email client, Thunderbird.
The list of newly added features for this release is very short and not at all unexpected, taking into consideration that they’ve been advertised in the beta, as well.
As su... |
1 February 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Mozilla started working on a set of built-in developer tools not long ago. Since then, it's been making considerable progress and, with Firefox 10, the tools are now pretty useful.
Firefox 10 debuts a very snazzy looking but also very useful Web Inspector which enables developers to find out more about a page b... |
1 February 2012
06:41 GMT |
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