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Internet Explorer is not what it used to be. Firefox, but also additional rival browser such as Safari and Google Chrome, have eroded Microsoft’s dominance on the browser market. IE is left struggling even after the release of Internet Explorer 8 this year and with no end in sight to its downward trajectory. T... |
20 November 2009
10:02 GMT |
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For a non-profit organization, the Mozilla Foundation is doing pretty well financially, better than many for-profit web companies are doing these days. The organization has released some financial details for 2008, saying that revenue has reached $79 million percent in the last year, up five percent from the previou... |
20 November 2009
09:20 GMT |
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Mozilla seems to have hit a sweet spot with Personas, the theme engine add-on for Firefox and Thunderbird. While the browser had customization options before and themes support from the early stages, most people weren't using them, either because they found it complicated or found the selection of themes was ra... |
19 November 2009
07:41 GMT |
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Mozilla's Jetpack project is starting to leave the experimental phase and become a major project for the organization. Following on the footsteps of another Mozilla Labs project Personas, Jetpack now has its very own online gallery to showcase the “Jetpacks” created so far. It was bound to happen so... |
12 November 2009
03:24 GMT |
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Mozilla has issued a new version of the 3.6 branch of its popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 for Mac OS X is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and us... |
11 November 2009
06:34 GMT |
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Mozilla is more than just the organization behind Firefox. The browser still gets all the attention, but the Mozilla Foundation is working on several fronts related to the web and web development. In fact, the organization has recently launched the Mozilla Developer Network to create a useful resource for the many de... |
10 November 2009
09:42 GMT |
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The guys over at Mozilla kicked off not too long ago the Mozilla Creative Collective’s “Firefox Goes Mobile” design challenge, and recently announced that the contest got itself a winner. According to the company, the winner is “Pocketfox,” by Yaroslaff Chekunov, who is based in Krasnoda... |
10 November 2009
08:36 GMT |
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Firefox is turning five today, a nice, round number for the browser that has been a central component in forming the web as we know it today. Launched on November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 was an experimental branch of the Mozilla project with some pretty big goals, to challenge Internet Explorer's complete dominance... |
9 November 2009
07:26 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs has released the latest version of the upcoming extension, platform Jetpack 0.6. The latest iteration of the still-experimental API brings just a couple of new features, like the new preference system and the possibility to create and modify menus, but also a big number of bug fixes polishing up the exis... |
9 November 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs is working on several interesting projects at a time. Some graduate and become integral parts of Firefox, like Personas, but others are more long-run projects. One of them, Mozilla Weave, has the potential to change the way we use browsers and the web, but for now it's still pretty much in the early... |
6 November 2009
10:01 GMT |
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Firefox is always evolving and adding new features and changes to the functionality. Most of the times developers try to do the best they can to meet the users' needs, but usually there isn't enough data to really know in what direction to move next. This is why Mozilla has introduced the Test Pilot program... |
5 November 2009
09:07 GMT |
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The people at Mozilla have released a new version of their popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Although still in beta, Firefox 3.6 (revision 1) is the latest development milestone of the next version of the Firefox web browser, and is considered to be stable and safe to use for daily web browsing.Mozilla does note,... |
31 October 2009
05:16 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5 is already a few months “old” and Mozilla is gearing up to launch its follow-up, Firefox 3.6. This latest version is only a small evolution nowhere near the number of updates and new features that 3.5 had but it's still more than just a bug-fixing release. Now, the first Firefox 3.6 beta ... |
31 October 2009
04:46 GMT |
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Firefox has seen a wave of new users recently and the number of active monthly users has increased by 30 million over the past two months. This interesting piece of information came straight from Mozilla, more specifically from the CEO of the Mozilla Corporation himself, John Lilly. According to ZDNet UK, this was c... |
28 October 2009
08:07 GMT |
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Mozilla has released two new versions of its popular, cross-platform web browser, Firefox. Branches 3.5 and 3.0 have been updated with security fixes, stability tweaks, as well as new abilities and other enhancements. Mozilla Firefox versions 3.5.4 and 3.0.15 are immediately available for download right here, on Soft... |
28 October 2009
04:54 GMT |
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While Mozilla developers and contributors are putting the finishing touches on the Firefox 3.6 beta, the current versions of the popular browser are still getting their share of the attention with the release of Firefox 3.5.4 and Firefox 3.0.15 from the only two currently supported branches. They come with the usual ... |
28 October 2009
04:07 GMT |
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Firefox has always been about choice and customization. One of the greatest appeals of the browser was the possibility to alter the look and feel and add new functionality with user-created extensions. One component of the customization process has been the option to use different themes to change how the browser loo... |
27 October 2009
12:17 GMT |
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The wait for the first Beta build of Firefox 3.6 is over. Mozilla has confirmed officially that it will push Firefox 3.6 out of Alpha and into Beta tomorrow, October 28th, 2009. In this regard, the successor of Firefox 3.5 advances to the next step in its evolution, although the beta stage should have come earlier ac... |
27 October 2009
12:16 GMT |
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The latest iteration of Mozilla's Firefox web browser is scheduled to be released in beta in a few days but one issue has split people involved with Firefox development. The upcoming Firefox 3.6 doesn't bring too many new features and is a very small evolutionary step. As such Mozilla's Firefox directo... |
22 October 2009
10:23 GMT |
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In just a matter of years, Firefox has risen to become the number 2 browser on the market, even in the context of Microsoft’s Windows monopoly. But while the focus on the Internet/Cloud continues to increase, the relevance and importance of browsers in end user scenarios becomes critical. Mozilla, just as other... |
19 October 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Mozilla, the not-for-profit organization behind the Firefox browser, is already working on a browser for mobile phones, which is called Fennec. Available at the moment for download for Maemo devices, in a Beta 4 flavor, and for Windows Mobile-powered ones, in an Alpha 1 version, the browser will also come to Google&#... |
19 October 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Mozilla's new web-based service that checks if plugins installed in Firefox are up to date will be expanded in the future to support other browsers as well. The move shows that Mozilla cares about the security of all Web users and not just its own, company officials say.Plugins are used to integrate functionalit... |
16 October 2009
10:46 GMT |
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Google is not in any rush to adapt its open-source browser to the latest iteration of the Windows client. While Mozilla has already tailored the first Beta development milestone of Firefox 3.6 to Windows 7, the Mountain View-based search giant will not make the current Stable and Beta development milestones play nice... |
16 October 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Browser makers are on somewhat of an arms race trying to one-up each other with new useful or just plain fun features. The developers can't go all out in most cases of course, as there is still this little thing called web standards to consider but there are plenty of places left for innovation. Mozilla's u... |
13 October 2009
03:48 GMT |
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WebGL, a technology that will add hardware-accelerated 3D graphics capabilities to web sites and web browsers, is starting to pick up steam and is already seeing early experimental adoption in some of the major browsers. The Webkit HTML engine was the first to introduce support for WebGL almost a month ago followed s... |
9 October 2009
03:42 GMT |
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There is an ongoing battle between website owners and makers of ad-blocking add-ons or similar products. SkipScreen is a Firefox add-on designed to make it easier for users to download files from free hosting sites like Rapidshare, Zshare and the likes by skipping through all of the unnecessary steps and through the ... |
8 October 2009
06:02 GMT |
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Mozilla has just released a new version of its Firefox customization extension Personas. The feature allows users to change the look of their browser with easy to install themes from a gallery that now boasts close to 30,000 models to choose from. Personas 1.3 introduces the possibility to automatically change the th... |
5 October 2009
06:08 GMT |
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September saw a number of interesting shifts in the browser market with IE plummeting to 65.7 percent, its lowest percentage since Netscape was still a viable option, dropping 1.3 percent in just one month. The decline is also one of the biggest drops in over a year. Meanwhile, Firefox had one of the best months in r... |
3 October 2009
07:15 GMT |
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Google looks like it's waging a “translation war” against Facebook. Earlier this week the social network revealed a translation program for third-party websites using Facebook Connect. Google then retaliated with a new translation gadget for websites and is now taking things a step further by showing... |
2 October 2009
06:59 GMT |
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The Google Chrome Frame is seeing another round of criticism but this time it isn't from Microsoft, but from another browser maker – one that has historically had a much better relationship with Google – Mozilla. Mike Shaver, Mozilla's VP of engineering, has some very real concerns about the Fra... |
2 October 2009
03:16 GMT |
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Mozilla's messaging add-on experiment has reached its third iteration with the release of Snowl 0.3. The add-on aims to unify online conversations no matter where their original source is, be it an RSS or Atom feed or Twitter. The latest version brings an experience better integrated with Firefox and also makes ... |
21 September 2009
06:36 GMT |
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It looks like support for the upcoming web 3D graphics project WebGL is building up fast, as, just one week after it made its way into Webkit's latest experimental source-code releases, Mozilla Firefox 3.7 nightly builds also sport the new feature. The project is still pretty much in the early stages and still h... |
21 September 2009
03:21 GMT |
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It took a little longer than the previous one to bake but the new version of Mozilla's Jetpack add-on framework for Firefox is now live and brimming with new features. Maybe not exactly brimming but the ones that are included make the wait worth while for developers and users alike. Jetpack 0.5's biggest n... |
12 September 2009
03:12 GMT |
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Google Chrome is growing up, fast. While it's still behind the more fully fleshed browsers in some areas, it's catching up and, at the rate it's developing, Chrome may just become the most feature-rich web browser out there, sooner than you think. Hot on the trail of several improved features, Google h... |
10 September 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Mozilla updated all supported versions of its web browser, Firefox, bringing the older branch to 3.0.14 and the latest version to 3.5.3. Both were security and bug-fixing updates, so there's nothing too exiting about them, but you should update to the latest version as soon as possible. You are also encouraged t... |
10 September 2009
02:56 GMT |
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While working on upcoming releases of its open source browser, such as versions 3.6 and 3.7, Mozilla is also continuing to ensure the evolution of current support variants. Starting today, September 9, 2009, users will be able to download Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14. In a Firefox / Gecko Development Meeting on S... |
9 September 2009
12:24 GMT |
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Mozilla announced on Friday the availability of the latest release of its browser for Windows Mobile-powered handsets, namely Fennec 1.0 Alpha 3. The fresh iteration of the browser comes around with a series of new features and fixes, including support for a variety of screen resolutions, improved start time, composi... |
5 September 2009
03:22 GMT |
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Announced earlier this year and finally launched last month, Mozilla's Firefox Test Pilot program is kicking off with its first actual test. The study doesn't seem too glamorous, but covers one of the most important and basic elements of a modern browser, the navigational tabs. The idea is to collect data o... |
4 September 2009
08:26 GMT |
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August was an interesting month for the browser market, with all competitors seeing significant changes in their overall share, for better or for worse. According to numbers from Net Applications, Mozilla Firefox saw a big rise of 0.8 percent in August almost matching its highest market share in history, while Intern... |
1 September 2009
11:35 GMT |
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Mozilla released the newest version of its, arguably, biggest addition to the Firefox web browser, the online add-on gallery. The new AMO 5.0.9 comes with a bunch of new or improved features, which could really change the way users discover new add-ons with “Recommendations” and “Collections,”... |
29 August 2009
06:45 GMT |
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Despite the very short release schedule, the people at Mozilla Labs always manage to get a significant number of new features and improvements with every iteration of their projects. The latest version of Mozilla Weave Sync is no exception, with 0.6 bringing a greatly improved and simplified UI as well as better perf... |
28 August 2009
08:41 GMT |
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Firefox 3 has been out for over a year now and Firefox 3.5 is closing in in two months, yet a lot of people are still using the old Firefox 2. Mozilla set out to find what is keeping these users from upgrading and the results were surprising, though very legitimate. The main reason why users hold on to their old brow... |
27 August 2009
03:43 GMT |
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FoxyTunes, the music-focused add-on for Firefox, has been adding a great number of features since it was acquired by Yahoo in early 2008. What started out as a way of controlling your media player inside the browser has grown into a full-blown music search and discovery service. The latest version adds another dimens... |
21 August 2009
10:02 GMT |
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Just as Google released its latest developer channel build of the Chrome web browser sporting brand-new bookmark syncing capabilities, Mozilla also provided an update on the short-term and long-term development focus of its own synchronizing technology, Weave. Mozilla Weave 0.5 was launched just a short while ago an... |
18 August 2009
12:03 GMT |
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Google is pushing hard with development of its web browser Google Chrome with three consecutive development branches and reaching version 4.0 in the dev channel. Not that version numbers mean that much to Google developers. While Chrome still has some way to go before becoming a fully functioning browser, it’s ... |
18 August 2009
04:23 GMT |
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Firefox is now the second most popular web browser in the world, with a roughly 20 percent share of the market, no small feat considering that just a few years ago most users didn't even know other browsers besides Internet Explorer existed. It still has a lot of potential growth ahead of it, though, but, with f... |
17 August 2009
05:20 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 8 bests Firefox 3, Chrome 2, Opera 10 and Safari 4 when it comes down to the effectiveness of the security features designed to protect end users against socially engineered malware and phishing. With the advent if IE8, Microsoft kicked up a notch the anti-phishing capabilities that were delivered b... |
14 August 2009
09:11 GMT |
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After years of veiled and even outspoken criticism from browser makers and many web developers, Microsoft has decided to start supporting the proposed HTML 5 standard in its Internet Explorer web browser. While known for its spotty support of even ratified standards, Internet Explorer has been moving in the right dir... |
8 August 2009
07:30 GMT |
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Mozilla has released yet another alpha build of its powerful web browser for Mac, Windows and Linux, Firefox. Version 3.6 Alpha 1 is immediately available for free download on machines running Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Alpha and Beta builds of Mac software are not to be relied upon. Readers download and use such builds... |
8 August 2009
06:21 GMT |
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