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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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The proposed HTML 5 standard is far from being a done deal but new features are already being added to the list. One of the most exciting ones is 3D hardware acceleration allowing web pages to have native 3D graphics capabilities independent of any proprietary implementation. Industry consortium Khronos Group showcas... |
5 August 2009
10:36 GMT |
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Mozilla announced that its US official store website had been shut down due to a security breach that resulted in costumer data being compromised. GatewayCDI, the third-party vendor operating the site's back-end, is currently investigating the incident. The Mozilla Store website, store.mozilla.com, was launched... |
5 August 2009
07:19 GMT |
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Firefox is all about bringing people together but at the same time about freedom and individuality. From the start the browser has encouraged a collaborative atmosphere with thousands of developers around the world working on the project but, equally important, on the add-ons and all the customizations that have made... |
4 August 2009
05:36 GMT |
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The folks at Mozilla have updated the release notes for the two Firefox branches (3.5 and 3.0), revealing that final versions of the popular web browser are now available for download. As usual, the Mozilla FTP had been listing the releases for quite some time, but only yesterday evening were the two final versions m... |
4 August 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Mozilla has released new versions of its popular web browser used by a billion people across the world on Mac, Windows and Linux. The software is free to download and install on any supported machine. Readers can grab the latest version of Firefox right here on Softpedia. Mozilla has revealed that Firefox 3.5.2 Beta... |
3 August 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Mozilla does have a habit of releasing new versions of some of its projects at a lightning fast pace. This can't be expected for its main products, like Firefox, but for its more experimental projects, from the Mozilla Labs, new versions can come as fast as within a week. And now, almost a month to the day, Moz... |
30 July 2009
03:44 GMT |
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It has already been confirmed that Mozilla is cooking a redesign of the graphical user interface for the next iterations of its open-source browser. Mockups have already been made public for Firefox 3.7 running on top of the Windows operating system. However, Mozilla has now taken it to the next level and unveiled pl... |
28 July 2009
02:52 GMT |
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With much of the focus on Firefox lately, it's easy to forget Mozilla's other important piece of software, the Thunderbird email client. The application has been one of the most popular email desktop clients for some years now, and the release of the upcoming Thunderbird 3 is getting closer with the availab... |
23 July 2009
11:51 GMT |
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The past week, Mozilla released the first patch for Firefox 3.5 concomitantly with the candidates for version 3.0.12 of the mid-2008 release of its open-source browser. As of July 21st, 2009, Mozilla wrapped up Firefox 3.0.12, and the security and stability update is currently available for download. End users runnin... |
22 July 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Firefox development is coming along as planned, with all branches moving forward at a steady pace. Future major releases already have a set time schedule, and feature and design changes are already being proposed, with Firefox 3.6 coming this fall and 3.7 in spring 2010. This, less than a month after the big 3.5 rele... |
22 July 2009
02:40 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5 is barely out the door but development hasn't slowed down at Mozilla, with a bug fixing version, 3.5.1, having just come out and others soon to follow. Meanwhile, work has already started on the upcoming major release, dubbed Firefox.next to avoid the issues that affected 3.1 which became 3.5 after a... |
21 July 2009
11:29 GMT |
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Development on Jetpack, Mozilla's lightweight extension platform for Firefox, is moving at a blistering pace, and, just five days since the last version, Mozilla is launching Jetpack 0.4. You'd think that a work week is hardly enough time to get one feature done, but the new version is actually sporting an ... |
18 July 2009
03:34 GMT |
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A critical security vulnerability in the latest Firefox 3.5 was disclosed a few days ago affecting the Just-in-Time (JIT) JavaScript compiler. The bug could be used by an attacker to execute malicious code if the users visited a site specially designed for this requiring no other interaction from them. Considering th... |
17 July 2009
02:54 GMT |
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The first security and stability update for Firefox 3.5 is now available for download. Firefox 3.5.1 went live on July 16th, 2009 and is currently up for grabs for all users who are running the latest iteration of the open-source browser released in June. According to Mozilla, version 3.5.1 is focused on patching sec... |
17 July 2009
02:46 GMT |
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Firefox has been built from the ground up as an open-source project with user contribution as the driving force. Most of the development on Firefox, especially at the beginning, came from individuals around the world donating their spare time to the project. And while most of them do it out of passion and don't ... |
16 July 2009
09:11 GMT |
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Mozilla's lightweight extensions platform Jetpack is coming along nicely and the latest version was just released less than two months since it was first launched. Jetpack 0.3 comes one month after 0.2 and brings some new functionality as well as a few updates. The project is aimed at making it easier for beginn... |
13 July 2009
03:25 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced a major upgrade of its browser command-line tool Ubiquity, which has now reached version 0.5. The upgrade brings some new features and better internationalization to allow Ubiquity to reach a greater number of users. It’s still a Firefox extension for now but the company plans to integrate... |
9 July 2009
09:25 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5 was shipped to the general public on June 30th, 2009, and now Mozilla is turning its attention to the next iteration of the open-source browser. Upcoming versions of Firefox will share a feature with rivals Chrome and Internet Explorer 8. Essentially Mozilla is looking to implement an enhancement designed... |
8 July 2009
11:09 GMT |
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Mozilla Labs is announcing a new site aimed at web developers showcasing some of the best and most popular open web tools available. The Open Web Tools Directory already hosts a number of tools but, so far, it has provided just some basic information and a link to the homepage for every project. “As we’... |
7 July 2009
11:12 GMT |
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Firefox may be one of the most popular browsers out there but lately it has seen increased competition and in some cases has been outpaced by Chrome, Safari and even Internet Explorer. Firefox 3.5 does bring some innovations but for the most part it had a pretty quiet release. However, there are people working on pus... |
7 July 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Coinciding with the upcoming launch of Firefox 3.5, which should be coming later in the day, Mozilla has released the latest version of its bookmark and browser history synchronizing technology, Weave Sync 0.4.0. This version brings some new features, support for Mozilla's mobile browser, Fennec, on the Maemo Li... |
30 June 2009
09:04 GMT |
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Mozilla is expected to release the final version of Firefox 3.5 tomorrow, following a tumultuous development cycle. After four betas, a preview version and three release candidates the browser is finally ready for the public, six months after it was initially planned. At first designed as a small, incremental relea... |
29 June 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Mozilla has finished wrapping up the third and last Release Candidate build of Firefox 3.5. The first candidates of RC3 were already being offered to testers and now the fully-fledged Release Candidate 3 for the iteration of the open source browser formerly codenamed Shiretoko is available for download.Mozilla referr... |
25 June 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Google has just announced it will begin to integrate its Native Client technology with its Chrome browser but that doesn't mean that it's the only one doing it. In fact Mozilla is already offering a similar technology in its Firefox 3.5 browser. Called TraceMonkey, the technology translates commonly used Ja... |
12 June 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Mozilla introduced Jetpack, an application programming interface designed to permit developers to apply web development technologies and skills to building Firefox add-ons, in May 2009. Since the initial, 0.1 version release of the API, no less than four updates were introduced, focused mainly on resolving bugs with ... |
12 June 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Firefox 3.5's release date is still in the shrouds as more delays have pushed even the Release Candidate version beyond its initial schedule. What's more, an unplanned interim version was released today, dubbed Firefox 3.5 Preview and marked as Beta 99, to act as a stepping stone between Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 ... |
9 June 2009
11:03 GMT |
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On the road to the first Release Candidate build of Firefox 3.5, Mozilla has made available for download a Preview development milestone. The RC iteration of codename Shiretoko, previously Firefox version 3.1, will continue to cook even after the availability of the Preview version, which is designed for the existing... |
9 June 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Dailymotion, one of the biggest video hosting sites in the world, has launched, with support from the Mozilla Foundation, a version of its site that uses only the HTML 5 'video' tag for video playback. This makes it the first large video sharing site to implement the feature and the move will allow users to... |
1 June 2009
05:46 GMT |
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One of Firefox's strongest points and by far its most popular feature is the capability to install user-created add-ons, small applications that improve browsing experience. Add-ons have been a great success both for users but also for developers and now Mozilla wants to make it even easier to make one so it lau... |
26 May 2009
10:56 GMT |
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With Jetpack for Firefox, Mozilla Labs is nothing short of exploring new ways to extend and personalize the web. The project is designed to lend a streamline add-on development for the Firefox open-source browser. Mozilla recognized developers building add-ons for Firefox as a source of innovation on the Internet, nu... |
21 May 2009
08:36 GMT |
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With Firefox 3.5, the successor of Firefox 3.0, users of Mozilla's open-source browser will get not only new bits but also a redesigned icon. Nothing is set in stone at the moment, as the concept for Firefox 3.5's icon continues to evolve, but Alex Faaborg, principal designer on Firefox, did manage to provi... |
19 May 2009
11:12 GMT |
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Mozilla has released a new update to its powerful web browser for Mac, PC and Linux, fixing a critical issue caused by one of the security fixes in Firefox 3.0.9. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2009-23 reveals that users of the HTML Validator add-on were particularly affected. Titled “Crash in nsText... |
28 April 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Mozilla is moving ahead with the development of the next iteration of its open-source browser. But even with Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 just around the corner, Mozilla continues to build new features into the successor of Firefox 3.0. The latest modification to the browser involves the addition of restore closed tabs and win... |
27 April 2009
13:14 GMT |
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Mozilla is currently working its way to Beta 4 of Firefox 3.5, what was until mid-March 2009 Firefox 3.1. With Firefox 3.5 looking like a summer 2009 release with the next Beta scheduled for the coming, Firefox 3.0 is the sole version of the open-source browser still tended to after the support lifeline was cut for F... |
30 March 2009
07:56 GMT |
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Back in 2008, following rivals Microsoft and Google, Mozilla set out to customize the white space associated with a new tab opened in Firefox, in order to put the empty screen real estate place to good use to the advantage of the end user. IE8 and Chrome are long offering various options via new opened tabs. In the s... |
24 March 2009
10:50 GMT |
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Mozilla has finally released into the wild the Beta version of Fennec, which we should admit we were expecting with great interest. Prior to this release, there were some alpha versions available for download as well, yet they lacked the smoothness and stability one would expect to see from a web browser. The new B... |
18 March 2009
11:46 GMT |
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Apple's Downloads section lists the latest update to Mozilla's popular web browser as a “staff pick.” Thanks to a slew of security enhancements, as well as resolved stability issues and new language support, Apple suggests the update is an important one.According to Apple, “The Web is all ... |
9 March 2009
06:29 GMT |
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While on its way to Firefox 3.1 or 3.5, Mozilla made available for download Firefox 3.0.7. Version 3.0.7 of Mozilla's open-source browser is nothing more than a stability and security update designed to resolve issues that survived past the availability of Firefox 3.0.6. Users have the option to either manually ... |
5 March 2009
07:50 GMT |
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It seems that the development team from Mozilla doesn't take a break no matter what. According to the latest news on the Web, they've added another nice feature to the mobile browser, meant to make it work in a similar way to the application we have running on our desktops or laptop PC, namely tab syncing. ... |
25 February 2009
04:02 GMT |
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With the Firefox browser already positioned as an open platform for applications, Mozilla is now experimenting with delivering to developers the accompanying tools and resources necessary to build applications. This is where Bespin comes in. Mozilla Labs put together and launched version 0.1, which it calls a prototy... |
13 February 2009
04:06 GMT |
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Mozilla has made available for download the first release of its open source browser in 2009. Firefox 3.0.6 is now up for grabs, and with the exception of Firefox 3.1, which is still in beta stage, the only option for users who want to continue to use Mozilla's open source browser. As is the case with the update... |
4 February 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Fennec, the Firefox Mobile browser Mozilla has in the works for several mobile phone platforms, including Windows Mobile, was reported last week to soon come out in a Beta version. The web browser was supposed to show up this week on an HTC Touch Pro handset, as the development team announced recently, so that we cou... |
3 February 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Working to satisfy what it referred to as popular demand, the Live Search team has made available an officially supported add-on designed to integrate Live Search with Firefox. The Live Search add-in for the Mozilla open source browser is offered as a free download and was published on the Firefox add-ons repository.... |
30 January 2009
09:32 GMT |
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Mozilla is looking to catalyze innovation when it comes down to user interfaces for browsers. Inviting students to design the next generation browser UI, Mozilla Labs has kicked off Design Challenges as an integral part of its Concept Series. Telling designers to tailor their creations to scenarios in which the &ldqu... |
29 January 2009
08:15 GMT |
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This week, Google drove one of the final nails in the coffin of Firefox 2.0, by discontinuing a service designed to keep users of the now obsolete version of the open source browser safe while browsing. As of January 20, 2009, the Mountain View search giant shut down the Phishing and Malware Protection service that i... |
21 January 2009
08:38 GMT |
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Come Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, which is currently expected early next month, Mozilla will say goodbye to Google for the Russian market. According to Harvey Anderson, VP and general counsel of Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla has divorced its open source browser from search partner Google in favor of a new marriage with Russian... |
19 January 2009
07:35 GMT |
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Customization could be the key to keeping Firefox alive even after the initial installation. At the end of September 2008, Mozilla debuted a new initiative designed to solve the critical retention problem of its open source browser. Impact Mozilla was designed to catalyze third-party contributions to the marketing st... |
28 December 2008
04:54 GMT |
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The Thunderbird development team has recently announced the availability of the Thunderbird 3 Beta 1. At the moment, the release is available for download as a preview of the next major version of the widely known mail client. Thunderbird 3 is promoted as being built upon the Gecko 1.9.1 platform and promises to brin... |
13 December 2008
03:54 GMT |
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This week, we got a chance to sit down and chat with the President of Mozilla Europe, Tristan Nitot. During his speech at Net Camp (Howard Johnson Bucharest Hotel, Bucharest, Romania), Nitot pleaded for open environments and less egocentric development in order to have a better, and faster-growing Internet.Following ... |
4 December 2008
15:27 GMT |
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