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Firefox 10 is now available for download and should be pushed via the update channel to all Firefox users over the next few days. The latest release brings a number of features, though regular users will only notice some small tweaks and changes, like the removal of the forward button, unless it's needed.
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1 February 2012
04:57 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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Firefox 10, which is set to debut any minute now, comes with several new features that will appeal to both regular users and developers. But one in particular should have a huge effect on how Firefox is used and updated, add-ons will be marked as compatible by default, meaning that a new Firefox version won't bl... |
31 January 2012
12:31 GMT |
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You may remember that last month Mozilla was having trouble with Firefox, it failed to build in certain situations as the linker would hit the virtual address space limit of 3GB, on Windows. Unable to secure more memory, the linking process would fail, leaving developers unable to build binaries. This was a serious... |
31 January 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Firefox 10 is about to land. One of the new features that Mozilla is boasting about is support for the Fullscreen API, part of the HTML5 standard. At this point, Firefox, Chrome and Safari all support the feature, meaning that developers can start leveraging it in their web apps.
"One thing which has been very impor... |
31 January 2012
08:03 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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Mozilla's Asa Dotzler has announced that Firefox will be dropping support for Windows 2000 and pre-SP2 Windows XP, starting with Firefox 13. New releases will only work on Windows XP SP2+, as well as on Vista and Windows 7.Mozilla has had to drop support for these older operating systems in order to be able to s... |
30 January 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Mozilla has been working on a new tab page for ages now, slowly evolving the feature. But it has done it in the separate UX branch, created by the Mozilla user experience team to test out ideas and design.
The UX branch is separate from the main Firefox branches as well as from the regular release and build cycle. I... |
30 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Google is working on all fronts to make the web faster. It's constantly optimizing its websites and services to squeeze out every last inch of performance, but it's also working on improving the underlying architecture of the web. One project that attempts this is SPDY a version of the HTTP protocol built w... |
27 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Google is not the only one working on its own programming language. Mozilla is doing the same and has now debuted the first public release of a compiler and associated set of tools for the Rust programming language.Rust aims to be similar to C and C++, in which Firefox itself is built, at least from a syntax point of... |
26 January 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Mozilla is working on the delivery of a new flavor of their Firefox for Android mobile browser, one that would bring along a very important feature, namely a Native UI.
The company has been working on this release for the past several months, and is readying the beta version of the browser now.
The Native UI Fir... |
26 January 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Mozilla is testing an interesting new feature in the upcoming Firefox 10, now in beta, the ability to fix issues and release patches of sorts via an add-on rather than a full browser update.
It's easy to see the advantages of this, even Firefox's semi-automated update process involves a lot of hassle and o... |
23 January 2012
09:51 GMT |
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Mozilla is planning to add a 'reset' button to Firefox. The idea is to enable users to repair their Firefox install or revert to a default state, while also retaining their data, bookmarks, history and so on. Work is underway on implementing the feature, which will be accessible in several ways.
"There are... |
19 January 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Mozilla has joined the fray and is implementing a blackout of the entire Mozilla.org site in protest of SOPA and PIPA, the two ill-conceived anti-piracy laws that threaten the very fabric of the internet. Mozilla.org is one of the top 10 websites in the world and joins Wikipedia.org, another top 10 site, in implem... |
18 January 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has always been more than Firefox, but the organization is about to spread out even more this year. Mozilla is working on several things that should make the web better for users, but they are not strictly related to Firefox.
What's more, they mean that the organization will be venturing into new thin... |
16 January 2012
08:11 GMT |
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The Thunderbird team has announced that there will be an extended support release of the email client, just like the one for Firefox.
Thunderbird ESR will be supported for one year with security updates enabling companies, organizations and institutions to have time to test the software to make sure it complies wit... |
12 January 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that it will be releasing an Extended Support Release build of Firefox. The decision has been made and Firefox 10 will be the first ESR. This release will be supported for a year, more or less, at which point a new ESR will be made available, Firefox 17.There are still some minor details to work... |
10 January 2012
16:10 GMT |
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Hardcore Thunderbird users, and even less addicted ones, are already familiar with Lightning, Mozilla’s extension for offering a calendar in their email client.
Lightning 1.0 has been introduced in Thunderbird 8.0 as an integrated add-on, back in November, 2011. However, a new edition, Lightning 1.2b1, is alre... |
9 January 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Firefox 10 has been in the beta channel for a couple of weeks now and is well underway to becoming the next Firefox. One of the big new features in the upcoming release, not so much from a technical point of view but from an impact point of view, is add-on compatibility.
Essentially, most if not all add-ons will be ... |
6 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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For many Mozilla equals Firefox, but the organization is working on a lot more. One of the most ambitious projects is Boot 2 Gecko, which is still in the early stages, an operating system based on the Gecko rendering and layout engine used by Firefox, Thunderbird and all Mozilla-related projects. Saying that making ... |
5 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced that it has released a new version of its Mozilla Public License, the license under which Firefox, Thunderbird and most other Mozilla software and source code is distributed.
The MPL 2.0 is the first update to the license in more than a decade. Its scope was to make the text of the license shor... |
4 January 2012
09:21 GMT |
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The development of the SeaMonkey project continues, bringing the suite to the second beta for version 2.7. It is available in 24 languages, for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
One important modification is the fact that add-ons are compatible by default, as long as they work with SeaMonkey 2.1 or above.
The new versio... |
3 January 2012
03:57 GMT |
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Firefox 10 introduced several new tools for developers, the web inspector is especially slick, but Firefox 11, which is now available in the Aurora channel follows through with even more goodies for developers.
On the footsteps of the web inspector, comes the new Style editor which enables developers to write and te... |
27 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
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The Firefox 10 Beta brings a decent set of new features for end users, but it's also bringing a lot of new features aimed at developers, from new capabilities to dedicated tools. The star of the show has to be the new web inspector tool. It enables developers to quickly analyze a web page with the visual tool. ... |
27 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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With Firefox 9 made available to all just before Christmas, the other Mozilla Firefox channels also welcomed new versions. Firefox 11 landed in the Aurora channel, the most experimental versions aimed at regular users.
It comes with several new features and more may be added or completed during this development phas... |
27 December 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Mozilla released both the Beta and the Earlybird versions of its email client. Thunderbird 10 beta has gone through plenty of bug fixing, but the highlights of this build refer to more palpable changes that can be easier observed by the regular user.
As such, Thunderbird 10 beta brings to the table a new ability to ... |
27 December 2011
04:56 GMT |
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As 2011 comes to an end, Mozilla is drawing a line and summing up the year. And, unlike many other companies, Mozilla did have quite an exciting year, arguably its best yet.Firefox 4, which had been in the works for more than a year, was released, marking the start of a new age for the popular browser.It was one of t... |
24 December 2011
03:21 GMT |
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The Google Mozilla search deal saga is finally behind us. The two companies announced a renewed deal this week for the next three years. Later, the financial details were leaked and they were quite interesting.
Google will be paying $300 million, €230 million per year, minimum, for the honor of retaining the de... |
23 December 2011
13:31 GMT |
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What better way to sum up Firefox's quite exciting 2011 than with an infographic. Mozilla has put together what it believes were the highlights of this year along with some numbers for context.
On the one hand, there were a lot of new Firefoxes, so to speak. The Android version made its debut. At the same time,... |
23 December 2011
09:41 GMT |
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With Firefox 9 launched and made available to everyone, all of the other Firefox versions, further upstream, will migrate to a new channel. Already, Firefox 10 has landed in the Beta channel, from Aurora.
As is the norm, there are no huge changes or new features in Firefox 10, but there are a few interesting additio... |
23 December 2011
08:11 GMT |
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A couple of days ago, Mozilla and Google announced that they renewed their search deal and that Google would pay to be the default search option in Bing for three more years.
The financial details of the deal were not disclosed, as is the norm. This gave those that had been predicting the end days for Firefox, some ... |
23 December 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 9, new versions of the projects that rely on the Gecko 9 engine, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird, have also been made available. Mozilla Thunderbird 9 comes with several new features along with the performance and under-the-hood improvements that are inherent to Gecko 9.
"Mozilla... released new version... |
22 December 2011
09:11 GMT |
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The most prominent change in Mozilla Thunderbird 9 is that it is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 9 engine. It also features an opt-in system for users to send to the development team reports on performance and usability.
With this new version of the email client also comes improved support for Personas in “Comp... |
22 December 2011
07:38 GMT |
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Everyone can relax now, Google and Mozilla have announced that they've reached an agreement over the Firefox search deal, ensuring that Google remains the default search engine in Firefox in most countries for three more years and ensuring that Mozilla has the money to continue to develop and improve its browser... |
21 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Along with Firefox 9, SeaMonkey 2.6, which is based on the same Gecko 9 layout engine and which shares plenty of code with Mozilla's star project, has been released.
Unsurprisingly, SeaMonkey 2.6 boasts essentially the same improvements and new features as Firefox 9. A big update is type inference for JavaScrip... |
21 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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The latest and greatest Firefox is here. After six full weeks of (grueling) expectations, Firefox 9 has been made available to everyone. Existing users will get updated momentarily, those wanting to try out the latest version can grab it from the download links below.
Those that have been keeping up with Firefox 9 d... |
21 December 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Firefox 9 has been officially released. The latest update to the popular browser brings several new features and improvements, the biggest of which is a modification to the JavaScript engine that provides a big performance boost of up to 30 percent in some cases. The latest Firefox uses type inference, a method of d... |
21 December 2011
04:27 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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Last week, Mozilla introduced the first tangible stage of its Mozilla Labs Apps project which, much like the name implies, aims to create a platform for web applications. This being Mozilla, it will be an open platform and an open market place, one that will also be cross-browser.Since the web apps platform will use ... |
19 December 2011
14:11 GMT |
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With the web browser market share tilting more and more towards Google Chrome, the Firefox development team schemed up a way to at least allow the Chromers to switch to Mozilla’s product as easily as possible, if so they wish.As such, they are already working on making it possible to migrate settings and data f... |
17 December 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Firefox 9 is almost here. Well, Firefox 9 is already here if you're brave enough to grab the release candidate builds that Mozilla has made available but hasn't announced officially. Whether you can or can't wait for three more days (Firefox 9 is coming on December 20) here's what to expect from t... |
17 December 2011
11:31 GMT |
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The debate over HTML5 video versus Flash video has died down this year and, yes, Flash video is still prevalent. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing happening on the HTML5 side, quite the contrary. Firefox has been making a steady stream of improvements to the HTML5 player, many are in the pipeline,... |
16 December 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Mozilla has made good on its promise to introduce an open, cross-browser apps platform. It's a developer preview for now, but those that are interested can get in at this early stage.
The eventual goal is to create a marketplace for browser applications that work on any browser (that supports them) and to also ... |
14 December 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Mozilla has made one more step towards a hassle-free update process for Firefox. In the latest Aurora builds which will go on to be Firefox 10, all add-ons default to 'compatible' regardless if they came from the Mozilla Add-ons site, from a different website or even if they were installed locally by the us... |
13 December 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Mozilla, or rather the Firefox team, is facing a somewhat unusual problem that is holding up development in some cases. Firefox can't reliably be compiled because the linker runs out of virtual address space.The problem stems from the fact that Firefox is built on 32-bit machines which can only access a limited ... |
12 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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As most Firefox users know by now, whether they love it or hate it, Mozilla switched to a rapid release cycle for the browser. A new major version comes out every six weeks and users are encouraged to update as often as they can.
One major difference between Firefox and Chrome, which also comes out once every six we... |
8 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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As (should have been) expected, Google has no plans to leave Mozilla out in the cold any time soon. Both organizations have said that, while a new search deal for Firefox hasn't been signed yet, they are in active negotiations and are working towards it.
Over the weekend, rampant speculation over the fate of Fi... |
6 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Just as people are "worrying" about the fate of Firefox, for no real reason except pageviews, Mozilla has made a video to showcase why Firefox was created in the first place and why people need Mozilla today as much as they needed it a decade ago.The gist of it is, Mozilla is a non-profit organization. Its interests ... |
5 December 2011
16:51 GMT |
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