Firefox, an open source application that needs no introduction. A browser that has succesfully been eating away it it’s competitors market share since the early parts of the decade. Firefox with it’s theming and extenibility is an incredibly adaptible and customizable browser. As of version 3 a lot of work has gone into a set of new features, mainly for HTML 5 and CSS 3. read more… »
46 Firefox Features You Might Not Know About
Death to IE6, No More Google Support
Internet Explorer 6, the thorn in the side of many web developers and designers, through its rampant internet standards defiant rendering. Many developers will agree that the elimination of this decade old browser will most defiantly be a good thing. Internet Explore 6 support was dropped by Google as of 1 March, meaning that Google docs, Google Apps, Gmail and all other Google services will no longer support the ageing browser in an effort to introduce new features to these services. read more… »
The Inevitable Firefox vs Chrome debate
With the Chrome browser gaining market share, with it’s innovative feature set and interface, it is heating up competition for the open source giant, Firefox. Firefox, initially paved the way for an alternative browser lifestyle that many internet surfers enjoy today. It’s quite easily filled a need that Internet Explorer couldn’t, mainly being security and innovative ergonomics. read more… »
Exciting Times For 2010
2010 sure seems to be an exciting year in terms of technology. With an array of predicted and planned new technology releases amidst an economic upturn this year will surely set the stage for brilliant innovation and development. According to leading news sources 2010 is expected to dramatically influence the way we use the internet along with how our devices will interconnect, merge and improve.
5 Years of Firefox, A Testement To Open Source Potential
With the recent passing of Firefox’s fifth birthday, it got me thinking of the magnitude of good this innovative browser has done to promote the open source software movement. I clearly recall back in 2005 when I first stumbled on this browser in my search to rid myself of the virus prone Internet Explorer 6.
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 Now Avalaible
Firefox 3.6 beta 2 is now avalaible for download. Note that although beta’s are reasonably stable there are still bugs and therefore are not intended for production usage. The new 3.6 version brings along with it many new improvements and features that were meant for 3.5. Along with about 190 bug fixes.
Browser Speed Tests
The browser war, started back in the earlier part of this decade has only intensified with newer additions such as Google Chrome and the maturing Opera. With the release of Internet Explorer 8 many envisioned a standards compliant browser that will finally match the speeds of it’s third party counterparts. However according to the recent tests conducted this seems not to be the case.
Firefox, Gmail Love – 5 Gmail Firefox Extensions
Gmail, a product that broke convention and literally changed the webmail field forever. Gmail continues to be the leading webmail service, despite competitor’s efforts. However with all of Gmail’s greatness, it sometimes wouldn’t hurt to pimp it up slightly with some extra useful features. This is where Firefox and its extensibility comes to the rescue.
Firefox 4 Proposals
While the open source community is still working on Firefox 3.7, the community hasn’t hesitated to begin proposals for the next major milestone of Firefox’s evolution, Firefox 4.0. According to these screen shots, the developers appear to be struggling with the decision of placing the tabs above, like Google Chrome, or leaving them in their current position. Another welcome change illustrated in these screen shots show the duel function stop/reload button which is a much welcomed addition as it reduces tool bar clutter and possibly increases usability.
Firefox 3.7 Mockups
Firefox 3,5 is bearely a month old and the innovative Mozilla team have began thier efforts on version 3,7 of the open source browser. It is noted by the development team that these mock ups are not final, but merely for brainstorming purposes. However it seems as if the interface is going to take better advantage of Windows Vista’s Aero theme.
Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5 has recently landed, bringing with it many new features and enhancements. Here is a quick over view of its many exciting new features!
Unfortunately Firefox still hasn’t made its ways into the Ubuntu repositories as the maintainers have strict quality control over the repo’s applications. However, you still may install it on Ubuntu via the command line. here is a comprehensive tutorial on how to do so.
