Mozilla showcases more mockups for Firefox 4
It looks pretty clear now that Mozilla is getting heavily influenced by Google Chrome user interface.
They have showcased some more mockups of Firefox 4 which is expected to arrive later next year.
The new mockups make Firefox look a lot like Google Chrome with tabs at the top and menu [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is now available
Mozilla developers have finally released the first beta of their upcoming Firefox 3.6 edition.
Some of the new features in this version:
Personas: Enables the user to change the skin of the browser without restarting the browser.
Improved Javascript performance
Ability to detect user’s browser orientation
HTML5 support improvements
and more [...]
Camino 2 release candidate version out
Camino is a popular Firefox based web browser for the Mac OS X.
The second major edition is nearing launch as the developers have released a release candidate version.
It is very popular amongst the Mac fans as it provides better user interface compared to the Mac edition of [...]
Mozilla Firefox gains 30 million new users in last 2 months!
Mozilla Chief executive John Lilly has revealed that they have gained around 30 million new users of their Firefox web browser in the last two months.
This data was collected from the pings made by the browser to check for new versions from Mozilla [...]
Mozilla Labs announces Raindrop communications platform
A lot of companies are working on developing new technologies and platforms to make it easy to communicate and collaborate online. Google recently launched their Wave platform in limited preview. And now Mozilla has announced their Raindrop platform.
Raindrop is currently available through Mozilla Labs.
It is an open-source, experimental [...]
Google Chrome to support Windows 7 specific features in Version 5
The Register has reported that Google has delayed plans to add support for Windows 7 specific features in their Chrome web browser.
Google Chrome developers now plan to add features like jump lists and tab thumbnails in version 5 of the browser. These features would [...]
Mozilla Firefox now blocking Microsoft add-ons
Mozilla developers are obviously not happy with the reports that Microsoft pushed their own add-ons on Firefox installations through software updates.
And the software giant has now admitted that these add-ons had some security flaws.
Mozilla has taken quick action and Firefox now block these add-ons automatically.
Microsoft on their [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta delayed but a test build available now
Mozilla has delayed the release of the first build of their Firefox 3.6 release.
The developers however released another test build that comes with a couple of new features.
They are now aiming to launch the first beta along with the release of Windows [...]
Mozilla launches plug-in checker for Firefox
Mozilla has launched a special page on their website which you can visit with Firefox to see if you have the latest versions of the popular plug-ins.
This service checks for some of the most used browser plug-ins including Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight and others.
The aim is to make [...]
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 would detect computer orientation
Christopher Blizzard has announced in a blog post that the next edition of Firefox would feature support for detecting computer orientation.
Basically, the browser would be able to detect the orientation of the laptop if supported hardware is found.
Blizzard said that the technology was originally designed for [...]
