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Firefox 1.5 RC1 Released

Submitted by Manuel FLURY 2005-11-02 Mozilla, Gecko 37 Comments

Firefox 1.5 RC1 has been released. New and improved features include automated updates, better navigating performance, drag and drop re-ordering for browser tabs, better support for Mac OS X, and much more.

A Firefox Fan’s Perspective of the Flock Browser

Submitted by Gsurface 2005-10-21 Mozilla, Gecko 30 Comments

"If you’re a Mozilla Firefox user, you will probably notice the close resemblance Flock has with Firefox. Though the browser is in fact based on Firefox, Bart Decrem, the team leader of the project, says Flock won't be forking the Firefox codebase. Still this Flock preview on the outside looks like Firefox but with a different theme. So would a Firefox user be missing anything by sticking with Firefox? Let’s explore some of the features that makes Flock different from the rest."

Firefox Sees 100 Millionth Download

Submitted by Fellington 2005-10-20 Mozilla, Gecko 15 Comments

Just shy of Firefox's first birthday party, the Mozilla Foundation celebrated the 100 millionth download of its Web browser Wednesday. "This is a great milestone. Our massive, worldwide community of grassroots marketers and users - not to mention the developers - have helped to put out a product that's really kicking butt," said Asa Dotzler, the Mozilla liaison to the SpreadFirefox community.

Overview of XML in Firefox 1.5

Submitted by anonymous 2005-10-10 Mozilla, Gecko 7 Comments

Firefox is a relatively new Web browser and currently the most popular browser built on the Mozilla platform. Users like the security and convenience features it offers. Developers like the Firefox attention to standards compliance, inherited from its Mozilla roots. The most recent version, Firefox 1.5 (currently in beta), comes with many features for XML developers.

Microsoft: Nothing To Gain From Firefox Flaws

Thom Holwerda 2005-10-07 Mozilla, Gecko 62 Comments

Peter Watson, chief security advisor at Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, said that the software maker did not get any pleasure from seeing Firefox suffer a string of security vulnerabilities, despite the open-source browser's growth seemingly being stunted over recent months. "I don't think it creates any benefit for us or anybody in the ecosystem to turn around and say, 'it's good that this company has a whole load of security vulnerabilities'," said Watson.

Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Released

Submitted by Anton Paulic 2005-10-07 Mozilla, Gecko 33 Comments

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. Also known as the 1.8 Beta 5 milestone, this is the last beta release of the next major Firefox update and is aimed at testers, extension/theme authors and Web developers. The final release of Firefox 1.5, which will be widely promoted to end-users, is scheduled for later this year.

First Look: Seamonkey 1.0 Alpha

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-28 Mozilla, Gecko 25 Comments

"The browser, and e-mail software - Ok, HTML authoring tool as well - formerly known as "Mozilla" or more recently referred to as "Mozilla Suite" is back alive and kicking, despite recent efforts from the ~~Firefox Foundation~~ Mozilla Foundation to make it go away after freezing future development and deciding to only provide bug fixes." The Inquirer took it for a spin.

Hacking Firefox: Navigation and Tab Browsing

Submitted by Jeremy 2005-09-23 Mozilla, Gecko 4 Comments

ExtremeTech concludes its Hacking Firefox series with a how-to on tweaking navigation and tab browing settings in Firefox. Some hacks are pretty basic; other hacks involve a little programming.

XML Features in Firefox 1.5; FF Faces Challenges

Submitted by kellym 2005-09-21 Mozilla, Gecko 31 Comments

The open source Firefox Web browser continues to grow in popularity. Discover new XML features for the fastest-growing Web browser, including XML parsing, XHTML, CSS, XSLT, SVG, and XForms. Additional third-party extensions provide even more XML support. Elsewhere, Firefox faces challenges as it matures, according to analysts.

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Released

Submitted by ajam 2005-09-21 Mozilla, Gecko 27 Comments

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7, a security and stability update to the flagship Mozilla browser, is now available for download. Fixes are included for the international domain name link buffer overflow vulnerability and the Linux command line URL parsing flaw. There are also other security and stability changes. Download here, release notes here.

Mozilla Hits Back at Browser Security Claim

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-20 Mozilla, Gecko 55 Comments

Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found in Mozilla's browsers faster than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The study was conducted over the first six months of 2005. Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, hit back by claiming on Monday that when a vulnerability is found Mozilla's "ability to react, find a solution and put it into the user's hands is better than Microsoft."

QuickFox for BeOS: Firefox Made Quick

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-19 Mozilla, Gecko 28 Comments

Over at BeBits there's some buzz as people download and try out a modded up version of Firefox titled QuickFox. "QuickFox is a 'mod' of mozilla/firefox bleeding edge. From order of importance: speed, useability, looks, reliability. It runs and loads in a RAM filesystem. It sports a fully automatic installation that will take care of everything for you. It includes auto setup on boot and shutdown to save your settings." Thanks to HaikuNews for pointing this out. As you are probably aware of by now, QuickFox is BeOS-only.

Is the Firefox Honeymoon Over?

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-17 Mozilla, Gecko 120 Comments

"Now that Firefox has become the first viable contender to Internet Explorer in years, its popularity has brought with it some unwanted attention. Last week's premature disclosure of a zero-day Firefox exploit came a few weeks after a zero-day exploit for Internet Explorer appeared on the Internet. Firefox not only has more vulnerabilities per month than Internet Explorer, but it is now surpassing Internet Explorer for the number of exploits available for public download in recent months." Note: Read this article, and especially the update, carefully before commenting.

New Firefox, Mozilla Releases Coming To Fix Bugs

Thom Holwerda 2005-09-15 Mozilla, Gecko 35 Comments

The Mozilla Foundation plans to "shortly" release new versions of its Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers to address a recently disclosed serious security bug as well as several additional flaws, a representative said Wednesday.

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Available for Download

Submitted by Francis 2005-09-09 Mozilla, Gecko 84 Comments

"Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download. This is the first Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback." Read the release notes, and download.

Mozilla Plans Faster Growth for Its Browser

Thom Holwerda 2005-08-03 Mozilla, Gecko 41 Comments

The Mozilla Foundation, developer of the Firefox Web browser, plans to announce Wednesday that it has created a for-profit subsidiary to pursue wider potential for the software.

Migrate Apps from Internet Explorer to Mozilla

Adam Scheinberg 2005-07-29 Mozilla, Gecko 3 Comments

Ever have trouble getting your Internet Explorer-specific Web applications to work with Mozilla? This article covers common issues associated with migrating applications to the open source Mozilla-based browser. You'll first learn basic cross-browser development techniques, and then develop strategies for overcoming the differences between Mozilla and Internet Explorer.

Firefox Downloaded 75 Million Times

Submitted by Varg Vikernes 2005-07-27 Mozilla, Gecko 40 Comments

Yesterday Firefox's dowloads reached it's 75 million mark. That's 25 million downloads in less then 3 months, well above all previous expectations. Due to its imense popularity and the upcoming release of Firefox 1.5, the team is hoping to reach 100 million downloads in the next 2 months.

Mozilla 1.7.10 Released

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-23 Mozilla, Gecko 15 Comments

Mozilla 1.7.10 (release notes), a security update to the Mozilla Application Suite, is now available for download. There was no Mozilla 1.7.9 release: it was cancelled after it was discovered that changes in the equivalent 1.0.5 releases of Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird caused some problems.

Mozilla Scraps Firefox 1.1, Looks to 1.5

Thom Holwerda 2005-07-21 Mozilla, Gecko 46 Comments

The non-profit foundation has decided to increase the version number of the next major release to 1.5 from 1.1, reflecting the sheer number of bug fixes and features that have been worked into the next version of the browser. Mozilla still plans to ship the next version of Firefox around September of this year. Read the updated roadmap here.

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