Mozilla is continuing their beta testing of their new Thunderbird 3 email program, which is expected to go final towards the end of November, 2009. I have been trying the latest beta, T-bird 3 beta 4 this past week and I like what I am seeing thus far. First of all the new email version [...]
I have been using two email programs since about 2003 on the personal computers that I own. I use Outlook 2003 for my personal emails and also for my MSN account through Microsoft. I also have used Outlook Express for my gmail account. I get Google alerts daily which accounts for the bulk of my [...]
Who could have ever imagined that Mozilla would have been chasing down the pride of Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser? Well it seems that the mighty are falling and that Firefox is continuing to gain market share. But to pick up some 30 million more users in just 8 weeks is truly amazing. Amazing [...]
Mozilla has posted on their blog site a notice that they are blocking Microsoft’s .NET Framework because of security concerns. In a statement it says:
I’ve previously posted about the .NET Framework Assistant add-on that was delivered via Windows Update earlier this year. It’s recently surfaced that it has a serious security vulnerability, and Microsoft is [...]
Firefox 3.5 is only 3 months old, but it appears that the folks at Mozilla may be ready to replace it. The reasoning is that the newest version is based on a new Gecko engine that may improve performance. If you would like to try the beta [test] version you will be able to download [...]
I stumbled onto a web site that was recommending a add-on for Firefox which added colors to the browser tabs. I decided to give it a try and I liked it, so I thought I would share this with you. The add-on is called ColorfulTabs 3.9.4 and the author describes his program [...]
The browser wars are of no concern to me since I couldn’t care less how much market share any of them command. What is important is that this newest browser war is going to benefit all of us. This new crop of browsers are faster and hopefully more secure.
During the past week I have been [...]
Trend Micro is reporting that a rogue extension is attacking Firefox and is intercepting search information. The rogue extension triggers a server to also send back advertisements to the browser. The articles goes on to state the following:
We have seen a lot of malware target Internet Explorer in the past. This is probably one of [...]
For those of us who have been using the web for awhile, we are familiar with the browser Netscape. Netscape was the vehicle that many of us used to first venture onto the World Wide Web. We also know the story on how Microsoft killed off Netscape, not by having a superior product, but by [...]
In a filing with the SEC Microsoft has listed the dangers it faces from other companies and in particular cites Linux as a threat. This seems contrary to what Microsoft publicly states in which the company says that Linux is not a real threat. But in the SEC filing the company confirms the following:
Client faces [...]
The folks over at Mozilla, the creators of the popular browser called Firefox, may be working on a redesign of their interface [GUI] in version 3.7. The new eye candy features such as Aero Glass and Aero Peak will only be available for those using Windows Vista or Windows 7.
According to an article over at [...]
Last week I had mentioned that the folks at Mozilla were getting ready to release Firefox 3.5 final on today’s date. True to form it did in fact hit the Internet today and I have already downloaded and installed the latest release. Now I could waste your time and mine telling you about how wonderful [...]
This is what the folks over at Mozilla say about their new browser:
Please note: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known [...]
Over at Mozilla Labs, they are experimenting with Ubiquity that Mozilla may add to Firefox sometime in the near future. The Mozilla community best describes what Ubiquity is on their web site. They state the following:
Ubiquity is a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could [...]
No hackers took on Chrome at the conference, simply because everything else was easier.
In a follow up to several other stories I have done on the benefits of Google’s Chrome browser, the statement above best describes the benefits that Chrome offers. The concept is rather simple. In a neighborhood where one house is protection by [...]
Microsoft has announced that their new and improved Internet Explorer 8 will be available today, March 19th, 2009 at noon EDT. The Redmond giant describes the new broweser as faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Sounds famaliar doesn’t it.
On their blog [...]
Just a quick note. If you do not have your Mozilla Firefox browser set to download updates automatically, than you should be aware a new versions is available. Over at Mozilla they state that the new version fixes the following problems:
Firefox 3.0.7 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.6:
Fixed several [...]
The company that has brought us the browser Flock is dumping Firefox in favor of Google Chrome. The company that makes Flock has about $30 million in venture capital to play with and has become frustrated with Mozilla for not meeting its needs. So the company is going with the open source browser from Google.
A [...]
Over at the Mozilla Blog they have announced that a beta version of Firefox is now available for download. There are new features which should improve the performance of Firefox and also should improve upon speed.
According to the artcile it states:
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing [...]
Over at C/net they piqued my curiosity when they mentioned a new browser from the mozilla folks called Minefield. In their assessment they claimed that Minefield is some 10% faster than Chrome. With this in mind, I downloaded a copy to see for myself.
Before you get all excited and run to your download button, let [...]
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