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Firefox 4 blows past Internet Explorer 9, over seven million downloads

Published on: 24th March, 2011

According to a live counter, since the official launch on March 22, 2011, Mozilla’s Firefox 4 web browser has already reached almost seven million downloads and counting. StatCounter claims that these numbers account for around two percent of the global Internet browser market and that Mozilla currently beats out Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 (only 2.3 [...]

Mozilla’s Firefox 4 launch made official

Published on: 24th March, 2011

While having recently let the software slip away, Mozilla has made the launch of its Firefox 4 official. Mac, Linux and Windows variants are available, also in several different languages, ranging from mainstays such as French, Chinese and English to less normally-supported languages such as Catalan and Icelandic. Only some languages are currently limited to [...]

Mozilla to adopt Chrome-like approach for Firefox updates

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Mozilla is expected to change the manner it handles the updates for its Firefox browser and would probably adopt a Google Chrome-like approach. Google is releasing small updates immediately after they become available, while Mozilla prefers to wait and group them in a larger update. According to Jay Sullivan, Mozilla’s vice president of product, Firefox [...]

Palm team sees Mozilla hires leave after on year

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Another hit has shaken Palm’s team after the Hewlett Packard takeover, as the two key Mozilla leaders, hired a year ago, left. Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer have quit the company in order to start their own venture. With a favorable view of the roles they had as webOS developer community directors, they were leaving [...]

User interface of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 to be modernized

Published on: 28th August, 2010

Microsoft Russia has given an advanced look at the beta version of the Internet Explorer 9, consisting of a preview of the full, almost finished interface. The new product is an important revamp of the browser in order to obtain a minimalist look and scraps even the text toolbars. Microsoft promises a layer meant to [...]

Firefox 4 beta 3 accommodates Windows 7 multi-touch

Published on: 17th August, 2010

Mozilla has recently announced the release of Firefox 4 beta 3, which accommodates Windows 7 with multi-touch input from the operating system provided by Microsoft. Web developers are now able to write code directly for touchscreen interfaces instead of considering the use of a mouse. There is an upgraded JavaScript engine for every platform, which [...]

Google’s Chrome was the champion browser in February

Published on: 6th March, 2010

The only important web browser to gain market share in February was Google’s Chrome, according to Net Applications. The WebKit browser has gained four tenths last month, reaching 5.61 percent of web use, while all the other significant browsers dropped. There was another drop for Internet Explorer to the lowest level in history, 61.58 percent. [...]

Firefox Mobile is crushing the applications stores

Published on: 22nd December, 2009

In an interview made on December 18th, the VP from Mozilla, Jay Sullivan affirmed that the Mobile version of Firefox is going to put a stop to all applications stores like those for iPhone or for BalckBerry. Because the version for mobile phone will have the same specifications like the desktop version and will run [...]

Browsers vulnerability study by Cenzic

Published on: 18th November, 2009

A Cenzic study reveals that Mozilla’s Firefox is much more vulnerable to attacks from the web than any rival is. Out of 3,100 attacks monitored by the researchers, 44 percent were successful, while in the case of Internet Explorer, ranked third, only 15 percent would succeed. Another vulnerable browser is Apple’s Safari, notably closer to [...]