Mozilla has updated its web browser Firefox to version 3.6.11. This new version fixes several stability and security issues.
You can use "Help -> Check for Updates" option to update your browser or it'll automatically notify you about the update very soon.
You can download it using following direct download links:
Mozilla announced on their blog today that Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta for Mobile devices is now available for the general public to use, after early alpha testing of Fennec proved to be a success.
he Firefox 4 Beta attempts to bring Mozilla's mobile offering in line with the desktop browser and the team says that the major focus of the beta was speed and responsiveness -- if you were a tester for the Fennec Alpha, you would know how slow the browser performed -- Mozilla has aimed to make the browser as quick as possible with some large architecture changes.
The beta includes Firefox Sync with desktop versions of Firefox (either through the sync extension or the built in sync in Firefox 4), offers multi-touch, the awesome bar (much like on the desktop browser) and also offers a new feature; The "Awesome Screen" which "instantly gives you access to your recent history, bookmarks and tabs just by tapping in the Awesome Bar."
Firefox 4 Mobile Beta also includes support for HTML5, CSS and Javascript, as well as being the first mobile browser to support add ons. Firefox 4 beta 1 is available for download on the Android platform (2.0 and higher) and on the Nokia N900.
Update: A bit of a warning, when this was tried here at Neowin, our test device (HTC Legend) boot looped and lost all apps installed on the SD card. Also, you won't be able to install this one unless you've got 53MB of spare internal space. Tread carefully.
Update 2: System Requirements: Android 2.0 or higher, OpenGL ES2.0, 256 MB RAM, 40 MB phone storage available
Yesterday Robert Scoble, renowned tech enthusiast and blogger, tweeted that he had heard Bing will be announced as the default search engine on the new Firefox today. He later clarified the news to state that Bing will only be added as a search option in Firefox 4.
Mozilla is expected to announce later today its plans on whether it will add Bing as a search option to its Firefox Internet browser. This follows a recent screenshot of Firefox 4, via Liveside, in which Bing was shown off. It is certainly an interesting choice of website to show considering Mozilla have previously made little mention of Bing.
Google and Yahoo! are currently the two search engines in Firefox’s search engine list and now that Yahoo! is powered by Bing, in the US at least, it makes sense for Bing to sit beside the two.
If this news is correct then it will add to Bing’s credibility as the search engine to combat Google. Mozilla will be following Apple’s footsteps too, Bing was recently added as a search option for the Safari web browser.
It's unclear what else Mozilla may announce today. On September 14 Mozilla made available the latest version of the Firefox beta, number 6. This was one day before Microsoft announced its own beta version of Internet Explorer 9.
Update: Mozilla and Bing have announced that Bing will indeed one of the "out of the box" options of search engines in the up coming build of Firefox 4.
The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.
User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time.
Performance. Firefox is built on top of the powerful new Gecko platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product.
Security. Firefox raises the bar for security. The new malware and phishing protection helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web.
Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons.
Download: Firefox 3.6.9 | Other Systems & Languages | ~8 MB (Freeware)
View: Release Notes | Firefox Website
Firefox,like most browsers allow you to save your logins and passwords for quick access to protected services/contents: messaging, forums, wordpress blog admin's page..
Firefox 4 Beta 2 is now available, 3 weeks after the official release of Firefox 4 Beta 1. This second Firefox 4 Beta is available for download at Mozilla Firefox site for Windows, Mac and Linux in 24 languages.
NOTE: Its not officially released yet but you can grab it using direct download links given at the end of this topic.
Mozilla has released final version of its web browser Firefox 3.6.4. This new version fixes several stability and security issues.
You can use "Help -> Check for Updates" option to update your browser or it'll automatically notify you about the update very soon.
Firefox 3.6.4 provides new out-of-process plugins functionality or uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.
If a plugin crashes or freezes, it will not affect the rest of Firefox. You will be able to reload the page to restart the plugin and try again.
Firefox 3.6.4 also fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:
You can download it using following direct download links:
Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 (Windows)
Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 (Mac OSX)
For a while now, Mozilla has been working on a Labs project called Weave. Weave was an add-on that allowed users to synchronize their customized settings across all of their computers. Google's Chrome browser offers a bookmark and preference sync, similar to Weave. However, Chrome's solution doesn't take its capabilities nearly as far. Mozilla's solution syncs bookmarks, browsing history, preferences, passwords, filled forms, and a nice chunk of previously opened tabs across all of a user's computers. This is done by sending the data, encrypted, over to Mozilla's servers, where it is eventually pushed to each client that your credentials are used on.
According to the official Mozilla Labs site, Weave is finally handing in its training wheels and moving into the spotlight. Now called Firefox Sync, the service has been integrated into the Firefox roadmap and will eventually be hard-coded into a future major release of the world's number two web browser (perhaps it will make it into 4.0). In the meantime, should a user get antsy and want to take advantage of Firefox Sync, it's available as a standalone add-on. The newly re-named project is now available in more than 15 languages, contains a simpler sign-up and setup process, and has a single button to access your remote tabs.
To try Firefox Sync, visit the Add-ons for Firefox site and give it a go.
If you use a Google Android mobile phone but miss your favorite web browser "Mozilla Firefox" in it, here is a great news for you.
Mozilla has started working on a mobile version of Mozilla Firefox for Android. Currently a nightly build is available for download at Mozilla FTP servers.
You'll need to enable installation of non-Market applications option present in "Applications" menu under "Settings" of your Android phone. After that download the nightly build by opening the above mentioned URL in your phone's web browser.
Since its a pre-alpha build, you might find it buggy. Also you won't get all required browsing features but Mozilla will include all essential features in upcoming builds.
PS: It'll work on Android 2.0 and above only.
More details, known bugs, system requirements, future plans, etc can be read at Mozilla wiki.
Microsoft MSDN Blogger, Mao Chen, has released his free OneNote 2010 Linked Note Taking Extension for Firefox.
Linked Note Taking, an automatic feature when OneNote is docked to the desktop. For supported applications, like PowerPoint, you never have to worry about remembering the context of your notes; OneNote will capture the context for you automatically. This frees your brain in a meeting to think less about the software and lets you focus on what really matters, the material that is being presented to you.
Download OneNote 2010 Linked Note Taking Extension for Firefox
Microsoft, Opera, and Mozilla have all teamed up in support of the Web Open Font Format or WOFF. According to the IEBlog they submitted the WOFF File Format 1.0 specification to W3C on April 8th 2010.
Any TrueType/OpenType/Open Font Format file can be losslessly converted to WOFF for Web use (subject to licensing of the font data); once decoded by a user agent, the WOFF font will display identically to the original desktop font from which it was created.
The WOFF format also allows additional metadata to be attached to the file; this can be used by font designers or vendors to include licensing or other information, beyond that present in the original font. Such metadata does not affect the rendering of the font in any way, but may be displayed to the user on request.
This would open up the web to any font a site designer chooses and not require the client to hold a bunch of fonts to make the site compatible. Two of the contributors to the possible standard are Tal Leming of Type Supply and Erik van Blokland of LettError; both are font designers that could see great benefits from something like this.
Firefox may be the most popular browser around, as long as we leave out Internet Explorer, which probably isn't that fair, but, for some time, it has seemed to be lagging behind Google Chrome when it comes to new features and development momentum. Maybe Chrome's break-neck release cycle makes it look like it's adding new features faster, but Mozilla needs to start picking up the pace.
Firefox developers seem to be realizing this as well and the latest (more or less) official goals for the second quarter are a little more ambitious than usual. One feature that has developers talking is the goal of having at least partial support for Direct2D hardware acceleration on the Windows platform. This would enable Firefox to utilize the graphics card to render some of the content that should translate in a snappier experience for the users.
However, the Direct2D support is only slated for an alpha build, which means that it probably won't make it into the current release schedule of Gecko 1.9.3, the next major iteration of Firefox's web rendering engine. Gecko 1.9.3 is slated for a beta in June and a final release in October. The developers are hoping that Direct2D support will be mature enough to be introduced with a subsequent minor release, Gecko 1.9.3.x. Direct3D support is getting a backseat for now, as the developers are trying to focus on getting Direct2D ready to ship.
Mozilla is not the only one focused on getting better hardware acceleration, Chrome developers have already begun working on a project, ANGLE, to create a Direct3D-based implementation of WebGL, an upcoming web 3D graphics standard to be used with HTML5. The WebGL technology is already proving impressive, helping Googlers run a Quake 2 port inside a browser.
Other features on the Mozilla roadmap are closer to becoming a reality for users, though. One feature that the developers are emphasizing is support for out-of-process plugins, which should be a great boon to the browser's stability. The idea is to have plugins like Adobe Flash run in a separate process from Firefox so that, if and when it crashes, it doesn't take the whole browser down with it. The current goal is to have a final release for the feature by the end of this quarter on both Windows and Linux. Mac users will have to do with a beta version for now.
Mozilla Firefox - faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows. Mozilla Firefox 3 is focused on improved memory handling, performance, and stability, improved XUL, and new core components such as application data stored in SQLite. Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability.
Firefox 3 is been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.
Link : Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 Final (All Languages)
Link : Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 Final
The latest Firefox 3.7 Alpha 4 Preview build supports Aero Glass under Windows Vista and 7. Now it looks very close to the thing which was shown in earlier mockup themes.
Also it allows you to resize text boxes in pages just like Google Chrome.
You can download and install it using following link:
Download Link (Windows)
Download for other OS (Linux and Mac)
PS: Since its an alpha build, you are not recommended to use it as your primary browser.
Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 3.6.2, the latest stable version of its popular web browser for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. On the Mac side, Firefox 3.6.2 fixes a bunch of issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6, all of which are detailed below. As usual, Mac users are encouraged to download and install the latest stable version of Mozilla Firefox.
According to the release notes posted by Mozilla for version 3.6.2, the company’s development team has been able to fix a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. Listed in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2010-08 as “WOFF heap corruption due to integer overflow,” the bug was reportedly found by security researcher Evgeny Legerov of Intevydis, who reported to Mozilla that, “The WOFF decoder contains an integer overflow in a font decompression routine.”
According to the security expert, “This flaw could result in too small a memory buffer being allocated to store a downloadable font. An attacker could use this vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and execute arbitrary code on his/her system.”
As noted above, the bug has been addressed in Firefox 3.6.2, making the update imperative for all users of the 3.6 branch of the software. In addition to this vulnerability, Mozilla has fixed several additional security issues, as well as some stability issues, according to the changelog. “Please see the complete list of changes in this version. You may also be interested in the Firefox 3.6 release notes for a list of changes in the previous version,” Mozilla detailed on the firefox/3.6.2/releasenotes/ page.
Mac users require Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later to run this version of Firefox. Hardware requirements include a minimum PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor, while Intel processors are also supported. In addition to these specs, at least 128 MB of RAM are required (recommended: 256 MB of RAM or more) and some 200 MB of storage space. Using the link below, Mac users can download one of the several Firefox versions available, including 3.7 Alpha 3, 3.6.2, 3.5.8, 3.0.18, and even 2.0.0.20.
Mozilla has updated Firefox to 3.6.2 version. This new version fixes several stability and security issues.
You can use "Help -> Check for Updates" option to update your browser or it'll automatically notify you about the update very soon.
You can download it using following direct download links:
Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 (Windows)
Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 (Mac OSX)
Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 (Linux)
This update fixes several security and stability issues. You can read about all changes at following link:
It's no secret that Firefox, which was once the fastest browser out there, has begun falling behind in the JavaScript speed race. Browsers, like Google Chrome and Opera, now make Firefox seem sluggish by comparison. This doesn't mean that Firefox is slow; but these days, a lot of attention is paid to milliseconds of load time, measured by JavaScript performance. As a general rule, the faster the JavaScript engine, the faster the browser.
Ars Technica sheds some light on the current situation and what Mozilla plans to do to regain its crown. Dubbed JägerMonkey, the upcoming JavaScript engine for Firefox is in the oven, and looking hot. As part of the engine, Mozilla is pulling code from Apple's open-source Webkit. This, as well as Firefox's current JavaScript engine, TraceMonkey, will be fused together into a whole new animal. Using Apple's JSCore engine and its just-in-time (JIT) compilation, JägerMonkey could prove to be a serious competitor for the speed crown.
Here's how Mozilla developer, David Mandelin, explains JägerMonkey:
"The reason we're [building JägerMonkey] is that TraceMonkey is very fast for code that traces well, but for code that doesn't trace, we're stuck with the interpreter, which is not fast. The JägerMonkey method JIT will provide a much better performance baseline, and tracing will continue to speed us up on code where it applies."
Mozilla's trace optimization has proven to significantly boost JavaScript speeds when compared to previous versions of their own JavaScript engines. Taking that speed boost and fusing it with JIT compilation will give Firefox the best of both worlds, and hopes to deliver the fastest web experience available. JägerMonkey is still in the earlier stages of development, and no ETA has been mentioned.
Firefox 3.6 has officially been released by Mozilla for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The latest version of the world's 2nd most popular browser is expected to hold over power users until the release of Firefox 4.0 (since 3.7 has officially been taken off the roadmap). The release is considered to be more of a major step forward, rather than an incremental change. A lot has been tweaked and added under the hood. Unfortunately, Electrolysis (process separation) will still have to wait until the next update.
Here are some of the new features:
Click here to download Firefox 3.6 in over 70 languages for any platform.
Catalyzed by Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s comments on privacy, Dolzler, a Mozilla executive, on his private blog, is telling Firefox users to ditch Google for Microsoft’s Bing, stating that Bing provides superior security.
In a recent interview with CNBC, Schmidt said:
“I think judgment matters… If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines — includingGoogle — do retain this information for some time and it’s important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information could be made available to the authorities.”
“I think that the thing that bothers me most about Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s comment is that it makes clear that he simply doesn’t understand privacy. That a company with so much user data on its servers is led by someone who just doesn’t understand privacy is really scary to me and it should be scary to you as well.”
There’s no way to tell what kind of effect Dolzler’s comments will have on the already shaky Google/Mozilla relationship, as Mozilla relies heavily on its income from Firefox’s Google search deal.