XiTi Monitor announced the latest statistics on browsers usage in Europe and the rest of the world, showing it has reached about 29% in March this year.
Finland, Poland and Slovenia keep their lead of the pack with shares of 45.9%, 44% and 43.7% respectively. Considering other browsers (including Safari and Opera) probably have a strong presence in Europe as well, it could also mean that Firefox is used even more than Internet Explorer in those same countries.
Market share is definitely being grabbed from Internet Explorer which stays in a slow course down. Opera and Maxthon are the other major browsers growing at its expense.
April 25th, 2008
Firefox is a winner in this year’s Webware 100 competition.
Firefox was among the top 10 voted products that amounted for about half of the 1.9 million votes, so at least it was the most voted browser, despite Maxthon’s tricky tactics.
Miro and Joost also got voted in the top ten in the Video category.
The list is worth looking at and you may learn about an interesting product or two. Here is the list of all winners.
April 24th, 2008
As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.14 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download.
We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 2.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu.
For a list of changes and more information, please review the Firefox 2.0.0.14 Release Notes.
If you are still running Firefox 1.5.0.x, you are highly encouraged to upgrade to the Firefox 2 series as Mozilla ceased supporting Firefox 1.5.0.x in May 2007. Simply choose “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu to begin the upgrade process.
Via Developer.mozilla.org
April 17th, 2008
Adobe has released an important security update (9.0.124) for its Flash Player plugin that addresses seven critical security vulnerabilities including the one exploited last week during the PWN 2 OWN hacking competition.
According to Adobe’s security advisory, the flaws affect Flash versions 9.0.115 and earlier, and could allow privilege escalation, cross-site scripting, DNS rebinding, and remote execution.
To update, download the latest Flash Player plugin from Adobe’s web site. Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Via Pcworld.com
April 12th, 2008
Firefox 3 Beta 5 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.
New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:
* Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux.
* Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others, based on feedback from our community.
* Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatabilty and stability.
* Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office.
Testers can download Firefox 3 Beta 5 builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in 45 different languages. Developers should also read the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.
Via developer.mozilla.org
April 4th, 2008
No Monday blues around here today — it’s Mozilla’s 10 year anniversary! On March 31, 1998 Mozilla was officially launched and the Mozilla source code became publicly available for the first time. Mitchell Baker has a write up of what Mozilla and its community have accomplished in these past 10 years and what’s in store for the next 10. Here are a few highlights:
* Converted a closed, proprietary development process into a vibrant, transparent, open source project
* Grown into a massive global community, quite possibly the largest open source project in the world
* Developed a set of long-term, vibrant projects — Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Camino, Bugzilla, Calendar — most, and possibly all of which have millions of users
* Become the software provider of choice for over 170 million people
* Proved that open source development can produce great end user products
* Brought the Internet to millions of people in their language
* Moved the overall state of browser software forward dramatically
* Become a technology platform others use to create products built on Mozilla technologies, and in some cases competitive with Mozilla products
A huge thanks to our wonderful community that has helped make this all possible! Please stay tuned for more details on how we’ll honor the anniversary over the year.
Via blog.mozilla.com
April 4th, 2008
Firefox 2 introduced a new feature called session restore that allows it to automatically restore tabs and windows you had opened when you start Firefox after a crash or any kind of abnormal exit.
To get the same session restore with normal exits you have to select Show my tabs and windows from last time for When Firefox starts in the Main page of the Options window (Tools menu, Options).
The problem with it is that if you close Firefox windows one by one (like clicking on the X button in the top right corner on Windows), you will only get the very last window closed and its tabs restored, since it was the only opened one when you actually exit Firefox.To have all windows and tabs restored, in the File menu in any window, select Exit. Now you will get a full restore.
Via Mozillalinks.org
January 9th, 2008
Firefox benefits from a vast community of add-on developers and here are a few that will supercharge your every day browsing experience.
One feature that distinguished Firefox early on was its support for tabbed browsing. But the default configuration contains some awkward behaviors when switching between tabs and opening new tabs.
1. First, install Last Tab. It allows Firefox to cycle through tabs in order of most recent use. This will feel more intuitive to anyone familiar with switching between applications in Windows using ALT+TAB.
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December 28th, 2007
New versions of favorite applications are always a little tricky; you want to keep up with the times without fixing what ain’t broke. With that in mind, I took a look at the newly released Firefox 3 Beta 2 to see what we can look forward to when the final version ships in 2008.
Although the basic look of the browser hasn’t changed, there are actually quite a few new features coming. (For a complete list, you can check out Mozilla’s release notes.)
Some of the new features in Firefox 3 are not immediately obvious — at least, not to the casual user. Among other things, Mozilla is incorporating new graphics- and text-rendering architectures in its browser layout engine (Gecko 1.9) to offer rendering improvements in CSS and SVG; adding a number of security features, including malware protection and version checks of its add-ons; and offline support for suitably coded Web applications.
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December 27th, 2007
Firefox is more than a browser. It’s a toolbox, just waiting to be filled with tools.
This is for freelancers who want only the best tools to make their working day easier and more productive.
This first installment contains the top 12 most useful Firefox extensions for freelance web developers and designers.
1. FireFTP
A powerful FPT client in one tab, your work in another. Sometimes the simplest solutions can be profoundly useful. (Note: Does not as yet support SFTP).
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December 19th, 2007
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