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Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer Market Share

Mozilla are now showing that Firefox is not just another browser that wants to have a small share of the market place. Firefox are now closing in on the 20 percent market share, a direct result of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer losing favor with people. Read more

Firefox 3.1 Beta vs Google Chrome, IE 8 beta 2, Safari 3.1.2

With so many web browsers to choose from today, we for once have a good choice and more options that do a good job than before. Today we have enjoyed an article that shows a detailed test of Firefox 3.1 Beta vs Google Chrome, IE 8 beta 2, and Safari 3.1.2 Read more

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 released: how to enable TraceMonkey

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 was made available for download yesterday, but one of the best features on the web browser has been switched off. Mozilla say that the new Firefox download helps to improve the performance as well as Web compatibility for the speed of Firefox. Read more

Firefox Mobile points to future of computing

Just before the release of Firefox 3, there was so much coverage all over the Internet to let us know that the new browser would be coming. However; that was not the case when Mozilla released a video demo for Firefox Mobile, it just showed up on the Internet without much warning. Read more

Firebox to launch Flip Mino in UK

Firebox have unveiled their Flip Mino on Wednesday to the guys at Pocket-lint, so if you went crazy over the launch of mini camcorders in the UK then the Flip Mino will send you into a frenzy.

Although, not sure when the Firebox Flip Mino will launch into the UK, as of yet it hasn’t been posted onto the Firebox website or the UK Flip site, but at the event in London it has been tipped as their top Christmas gift, so we feel this gorgeous slim Mino will surface very soon, so may be time to ditch your Creative Vado or Flip Ultra Edition.

So if touch control, flip-out action and 4 x 2 x 0.6 inches does it for you then watch this space, available in black and white and weighing in at 3.3 ounces which is 40 percent smaller than the ultra. This device should cost £119.95 according to Firebox.

Source: pocket-lint

TraceMonkey speeds up Firefox

TraceMonkey a new feature in Firefox will improve the speed of web-based applications like Gmail, it’s reported by a top source at the Mozzarella Association.

Many developers have moved over to Adobe’s flash as JavaScript which is used to provide rich internet applications which have been tainted with dodge performance.

Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, Mike Shaver, said that JavaScript performance nearly doubles compared to Firefox 3.0, based on the Sun Spider test of JavaScript performance. This speed brings image editing and 3D graphics into JavaScript’s abilities, he said.

TraceMonkey is set to bring everything back as it brings native code speed to JavaScript, Mozilla hopes.

If you go onto the latest developer version of the open-source web browser you can play with it, it’s also reported that it will appear in the next released test version, which may be found at the end of the year on the first Beta Firefox 3.1.

Source: theinquirer

Video explaining Mozilla Labs Aurora browser concept

Mozilla Labs has released a video which explains all you need to know about their Aurora browser concept. Mozilla hope that by launching this video, it will help to inspire people to take an active part in what is being described as the future of the web.

Mozilla Labs hope that they are able to provoke the thought of this new browser concept; they would like to facilitate discussion in designing the new direction of Firefox as well as other Mozilla projects.

The video has been created by Adaptive Path and Mozilla Labs. When watching the video, you will get to see how the Aurora browser looks and works. The concept browser uses OS X, this uses a dock-like and drag and droppable interface.

We could be watching the future of Firefox; so far I like what I have seen. The look is futuristic with objects fading away which lay further back in the past. I do worry when a concept looks this good, it will just be one of those things that we never end up seeing.

Check out the Mozilla Labs Aurora browser concept video below.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 enters Guinness World of Records

A few weeks back we were all rushing to our computers to download Firefox 3.0 from Mozilla, and none of us could have imagined how popular the new Web Browser was going to be.

Well Mozilla must have known something, as they had asked there users to try and make them hold the record for the most software downloads in 24 hours.

The thing was at the time the Guinness World Records had no such record, but Mozilla had campaigned to allow this new record.

Well it now seems that Guinness officials have decided to accept Mozilla’s final count of 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox 3.0 in 24 hours. We can now say that Firefox 3.0 is a record holder.

When Mozilla launched their latest Web Browser last month, at their busiest time their servers had to handle at least 9,000 downloads per minute.

The previous version of Firefox had 1.6 million downloads in 24 hours; version 3.00 beat that in just 5 hours.

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Safari and Firefox grow at expense of Internet Explorer

It’s been long known that Internet Explorer is the most used web browser but it’s also a known fact that it has been losing market share to Firefox for some time now. Today we are hearing that Safari and Firefox have been growing at the expense of Internet Explorer and if you’re a percent person lets give you some figures.

The Safari Web browser has gained market share for two months in a row and now has 6.25 percent of the browser market, although Firefox has a lot more at 19.03 percent at the end of June and this figure has been steadily moving up month on month. Both Apple and Mozilla’s web browsers are taking more market share each month but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still has a dominant 73.01 percent of the market.

While that’s a massive lead for Microsoft it is still one that can be overtaken if it keeps losing surfers to Safari and Firefox. These statistics give you an outlook of the current web browser market but in the whole, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is consistently losing people. The other brands have a long way to go and I am sure Microsoft is not sitting around letting this happen, so anything can happen yet.

What web browser do you use and what features make you choose that browser?

It looks like Firefox 2 is the most secure Web browser, this would be assumed because 83.3% of its users run the most current version and this is compared to 45.2% of Internet users who do not use the latest version of their Internet browser and this will then not be as secure. Do you always update your web browser as soon as an update is available?

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Mozila Firefox logo in space near the edge of the Milky Way

It seems that the Hubble Space Telescope has seen the Mozila Firefox logo in space, ok maybe it’s just me seeing things then. This is the V838 Monocerotis which is a variable star and lies right near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Come on you have to admit, it does look like the Mozila Firefox logo, either that or you are blind. Hold on is it me or does that red light also look like HAL 9000 from the superb movie 2001: A Space Odyssesy.

Source - Slippery Brick

Mozilla say no to Firefox on Apple iPhone: Have they made a mistake?

We know the Apple iPhone is the biggest product out on the market and I do personally have the iPhone and this is why this latest news is a bit of a kick in the teeth.

I work all day on my computer and indeed use Mozilla Firefox and must say am pretty disappointed that Mozilla have said no to Firefox going on the Apple iPhone.

Mozilla invited a few technology writers to their office on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion and one of the discussions was about the Apple iPhone, John Lilly Mozilla’s CEO and VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer has said that Apple’s software requirements for the handset are too restrictive, this is when they said they will not be making Firefox for the iPhone.

Lilly said, “Apple has not written a license which allows Firefox to run on the iPhone.” Instead, they will pursue more open platforms like Android.
Do you think they have made a mistake and should have Firefox for Apple iPhone?

Source – Phones Review

Firefox Version 1.5 eBay tool released: Download ready now

Firefox have just updated their new companion tool for eBay users which was launched last May, this is a new update which you can download now.

To break it down in simple terms the new tool makes it a lot easier for Firefox users to access their eBay items and bids that they are selling using a cool side bar.

It also offers you status alerts which will provide you with very important trading updates like for example if you have been outbid on an item. Well the brand new tool update which has been released by Firefox will offer you a new drag and drop functionality within the eBay Sidebar, notifications for alerts when using Apple Macs and audio alerts and integration into any type of computer (Apple Mac, Linux and Windows).

Oh it also has something where is uses Firefox’s built-in anti-phishing protection.

Download here

BBC iPlayer: Apple iPhone beta Firefox plug-in security loophole fixed

As one loophole closes, another normally opens but for now the BBC iPlayer Firefox plug-in loophole has been fixed and now you cannot download and save programming DRM-free. It was reported that hackers found the loophole with the Apple iPhone beta version and let iPhone iPlayer users download videos with no copyright protection. Did you notice this loophole?

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Firefox 3 Beta 4 now available: has Mozilla done a good job

Mozilla have now launched their Firefox 3 Beta 4 OS, this updated version is now available for download. Mozilla claim that there are over 900 enhancements for this updated operating system. A couple of the main enhancements are from the overall performance and from the memory usage.

The download manager has been improved; there is also a full-page zoom great if you come to a site with smaller text.

Source - Web User

So with over 900 enhancements it looks as if Mozilla has done a good job, if you have downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 4 please let us know what you think.

Firefox downloaded 500 million times: Should they stop counting now?

Ok the latest news is that SpreadFirefox are claiming that the brilliant Firefox has been downloaded a staggering 500 million times which is great news but come on surely they should stop counting now and Read more