Mozilla is launching Firefox 16 on Tuesday. While this version of the browser only introduces a few new features for consumers, developers can look forward to using Firefox’s new Developer Command Line. The Command Line, says the Firefox team, “provides easy keyboard control over Firefox Developer Tools and is ...
Firefox 16 Launches With Safari-Like Reader Mode On Android, New Developer Tools On Desktop
on 10.9.12
Mozilla shows off a beautiful pre-release of Firefox for Windows 8
on 10.5.12
Love the dual-personality of Windows 8 or hate it, there’s no denying that the Modern interface is beautiful. Working in it is, from my experience, also quite fantastic albeit with some caveats. The Firefox team has been hard at work coming up with a version of its browser for the Metro Modern UI and today we get a peek ...
Firefox Will Soon Support Apple’s MacBook Pro Retina Display
on 10.1.12
The latest cutting-edge nightly build of Firefox 18 finally features support for Apple’s high-resolution Retina screen on the MacBook Pro. Firefox 18 is scheduled to arrive in Mozilla’s Aurora release channel in about a week. After that, it will make its way through the beta channel and finally become the stable version ...
Study finds IE9 is better at blocking malware than Chrome, Safari, and Firefox combined
on 9.27.12
Is Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer 9 the most secure browser out there? It depends who you ask. A study published today by NSS Labs says that indeed Microsoft bests Google, Mozilla, and Apple when it comes to blocking malware. NSS tested Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome versions 15 through 19, ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – September 19, 2012
on 9.19.12
Internet Explorer users beware: if you’re using IE 6, 7, 8 or 9 you may be vulnerable to hackers. Microsoft confirmed this week that hackers have been able to gain access to and take over PCs by exploiting a security flaw in the versions of IE 6, 7, 8 or 9. Only a small number of users have been affected, and most were ...
HTML5: Will It Ever Live Up To The Hype?
on 9.6.12
HTML5 is the latest iteration of the standard used by web programmers and developers. When completed in 2014, it will enable developers to write-once-run-anywhere (WORA) for consistent, cross-platform experiences across all operating systems and browsers. For example, a developer could create a single application with ...
Mozilla: Internet Explorer 9 is a “pretty respectable browser”
on 8.22.12
Today at TNW’s Latin American conference in São Paulo, Mozilla’s Director of Research Andreas Gal, praised Microsoft’s browsing technology progress, stating that a decade ago, using Internet Explorer was a rough experience. However, today, Gal noted that “Microsoft is making a pretty respectable browser.” He went ...
Mozilla says a slew of carriers and handset makers set to support Firefox OS
on 7.2.12
Sure it's not as catchy as "Boot to Gecko," but Mozilla's newly-christened Firefox OS has already gained favor with a number of carriers, including Deutsche Telekom, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Telenor -- as previously reported, Telefonica-owned Vivo is set to introduce the earliest handsets early next ...
A Mozilla Browser Is Coming to iPad, but It’s Not Firefox
on 6.18.12
Because Apple won't allow any browser technology besides Webkit on iOS, Mozilla can't bring Firefox to Apple's mobile devices. But instead of ignoring the platform completely, they're working on Junior: a Webkit-based browser that eschews tabs and the standard URL bar in favor of a new UI. That's not to say that you can't ...
Twitter Now Honors Mozilla’s Do Not Track Feature
on 5.17.12
Mozilla’s Do Not Track feature, which allows users to tell websites that they would like to opt-out of being tracked by third parties, is starting to gain some traction among both users and publishers. According to new data shared by Mozilla today, 8.6% of Firefox desktop users and 19% of mobile users now turn this opt-in ...
Recent Comments