Mozilla slates overdue Firefox 3.1 beta for March 10
After several delays, Mozilla has set a release schedule for Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, the next milestone on the road to the browser's first major upgrade since June 2008.
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Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 again, slates another beta
Mozilla Wednesday announced it will add another beta to the Firefox 3 .1 development schedule, a move that will push the browser's ship date to the second quarter or later.
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Firefox 3.1 delivery slips; TraceMonkey progress questioned
Some Mozilla developers have recommended that the company consider yanking the new JavaScript engine, dubbed TraceMonkey, from Firefox 3 .1 to get the browser back on track and out the door.
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New Firefox release fixes critical security bugs
Mozilla developers released the latest version of their Firefox browser Tuesday, version 3.0.6, which fixes several security bugs in the software.
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Mozilla wants to watch Firefox users
Mozilla Labs, the research arm of Mozilla, wants 1 per cent of Firefox users to allow it to watch how they use the browser -- and the Web in general.
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Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 beta 3
Mozilla has said that it will delay the third beta of Firefox 3 .1, citing a "large number" of remaining bugs as the reason for the slip.
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IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December
Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
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IE share drops, Firefox surges
The market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) dropped under the 70 per cent mark last month for the first time since Web metrics vendor Net Applications started keeping tabs on browsers, the company said Monday. IE slipped to a 69.8 per cent share, down from October's 71.3 percent and off 7.6 points in the last year.
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New Firefox app lets users pimp their browsers
Mozilla Tuesday unveiled a Web application that speeds Firefox customization by offering users several sets of pre-selected add-ons.
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Mozilla plans for Firefox 2.0's final days
Mozilla is considering just two more security updates for Firefox 2.0 before it retires the browser at the end of this year.
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Firefox for Mobile alpha release due next week
By this time next week, Mozilla will have unveiled the alpha release of its mobile Firefox browser, codenamed Fennec.
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Mozilla locks in Firefox 3.1 feature list
Mozilla will use a several-week delay it recently added to the Firefox 3.1 schedule to build a private browsing mode and beef up the browser's address bar, the company said today. Three weeks ago, the company said it would insert four to five more weeks into the timetable, part of a reaction to changes in the browser market, including the introduction by Google of its Chrome browser. Then, Mozilla said it would probably use the time to add a privacy mode and to punch up its TraceMonkey JavaScript engine performance.
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Mozilla debuts first Firefox 3.1 alpha
Mozilla has released the first preview of Firefox 3.1, the fast-track update that the open-source company has pegged with a late 2008 or early 2009 ship date.
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Mozilla CTO details the history of JavaScript
In this interview we chat to Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and chief technology officer of Mozilla Corporation. Eich details the development of JS from its inception at Netscape in 1995, and comments on its continued popularity, as well as what he believes will be the future of client-side scripting languages on the Web.
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Mozilla to release first Firefox 3.1 preview on Friday
Mozilla has set Friday as the ship date for the first preview edition of Firefox 3.1, the fast-track update it hopes to polish off by late this year or early in 2009.
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Firefox 3.0.1 patches Mac-only bug
Mozilla patched three critical vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0 this week, including a Mac-specific bug reported by Apple, not just two as originally reported.
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Developers say Firefox 3.1 update should be 'easy'
The release of Firefox 3.0 has been a resounding success, but for some the upgrade path has been less than painless. The latest version of the open source browser differed enough from previous versions that many add-ons had to be substantially rewritten before they would work with the new release. And just when the dust appeared to be clearing, Firefox 3.1 is on the horizon.
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Firefox for mobile devices due this summer
You are one of 8 million users who just downloaded Firefox 3.0. But are you ready for Firefox for mobile?
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Mozilla says Firefox 3.0 bug-free, launches RC2
Mozilla late Wednesday unveiled the second release candidate of Firefox 3.0 and said all of the issues that remain are on the server or site side, not in the application itself.
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Firefox on track to crack 20% share in July
Mozilla's Firefox browser is on pace to hit the 20% market share mark next month, a Web metrics company said Monday. Firefox boosted its share by 0.6% in May, accounting for 18.4% of the browsers used during the month and putting it within shouting distance of a major milestone, according to Net Applications Inc. "Firefox is trending to hit 20% market share some time in July," said Vince Vizzaccaro, the company's executive vice president of marketing, in an e-mail.