Tag: Firefox
Mozilla to Patch Critical Firefox 3.5 Vulnerability
Soon enough we will see Firefox 3.5.1 release as Mozilla is working hard to fix the critical security flaw.
Meanwhile, you may temporary mitigate it by disabling JIT in the JavaScript engine, to do so:
Type about:config in the location bar
Search for javascript.options.jit.content, double click it to set it to false.
Weekly Browsers Recap, July 13th
- Why Microsoft Took A Year To Fix The Critical ActiveX Flaw
- Twitter Gets In Your Face About Upgrading to Firefox 3.5
- Top 10 business add-ons for Firefox
- Opera CEO Defends Unite Against Security Concerns
- Opera Intros New KZ-Opera 4.0 Mobile Browser
- Reasons Why Google Chrome OS Is (and Isn’t) a Big Deal
- Stainless Review: A Fresh Take on the Browser
Spread Firefox and Receive Prizes
What could be better than promoting your favorite browser and getting reward for that? New SpreadFirefox contest will be giving away iPod Touch, Flip Video Camera, iPod Nano and more, as it says:
“We have re-designed the Affiliates Reward program so that everyone with more than 5 downloads a quarter has an opportunity to be rewarded for their active membership.
We will offer ten rewards each quarter to ten individual Affiliates with incentives such as a Flip Video Camera, an iPod Touch, an iPod Nano, Amazon Gift Certificates and exclusive Top Fox T-shirts!”
So everything is quite simple. For more details, visit the contest page.
June, 2009 – IE Falls Below 60%, Firefox Surpasses 30% Market Share, Opera, Chrome, Safari
Yet again, it’s time to check how your favorite web browser market share changed in a month.
For the very first time, Internet Explorer has fallen below 60% market share mark, from 62.09% to 59.49%
Good news for Firefox fans as well, it has finally surpassed 30% market share mark, went up from 28.75% to 30.33% Continue Reading
Google Adwords now Supports Firefox 3.5
With the release of Firefox 3.5, people started to see the following message when opening Google Adwords interface with the latest browser version:
“Support for Firefox 3.5 is coming soon. Until then, please use an earlier version of Firefox when viewing the new interface.”
Fortunately, the issue has been finally fixed and everything works like a charm again.
Firefox 3.5 vs. Safari 4 vs. Opera 10 vs. Chrome 2 vs. IE8
Adrian Kingsley Hughes from ZDNet has benchmarked Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5 and 3.0, Safari 4, Opera 10 (alpha!) and Chrome 2.0 browsers using SunSpider, V8 benchmarks.
Chrome 2 wins in both benchmarks which is followed by Safari 4. In the V8 benchmark suite however, other web browsers lag behind by up to 36 times.
Results are as follow: Continue Reading
Touch Scrolling on Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 2
Folks from GottaBeMobile.com have demoed a touch scrolling feature on IE8, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 2 web browsers. With Firefox 3.5 release, Chrome was the only one struggling with this task.
Firefox 3.5 Hits 5 Million Downloads Mark
Almost 24 hours ago, the final version of Firefox 3.5 web browser has been released. The good news, it has been downloaded more than 5 million times already and number keeps growing!
If you haven’t tried this version yet, you can download it here.
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New Cooliris Release
An update for Cooliris add-on has been just released. The following version works with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari web browsers (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) and introduces better Flickr and MySpace support, also integration to the browser tab and more.
What’s new?
Show off any 3D Wall of content by sharing its URL with friends
Freely jump between Cooliris and other tabs and desktop applications like your email or favorite photo editing program
Save 3D Wall to your browser’s bookmarks, enjoy multiple instances of Cooliris in different tabs, or set a 3D Wall view as your homepage, e.g. daily news or entertaiment feed. The possibilities are almost endless.
