Tag: Firefox
Firefox 3.5 to Receive Tabs Restore Feature Upgrade
Starting with the upcoming Firefox 3.5 Beta 4, new public releases will feature an upgraded window restore feature.
Besides the regular one, where you can open recently closed tabs, an improvement allows users to reopen few tabs at the same time which will be a great time saver in a certain situations.
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Firefox 3.0.9 Released
Firefox team has released an update to its Firefox 3 series. The following release fixes 9 security vulnerabilities as well as couple of bugs which include several stability fixes.
For a complete list of changes, feel free to check what’s new section in the following page.
Download Firefox 3.0.9
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Code Freeze Delayed
Although Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 code freeze was supposed to be finished today, Mozilla team announced that due to some of the unresolved P1 blockers, there will be a tiny delay.
Although there is no new official date, the target remains the same: late next week.
Weekly Browsers Recap, April 20th
- Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2009
- Best Internet Explorer Add-Ons
- Firefox Update May Not Support Older Windows
- Nine more Firefox add-ons to try
- Best Firefox Add-Ons
- iPhone 3.0 details leaked about Mobile Safari, battery status
- Drag Tabs from Google Chrome to Firefox
- Chrome update offers tab micromanagement options
- Google Chooses Zooppa to Advertise Google Chrome
- Exclusive Interview: Google Chrome’s Chromium Core Explored : Introduction
- Nintendo DSi’s camera wows, but browser disappoints
- Cooliris Version 1.10 Now Available
Firefox – Browser with the Most Disclosed Vulnerabilities
From .PDF (download)
“This year, Secunia published advisories for the four most widely used web browsers: Internet Explorer (IE), Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox. 31 vulnerabilities were reported for Internet Explorer (IE 5.x, 6.x, and 7), including those publicly disclosed prior to vendor patch as well as those included in Microsoft Security Bulletins. Continue Reading
Weekly Browsers Recap, April 14th
Some great articles over the last week.
- 10 Cool Things We’ll Be Able To Do Once IE6 Is Dead
- Revealed: the world’s best browser
- Browser wars 2009: Firefox, Chrome, & Internet Explorer
- Chrome is a browser? What’s a browser?
- 15 Firefox add-ons for Web developers
- Opera Aims at Becoming Number 1 Browser in Georgia
- Opera Releases Nintendo DSi Browser
March, 2009 – Internet Explorer, Opera Loses; Firefox, Safari, Chrome Gains
Despite Internet Explorer 8 launch, IE continues to lose its market share and this time fell by 0.62, from 67.44% to 66.82%.
Firefox market share trend is quite clear: up, from 21.77% to 22.05% (0.28 increase).
After previous loss, Safari managed to increase its market share by 0.21, from 8.02% to 8.23%. Continue Reading
Firefox 3.6 (Namoroka) Details Emerge
Although Firefox 3.5 Final has not been released yet, Mozilla already looking forward to cook Firefox 3.6 (codename Namaroka).
Some of the prioritized features were already revealed; they include: performance improvements for startup and new tabs opening times, responsiveness, also, one of the *must have* features: light themes and extensions activation without requiring to restart Firefox!
… and many more. For a complete list, feel free to check this post.
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Linux Browsers JavaScript Benchmark
After seeing plenty of web browsers benchmark results on Windows platform, I have decided to test them myself on Linux instead. In the first part we will be using the most popular JavaScript benchmark: Sunspider.
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