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Mozilla Delays Firefox 3.5 RC

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:40:42 +0000

Mozilla has delayed the delivery of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) until late next week to take care of several last-minute bugs, a company executive said today.

Beltzner attributed the bug finds to a “newfound rigor” in testing, as well as a larger number of users hammering on the RC code. “[All this] makes it easier for us to spot potential problems with a milestone much earlier than ever before,” he said. Mozilla is now hoping to post Firefox 3.5 RC for download late next week, in the June 10-12 time frame.

The final version of Firefox 3.5 may yet make Mozilla’s end-of-this-month deadline. But all things will have to go smoothly, and Mozilla would have to limit itself to a single RC.

More information at ComputerWorld

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:46:56 +0000

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week – and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day – several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firfox.

Some plugins began to have weird quirks and other small problems, and the following places have great lists of plugins and their status relating to Firefox 3.

Keep reading “Firfox 3 Plugin Roundup“

Mozilla Already Working on Firefox 3.1. To Be Ready by Year’s End.

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:39:06 +0000

The official release of Firefox 3 may be slated to drop on Tuesday, but the folks at Mozilla have already started drafting features for Firfox 3.1, like a Windows Alt-Tab-style for the Ctrl-Tab switcher.

Firefox 3.1 would be targeted for this year’s to intentionally coincide with Firefox Mobile (Fennec) development and release, making it the fastest update in Firefox history. It usually takes about a year between releases.

Keep Reading “Firefox 3.1 Already In The Works” at Lifehacker

Keep Reading “Firefox 3.1 Targeted For Years End” at MozillaLinks.org

Some new CSS features in Firfox 3

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:19:12 +0000

Many people contributed to the work involved in adding these new features and the many other new CSS features in Firefox 3. The work in rewriting our graphics architecture was particularly important, and led to a number of these new features (and should lead to more new features in future firfox download). These contributions include a lot more than just writing code.

I’d like to thank everybody who filed bug reports, analyzed bugs and wrote test cases, fixed them, and documented the new features for their contributions to the features that I described above and the architecture work that they depend on, and to getting all of that work into a state that we can be proud of shipping as Firefox 3.

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Walter S. Mossberg: Firfox 3.0 Voted Best Browser for Web — for Now

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:56:06 +0000

The new version will be released simultaneously for Windows and the Mac’s OS X operating system, as well as for Linux. While each of the three editions will have the visual style of the operating system on which it runs, all three will have the same features.

My verdict is that Firefox 3.0 is the best Web browser out there right now, and that it tops the current versions of both IE and Safari in features, speed and security. It is easy to install and easy to use, even for a mainstream, non-technical user. It can be downloaded, free, on their Web site by clicking on “Firefox 3 Sneak Peek.”

This situation may change. Microsoft is working on a new version of IE, scheduled to be introduced later this year, with some impressive new features. And Apple is always working on new iterations of Safari, though it is secretive and hasn’t disclosed its plans. But for now, in my view, Firfox 3.0 download rules on both Windows and Mac.

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Firefox 3 Screencast. New features reviewed in 3 minutes 43 seconds!

admin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:49:39 +0000

A guy named Mike Beltzner has created a screencast of the new features in the new Firfox 3 Download. Features covered in the Firefox screencast include: malware protection, the new Location bar autocomplete functionality, one-click bookmarking using the new star button, bookmark tags, the site identity button, improvements to the file download user interface and the built-in Add-ons browser.

Due to its visual nature, the screencast shows Firefox’s features far more clearly than the many written previews that have been published. A picture really is worth a thousand words.

View the screencast