Archive for the 'Mozilla' Category
Firefox 3 download day made possible by Windows
On June 17, 2008 Mozilla attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a 24 hour period. According to Mozilla by 8 million downloads were recorded. Currently they are awaiting word from Guinness whether they were successful.
But there was one thing we wanted to know about…
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 now available
Mozilla has pushed out the first release candidate for Firefox 3. That means that version should be more regular than any of the betas that have been released by the final year, but there may still be some bugs to work out. whether you want to be absolutely convinced you won’t lose settings or m…
Make Firefox more responsive when loading pages - Browser Tip
For some reason when a page is loading in Firefox, it doesn’t seem to reply to user interaction immediately. For example, say you’re loading a very lengthy page (maybe you’re using a free Backpack account), and you know that the subject matter you need is half way down the page. By default, Fire…
Camino 1.6: motorized updates, keychain integration, and more
Camino 1.6 is now out in the wild, and it looks to be the release a lot of citizens were waiting for. With many new features as well as many updated features, Camino 1.6 is an excellent and compelling alternative to Safari and Firefox on the Mac.
New to Camino 1.6:
Toolbar Search Improvem…
FireGestures 1.0.5: Add mouse gestures to Firefox
FireGestures is a new Firefox extension that enables mouse gestures in the Firefox web browser.
If you’ve never tried using mouse gestures with Firefox or any other program, FireGestures is a great place to start, offering out-of-the-box functionality along with accessible advanced options.
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How to eliminate speling mistkes in Firefox text boxes
When Mozilla launched Firefox 2, they included a built in spell checker, which is kind of awesome whether you spend a lot of day entering text in a web-based mail, blogging, or word processing application. But for some reason, the Firefox spell checker only looks at large text areas, like the bo…
Mozilla updates Firefox and Camino, Firefox Beta 3 on the horizon
Mozilla has been engaged in Patch-land (you know, the place right next to Never-Never land?), and Firefox 3 is nearly one step closer to total.
Today Mozilla has released updates to both its Firefox and Camino web browser. Firefox 2.0.0.12 stomps out a reported 11 bugs, including one that pos…
A first look at Mobile Firefox
Mozilla has just revealed a first look at its new Mobile Firefox interface. Actually, Mozilla has designed two UI’s: one for touch screen devices, like most PDA’s, smart phones (and the iPhone, of course), and one for non-touch devices, like most cell phones.
The Firefox mobile browser takes som…
Happy Birthday Mozilla -or- Open Source can be Delicious
It’s no secret, we love us some Firefox around the Download Squad. It’s slick, it’s fast, it’s (generally) regular. So, when we realized that it’s been 10 years since the keystone moment of Netscape’s open source commitment, we just couldn’t help ourselves.
We enlisted Slashfood blogger and profe…
Mozilla launches habitable chat support
Mozilla, the company responsible for the Firefox web browser, recently unveiled a live chat feature on their support page. The service is staffed by a handful of volunteers, and is currently only open for a few hours a day.
We spoke with one of the volunteers, who informed us that the service…
