The newest version of Firefox is now available for the PC and Mac.  Firefox being the worlds 3rd most used browser behind Chrome and still dominant Internet Explorer has released its latest stable version 10. Some newest features include a Forward button that remains hidden until you actually need it, support for full-screen APIs, and better extensions management.   Firefox 10  also debuts "Extended Support Release," intended for enterprises that don't Continue Reading

  No doubt the fall of market share of IE was due to a browser called Firefox which is one of the most widely used browsers on the Planet. Yes there is Google Chrome but for serious plugin and add-on users Firefox is still considered as the best browser ever. Nonetheless, today Firefox with the promise of releasing a version every 6 weeks officially released Firefox 8.0 a day earlier than expected. The Windows version of Firefox 8 can be downloaded from here, while the Mac version can Continue Reading

  Microsoft is ready to move beyond Internet Explorer 6. The software giant has launched a new website, The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown, that bears the slogan: “Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6.” On its new website, IE6Countdown.com, Microsoft is making its most concentrated effort yet to get users to move away from the decade-old browser. As the site says in its preamble, “10 years ago a browser was born. …It’s time to say goodbye.” The goal of the website is Continue Reading

The new version is due to get an updated Web browser engine. Using the same Gecko project that Firefox is built atop means Thunderbird messages can integrate with Web activity such as Google Calendar.   Another possibility for 3.1 is a revamp of the Thunderbird start page, Mozilla Messaging CEO David Ascher said Friday. That redesign, which Ascher described in May, could show more useful information than the present splash screen--for example, information about what activity people has been Continue Reading

  Happy Birthday, Firefox   On November 9, 2004, Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 debuted and quickly became a serious contender in the ongoing browser wars. At the time, Microsoft's Internet Explorer dominated the market with a 99 percent market share. Five years later, Internet Explorer still reigns at 65 percent, but Firefox comes in second with an impressive 23 percent.     Firefox currently has 330 million users worldwide, and celebrated its 1 billionth download in July. The celebration Continue Reading

Microsoft now seriously needs to consider a new strategy for the browser because today Mozilla Corporation CEO John Lilly revealed in a Twitter post on Monday that Firefox gained over 30 million unique users over the past eight weeks. He calls the recent growth spurt "amazing." NetApplications last reported that IE's September market share slipped by 1.26 per cent from the previous month to 65.71 per cent of total web surfers. Firefox, in the same timeframe, rose a modest 0.77% Continue Reading