Firefox 3 alpha unleashed
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Testing times Mozilla is calling on developers to help it ensure that the next version of the open source web browser is solid. And it has released an alpha version of Firefox 3 for developers to play with.â¦
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On Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation released its first preview release of Firefox 1.0, the organization&#39;s standalone Web browser based on the Mozilla source code.
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Late Tuesday night -- without warning -- the Mozilla organization posted Beta 3 of Firefox 3.0, for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux platforms. Release notes are indicating substantial progress on new and so far unseen features.
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Mozilla's updated e-mail client lands with new tools and a slick new UI. The software's still not ready for prime time, but it looks like the final version will be impressive. In Monkey Bites.
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As the number of downloads of Mozilla Foundation&#39;s open source browser Firefox 1.0 continues to soar (4.7 hits by Nov. 19), people are asking what will established browsers do in response?
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Firefox Alpha 5 arrived last Friday, bringing with it the first look at Places, the new bookmark management system. But the Firefox team has a number of additional UI tweaks up their sleeve and some of them look quite slick.
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Mike told me it would be okay to use Firefox 3 beta on the Mac. So I am. So far so good.  Firefox 2 was starting to hang every five minutes. But one of my critical plugins doesn't work in Firefox 3. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Software sucks.&trade;
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Behind Firefox The beta 3 version of Firefox 3, released this week, will probably be the last version of the browser based on the original Mozilla platform, celebrating its tenth anniversary next week. Work is already underway on a revamp of Firefox's underlying platform - Mozilla.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - If the Firefox browser were a car, it would be in the garage right now being souped up by an anxious group of gearheads. When Firefox 3.0 is released later this year, the open-source browser is likely to contain a host of new features, including offline support for Web applications and new bookmark and search features. Mozilla released the second alpha version of Firefox 3.0 earlier this month. While the final feature set hasn't been determined, Firefox 3.0 will also contain elements for its 4.0 release and beyond, said Mike Schroepfer, vice president for engineering for Mozilla, during a stop in London on Tuesday. The browser is due out in the second half of the year. "What we're trying to do with all of these things is lay the foundation," Schroepfer said. Perhaps most exciting could be Firefox's ability to support writing an e-mail in, for example, Gmail while offline, with the data sent later when a user is connected to the Internet again. Ultimately, Mozilla engineers are aiming for an integration between the browser and Web-based services that is as smooth-running as a desktop application, Schroepfer said. So far, engineers have made Firefox work with Zimbra, an open-source e-mail, messaging, and VoIP application. With a bit of code from GoogleÂ and Microsoft, it would be possible to integrate with Gmail and Hotmail and other e-mail services. To do offline support, engineers have overcome the hurdle of how to store data locally on the computer, Schroepfer said. The feature will make it into Firefox 3.0, although the user interface is still under development, he said. Other changes could come to the bookmarks and history features,Â which have seen relatively little innovation, he said. Mozilla would like to create a function where bookmarks could be automatically sorted based on popularity and frequency rather than the static presentation now. Firefox 3.0 will also have a small, embedded database -- SQL Lite -- that will eventually be used for full-text indexing of the browser's "history." Users could search for images and text and see the cached page. The feature, however, may not make it into the 3.0 release, he said. "The advantage of the database is that we can search your cache," Schroepfer said. Most importantly, Firefox has to be fast and standards-compliant, he said. Some users have complained about Firefox sucking up processing power because of add-ons or extensions, a popular aspect of Firefox where small programs can be downloaded into the browser to add new functions. But extensions sometimes tax system resources, in part because it's often part-time hobbyists doing the coding, Schroepfer said. Mozilla will soon set up a shared library of tested code that extension writers can download and use, Schroepfer said. Mozilla also relaunched its extension site, cutting back on the number of extensions listed so first-time users don't overload their browsers and dampen their experience. In a few weeks, discussion forums will also be set up for developers to exchange feedback as code writers sometimes don't know of the problems, he said. Firefox 4.0 will support the JavaScript 2 language, now under development in part by Mozilla'sÂ CTO Brendan Eich and the ECMA International standards body, Schroepfer said. The idea behind the JavaScript revamp is to make high-performance Web applications easier to write and assemble for people with less coding expertise, he said. "It's less about making it possible and more about making it easy," Schroepfer said. Â
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Mozilla Corp. updated the preview of Firefox 3.0 to alpha 8 Thursday, unveiling for the first time to users several security features it&#39;s talked up for months.
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The free Firefox Web browser, which has chipped away at the market dominance of Microsoft&#39;s Internet Explorer, has been readied for a full release including new features designed to make it more stable, backers of the program say.
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Many users are celebrating Mozilla&#39;s release of Firefox 1.0, its open-source Web browser. The beta version was downloaded some 8 million times.
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Mozilla Firefox is a safe, free, fast, simple and compatible Web browser that may be the answer to letting go of Internet Explorer once and for all.
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Preview version seeks best of both worlds, is based on Firefox.
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Three days ahead of schedule, Mozilla Corp. has released Beta 2 of its upcoming Firefox 3.0 Web browser.
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Mozilla Firefox has features and extensions that go far beyond what you get with Internet Explorer.  Here's how to turbocharge the browser to enhance your online experience.
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Mozilla has released the second alpha version of what is slated to become the Firefox 3.0 Web browser, which is due in users' hands during the second half of the year.