Six years ago, the first FCS release of Firefox showed up on the virtual doorstep of the Internet, wanting to be loved and adopted by people worldwide. And it was: it offered a credible alternative to the status quo and shared a proud tradition with Web browsers of yesteryear. Much has changed since that day, [...]
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So you love using or publishing on WordPress, and you also enjoy using Firefox. So why not add some WordPress-themed bling to Firefox?
Just in time to close out the end of the 1st half of 2009, Firefox 3.5 was officially released yesterday by the Mozilla folks, amidst a surprisingly small amount of fanfare. Is it because of the “.5″ portion of its version number? Or is it because many people who were previously enamored with Firefox 2 [...]
Later today, around 11:00 AM PT (that equates to 2:00 PM ET), Google will be announcing the availability of their Google Chrome beta product.
Is this something brand-new and innovative? No.
Is this something of interest to Web and enterprise developers? Yes… and here’s why:
True to their word, the Mozilla folks have made good on their threat to broadcast the Firefox 3.0.1 upgrade to current Firefox 2.0.0.16 users: If you haven’t seen the modal dialog pop up on top of your Firefox 2.0.0.16 browser screens yet, you’re going to, especially if you have the auto-update checking on. This is [...]
Congratulations to All-of-Us-Who-Participated-in-the-Massive-Download-Event! (And, let’s not forget the Firefox team and the Mozilla bunch for releasing Firefox 3.0 in the first place!) According to the Spread Firefox webpage, the record for most downloads in a 24-hour period was summarized as: From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 [...]
Do you also want to have a piece of history to go with your history-making download of Firefox 3.0? A cute feature at the Spread Firefox site is the feature to “Flaunt It“: use the online PDF generation tool to create your own official certificate (see the associated picture of one of these certs, courtesy [...]
Have you downloaded your Firefox 3.0 today? If you tried to download it right after it was announced around 1:16 PM ET today, and you managed to get through, then you’re one of the lucky ones. Apparently, the overwhelming traffic took down the primary download servers that the Mozilla bunch set up. The good news [...]
