In what has now become a tradition, the Internet Explorer team sent a "Congratulations on Shipping!" cake to the Mozilla Foundation headquarters for shipping Mozilla Firefox 3.0. As you might be able to see in the picture, the ring around the Internet Explorer "e" is actually three-dimensional and it’s certainly more fancy than the cake they previously sent Mozilla for shipping Firefox 2.
Source: Ryan Paul at Ars Technica
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Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
By the way, the official date for the launch of Firefox 3 will be posted here soon - so check back! Join our community and this effort by pledging today.
Link: Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008
Today Mozilla has released the much awaited Firefox 3 RC1. According to the Mozilla this version of Firefox would become the final version of Firefox 3 if no more bugs are found in it.
Overall this version of Firefox is very much improved,much faster but still they have to work more on it to compare with the new Opera 9.5
You can download the English version here to download other versions visit here
More info will be posted when official announcement would be made about it.
Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released Mozilla announced Firefox 3 Beta 5 today, intended for developer testing and community feedback. Beta 5 includes new features as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed.
- Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux.
- Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others, based on feedback from our community.
- Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatabilty and stability.
- Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office.
Download Firefox 3 Beta 5 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in 45 different languages. Also check the Release Notes.
Source: TechPowerUp!
After Internet Explorer 8 it’s now time for Firefox 4 Alpha codenamed Minesfield. Many new changes has been made in this new version of Firefox.It’s pretty smooth and fast and also the user interface has been changed considerably.
Here are some of the notable changes in this version-
- Changes to the graphics layer
- New data storage layer for bookmarks and history (using SQLite)
- Extended search plugin format
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath
- To get a list of the most recent additions, check out the Burning Edge weblog.
Here is the screenshot of the Firefox 4 Alpha-
U can download it here- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
The latest version of firefox is now available for download.This buld was hidden as it is a nightly build! but we finally got our hands on it.
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Features:
- Improved Tabbed Browsing
- Spell Checking
- Search Suggestions
- Session Restore
- Web Feeds (RSS)
- Live Titles
- Live Bookmarks
- Pop-up Blocker
- Streamlined Interface
- Phishing Protection
- Automated Update
- Protection from Spyware and more….
Download: Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 1
Firefox just passed the 400 million download mark, according to the Spread Firefox site for promoting the open-source, extendable Web browser.
That number shouldn’t be confused with actual installations, Mozilla’s public relations folks rightly caution. (I’m sure I’ve downloaded it at least a dozen times this year, and I’m only using copies on three computers at present. On the flip side, there are any number of other ways to get Firefox, including Linux installations.) Nevertheless, 400 million is an achievement worth noting, given that just a few years ago it looked like Microsoft had the market locked up with Internet Explorer.
However, not everything is going swimmingly in Firefox land. Mozilla had hoped to release a Firefox 3 "Gran Paradiso" beta in July. Instead, Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, now says it’s due "this fall."
News Source: CNET News
Firefox 3.0, the open-source browser which is slated for release in the second half of 2007, will include many new features, including offline support for Web applications and new bookmark and search features. While the final feature set hasn’t been determined, Firefox 3.0 will also contain elements for its 4.0 release and beyond: “What we’re trying to do with all of these things is lay the foundation,” said Mike Schroepfer, vice president for engineering for Mozilla, during a stop in London on Tuesday. Ultimately, Mozilla engineers are aiming for an integration between the browser and Web-based services that is as smooth-running as a desktop application. To do offline support, engineers have overcome the hurdle of how to storedata locally on the computer – the feature will make it into Firefox 3.0, although the user interface is still under development. Mozilla would also like to create a function where bookmarks could be automatically sorted based on popularity and frequency rather than the static presentation now.
Most importantly, Firefox has to be fast and standards-compliant, Schroepfer said. He also noted that extensions are sometimes to blame for abnormal use of system resources, and therefore Mozilla will soon set up a shared library of tested code that extension writers can download and use. 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. Schroepfer also emphasized that Firefox 4.0 will support the JavaScript 2 language, now under development in part by Mozilla’s CTO Brendan Eich and the ECMA International standards body. 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.”
News source: InfoWorld
Ankur Mittal | June 19, 2008
Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released
