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Firefox 3.5 team aims for RC2

The Mozilla team is expected to complete build 2 of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1 in the next 24 hours but it may not see the light of day. That is, the team is zeroing in on a Release Candidate 2 (RC2) for public consumption before the...

Tags: Team, Mozilla Firefox, Release Candidate, Mozilla Team, Team Management, Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more features

 Mozilla has decided to extend development time of  Firefox 3.1 by four weeks to expand the scope of features in the point release. With that, the team expects the code for beta 1 to freeze September 30 and the code freeze for beta 2 to fall on November 4, said Mike Beltzner, a...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Feature, Firefox Team, Mozilla Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features?

Has Firefox already matched IE privacy features?SSH?I thought that was for a secure shell (port 23 i believe) to transfer files vs unsecure FTP (port 21)... SSL (port 443) is whats used in browsers for secure websites...unless im mistaken.It matched it a long time agoThe Distrust extension does what this...

Tags: Web browsers, SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, Mozilla team, privacy feature, IE privacy feature, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, SSH, SSL

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Firefox 3.1 alpha 1 code freeze is next Monday

Firefox 3 has only recently shipped but the first public milestone for its successor is fast approaching.  The Mozilla team is expecting that the code freeeze for alpha 1 of Firefox 3.1, code named Shiretoko, will be next Monday and that alpha 1 be available for early adopter testing on July 25....

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Tagging, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Firefox 3 RC1 now available for testing

The Mozilla development team quietly announced the release of Firefox 3 release candidate 1 over the weekend. The announcement was posted on May 18 and indicates that RC1 is a "public preview release" intended for testing and feedback.  RC1, which was expected to be released by the...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Team, Linux, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Additional Resources

Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Where should Mozilla go from here?

Consolidation and security, Now!Firefox has emerged as the most buggy browser robustness and security. It has more vulnerabilities discovered than any other browser, month after month. Each new release sees new stability and robustness problems.And Firefox still does not have support for sandboxing.Repeatedly they have to patch patches because their...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Web browser, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Meet Mozilla's Raindrop: Like Google Wave, but different enough to co-exist

When it comes to new ways to communicate online, Google's Wave might be too much for some - after all, it's definitely complex and, yeah, it can be somewhat intimidating, too. Now, along comes Mozilla with a new venture in what I'll call extended communications - that...

Tags: Google Inc., Messaging, Mozilla Corp., Raindrop, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Mozilla UX chief: What's next for Mozilla, Firefox and the Web

IE team had been laid off?!Is that what Raskin said, or you? Wherever did he or you get that idea? AFAIK they got combined with the User/GDI folks to become the Avalon WPF team. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Michael-Wallent-Advent-and-Evolution-of-WPF/RE: Mozilla UX chief: What's next for Mozilla, Firefox and the Web4 years...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Mozilla plans to "Ribbonize" Firefox

compact menu was there years ago, far ahead of whatever chrome, ie, safari whats the point, you really want to dig and find out who started everything?whewI almost was worried for a few but then you said its not changing on other platforms :) Thankfully Linux is still safe from...

Tags: Web browsers, Party Like It, ribbon, Mozilla Corp., atrocity, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Not wanting to expose NSFW links, 1 in 4 Firefox 2 users avoid upgrading to FF3

Users have refused to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox because they were afraid the browser would expose their, well, sensitive bookmarks. "Sensitive," as in potentially "not safe for work." In an amusing post on...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Web Browsers, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Browser flaws expose users to man-in-the-middle attacks

Security researchers at Microsoft have found a way to break the end-to-end security guarantees of HTTPS without breaking any cryptographic scheme. During a research project (.pdf) concluded earlier this year, the Microsoft Research team discovered a set of vulnerabilities exploitable by a malicious proxy targeting browsers' rendering...

Tags: Flaw, Web Browser, Attack, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws

Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flawsNever ending critical flawsIsn't it obvious now that HTML / JAVASCRIPT was so badly designed that these flaws are inevitable? WEB needs a new markup standard, and it'd better not be HTML-oriented regardless how these W3C guys insist they can get it right.RE: Mozilla patches 'critical'...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., flaw, Firefox 3.5, patch management

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?

Is it "Windows" or "Vista" that's dragging Microsoft down?I think it is simply "Microsoft"ntI think it is the economy & VistaBusiness just are not buying new computers.Look at Dell's sales.Look at worldwide PC sales.Every (and, I am exaggerating) business is delaying the purchase of new computers.Now, on to Vista.Many (most?)...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IS IT, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?

Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?How is this Microsoft's fault?They removed IE just like Opera was crying about. If OEM's will install it anyway, then how is this Microsoft's fault?Again, the solution to this is not to complain. It's Microsoft's OS, they should be allowed to include what they...

Tags: gimmick, IS Windows, Is Windows 7, Is Windows 7 E, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, OEM, Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Mozilla, Google plug high-risk browser holes

Just 48 hours after the release of exploit code targeting a zero-day vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, Mozilla's security response team has rushed out a patch to protect users from code execution attacks. With Firefox 3.5.1, rated a "critical" update, the open-source group corrects a browser crash that...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Web Browser, JIT, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Attack code posted for unpatched Firefox 3.5 flaw

Mozilla's security response team is scrambling to respond to the release of exploit code for a gaping hole in the latest version of its flagship Firefox browser. The flaw, rated "highly critical by Secunia, puts millions of Firefox users at risk of remote code execution attacks. ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Flaw, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Attack, US-CERT, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Firefox 3.5 released, more than 1.1M downloads already

Mozilla claims one million copies of Firefox 3.5 have been downloaded during its first day of release. During the browser team's weekly meeting today that began at 2:00 pm EST, developers reported the crossing of the one million download milestone. By the end of the meeting, the...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorilla

Firefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFirefox 3.5: Well positioned as mid-sized browser gorillaFinally! It has been released. Now to download and install it. I'll be the first one at work with FF 3.5.Thank god I do not have the same attitudeRegarding your comment "I see no need...

Tags: Adrian, browser gorilla, Firefox 3.5, mid-sized browser gorilla, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Well-Positioned

Discussion threads 2009-06-30