Tag Archives: Mozilla

Jul
26

Google Toolbar dropped from Firefox 5

Google Logo Google has decided that it will no longer maintain support for the Google Toolbar in modern versions of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. In a post on the Google Toolbar blog, the company.. more
Jul
05

Internet Explorer continues slide in browser wars

Microsoft’s web browser has slipped once again as new monthly figures emerge for browser market share in June. According to Net Applications data, the various versions of Internet Explorer are used.. more
Jun
21

Mozilla Firefox 5 beta emerges

Mozilla has released a test build of Firefox 5 into its beta channel. The Firefox 5 beta isn’t a full overhaul and new release of the browser, however, just an update.. more
Apr
04

Microsoft says IE9 download numbers not the full story

Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4 have gone more or less head to head with their release, and the download numbers have been slanted very much in Mozilla’s favour. Mozilla reckons its new browser was downloaded no less than 7 million times in the first.. more
Mar
23

Firefox 4 rockets to 5 million downloads in 24 hours

Yesterday, Mozilla launched Firefox 4, and downloads of the new browser have been flowing thick and fast in the first 24 hours. The latest Firefox shifted over 5 million copies in its initial 24 hours of availability, which rather trumped Microsoft’s figures for Internet Explorer.. more
Mar
01

Final Mozilla Firefox 4 beta is released

Firefox 4 Beta 12 has just been unleashed, along with the news that it will be the final beta client before the browser is released for real. If you want to test out the next generation of Firefox, then you can grab the beta here... more
Feb
16

Mozilla’s Rouget claims IE9 isn’t a modern browser

With the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate having trundled out last week to much fanfare from Microsoft, Firefox has had a dig at the now almost-finished browser. Specifically, Mozilla’s tech evangelist Paul Rouget, who has posted an article on his blog entitled: “Is IE9 a.. more
Feb
09

Mozilla roadmaps four new Firefox releases in 2011

Mozilla have updated their roadmap for Firefox, and it seems that we are to expect the release of Firefox 4, 5, 6, and 7 all in 2011. The Firefox roadmap was updated on the 7th of February and is authored by Firefox director of development,.. more
Feb
02

New Firefox builds soon to have opt-in anti-tracking

Mozilla’s new Firefox 4 has been confirmed to have Mozilla’s anti-tracking feature hard coded into it. This feature will allow Firefox 4 users to opt out of behavioural advertising, and will be released sometime this month. The feature has been fine-tuned by Mozilla to allow.. more
Jan
22

Firefox 4 beta, what’s new?

The beta of the next big release of Firefox, version 4, has been made available by Mozilla. You can download and test it here. So what’s new with the fourth incarnation of Mozilla’s browser? Tabs have been relocated at the top, being given “visual priority”.. more