Google To Challenge Microsoft’s Browser Dominance
Posted by Steve Laser on 09/1/08 in Google, Microsoft, Mozilla
The browser wars will heat up Tuesday as Google will make their brand new browser beta, called Chrome, available for download in more than 100 countries. This download is only available for Windows, but they are working on versions for Mac and Linux.
This latest torpedo aimed at the mother ship Microsoft, comes just a week after Microsoft released it’s own Internet Explorer 8 beta. IE is used by 75% of surfers, with Firefox a distant second at 10%. Google just re-upped its advertising partnership with Firefox through 2011.
“The Web gets better with more options and innovation,” Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google’s engineering director, wrote in the posting. “Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the Web even better.”
I project the winner to be consumers.
is Firefox 3 that good?
I have been reading very good reports lately about Firefox 3. Most of them talking about how fast the new versions is it and how convenient for UMPC owners. But according to Paul’s Supersite Blog Firefox crashes more often than what anyone would consider normal.
I’ve been working on my Firefox 3 review lately and one thing I’m a little bit concerned about is the reliability of this product.
Mozilla Messaging Starts up Operations
Posted by gasusan2005 on 02/19/08 in Mozilla
New open source organization kicks off development of Thunderbird 3
Mozilla Messaging, the new mail focused subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, today announced that it has begun operations.
The initial focus for Mozilla Messaging is the development of Thunderbird 3, which will deliver significant improvements, notably integrated calendaring, better search and enhancements to the overall user experience. Thunderbird is a free, open source email application that is used by millions of people around the world and is built using the same open source development model as the award-winning Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
Mozilla Messaging has staffed a small product development team who will
work as part of a community of contributors from around the world.
Firefox 2.0.0.8
Posted by gasusan2005 on 10/19/07 in Mozilla, The Internet
Release Date: October 18, 2007 - Security Update: Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.8
- MFSA 2007-36 URIs with invalid %-encoding mishandled by Windows
- MFSA 2007-35 XPCNativeWrapper pollution using Script object
- MFSA 2007-34 Possible file stealing through sftp protocol
- MFSA 2007-33 XUL pages can hide the window titlebar
- MFSA 2007-32 File input focus stealing vulnerability
- MFSA 2007-31 Browser digest authentication request splitting
- MFSA 2007-30 onUnload Tailgating
- MFSA 2007-29 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.8)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Support:
- Firefox 2.0.0.8 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5, although there are some known issues affecting some media plugins.
New Languages:
- Official releases for Georgian (ka) and Romanian (ro) are now available. Beta release for Kurdish (ku) is also available for testing.
Earlier Changes:
- For information about previous changes, please see the Firefox 2.0.0.7 Release Notes
Firefox 2 Features:
- For an overview, please see Firefox 2 Features.
Source:Mozilla Firefox 2 release notes
