Mozilla security chief outlines plan to protect Firfox users
April 22, 2008 at 15:07 by admin
firefox 3 security
Firefox 3 has antiphishing and antimalware mechanisms that identify that a site has malware on it and blocks the user from visiting it. Currently, it just throws up a UI [user interface] that is pretty hard to confuse that something serious has happened here. The UI will change until the ...
Mozilla releases third Firefox 3 beta
April 22, 2008 at 15:06 by admin
firefox 3 beta 3
Mozilla has released a third beta version of Firfox 3, bringing about 1,300 changes to the widely used open-source Web browser. Firfox 3 Beta 3 should be more stable, perform faster, use memory more efficiently, and fit in better on various operating systems than its predecessors, Mozilla said. Read more at ...
Firefox 3 Turning Into a Speed Demon
April 22, 2008 at 15:05 by admin
firefox 3 speed
The short story is that Firfox 3 is getting even faster. Firfox 3 Beta 4, which is slated to arrive in the next few weeks, will be the first release to utilize Profile Guided Optimization, which will help boost JavaScript performance by over 10 percent. That means that the JavaScript-heavy web 2.0 ...
Has Apple Banned Firefox From the iPhone?
April 22, 2008 at 15:05 by admin
firefox banned on iphones
… some other developers have argued that since Firfox plugins primarily run JavaScript they may be excepted. I’ve put in a call to Mozilla, Apple and Opera to try and see if we can settle the question once and for all. Continue Reading “Has Apple Banned Firfox From the iPhone?“
Mozilla says Firefox 3 ready for prime-time
April 22, 2008 at 15:04 by admin
Firefox 3 ready
As of Thursday afternoon, the Web site still stated: “We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firfox 3 beta 4 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only.” But they said that as they concluded their fourth round of tweaking their software, they determined ...