Mozilla’s Mobile Browser ‘Fennec’ Enters Pre-alpha Test Phase

Mozilla’s attempt to recreate the success of FireFox on the handheld with its mobile browser initiative code-named fennec has entered pre-alpha test stage. The browser is seeing great many improvements in the efficiency, memory footprint and execution.

Arun on April 10, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | Leave a Comment

Top UI Experts to Join Mozilla

Three members of UI design firm humanized are reportedly going to join Mozilla. The firm was founded by Aza Raskin, son of Jef Raskin - the legendary Apple interface designer.

Arun on February 22, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | Leave a Comment

IE7Pro 2.0: A New Year’s Gift from Internet Explorer

Here’s a quick news from Internet Explorer 7 or IE7 this year. Some time last year, the Internet Explorer team released an add-on, named IE7Pro, for their latest browser software. Some of the features that this add-on offers include management of your tabs, a new drag-and-drop option for opening links, proxy switching option, spelling check as you type on text boxes, and blockers of advertisements and Flash applications.

Loki on February 1, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | 4 Comments

Firefox Personas : Add and Share Personalized Themes to Your Browser

Mozilla Labs is making available a new plug-in to Firefox that lets users create themes for their browsers without requiring any coding. The extension is intended to make the theme creation, application and sharing process as easy as drag and drop.

Arun on January 24, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | 3 Comments

Mozilla ‘Weaves’ in the Cloud Framework

Mozilla labs recently announced a new project titled ‘Weave‘. The intention being to enable users to have a single source of access for their browser meta-data and also to provide certain social features.

Arun on January 18, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | 2 Comments

End of the Line for Netscape

On February 1, 2008, Netscape Navigator will be resting in peace completely, as detailed in “Days dwindle for Netscape Web browser” by the Associated Press.

After the 13-year run of Netscape, within it is its struggle against the browser giant Internet Explorer and the rest of the browsing new-comers, Time Warner Inc.’s America Online or AOL, Netscape’s current owner and keeper, decided to halt further developments of the browser last December 28, 2007. Seeing what is more fitting, the company will instead focus on flourishing more in the advertising business, and the ongoing support for Netscape will be canceled next month.

Loki on January 14, 2008 | Filed Under Browsers | 5 Comments

Firefox 3 Beta Available

Firefox fans can already download and start playing of the Firefox 3 beta version 1. Here are some of the features that the new version should pack:

Daniel Scocco on November 20, 2007 | Filed Under Browsers | 4 Comments

Flock: Pretty, But Still Not Very Useful

Version 1.0 of the much anticipated Flock browser was finally released earlier this month following more than two years of development. The release was met with much fanfare, but despite the amount of time and energy put into Flock, at this point it remains little more than a piece of eye candy.

Ryan on November 20, 2007 | Filed Under Browsers | 4 Comments