News tagged ‘firefox’
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013
Firefox OS Developer Phones Sell Out Within Hours
Geekphone has put out its two Firefox OS developer phones for sale. The phones have sold out within hours, but stocks are said to be replenished soon.
Monday, 25 Feb 2013
Firefox to Start Blocking Third Party Cookies
Upcoming Firefox builds will be blocking third party cookies by default. Firefox currently has a "do not track" extension, but many third party advertisers simply ignore the "do not track" requests of the extension and leave a cookie behind anyway.
Thursday, 27 Dec 2012
Mozilla Backtracks on Decision to Kill 64-bit Version of Firefox
Mozilla is backtracking on its decision to kill the 64-bit version of Firefox due to heavy backlash from users of the browser. Just last month, managing engineer Benjamin Smedberg requested developers stop development on the project's nightly builds of its 64-bit Windows distribution.
Monday, 26 Nov 2012
Mozilla Ends Development of Firefox 64-bit for Windows on a Quiet Note
Mozilla has quietly ended its development of Firefox 64-bit for Windows. There were a number of reasons given by the project manager that included the scarcity of plug-ins in 64-bit version, stability issues with the 64-bit builds as well as a general sense of mediocrity among users and testers.
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2012
Firefox 14 Released, Secure Search and Opt-In Plug-in Activation Added
Mozilla has released Firefox 14, the latest stable version of its browser for both PCs and Macs. This release is just behind the heels of Firefox 14 for Android that was launched last month. Read on to find out its new and exciting features!
Thursday, 28 Jun 2012
Firefox 14 Now Available from Google Play Store
Firefox 14, the latest version of Mozilla's mobile browser is currently available for download in the Google Play store for Android devices. There are a couple of new features on tap, so read on to find out more!
Monday, 30 Apr 2012
Firefox 12 Available for Download, Firefox 13 in the Pipeline
Mozilla has released version 12 for the public to download. At the same time, more adventurous users can try out the beta for Firefox 13 which is expected to keep the changes rolling on.
Opera Confirms WebKit Prefix Usage
Opera has confirmed that it'd be implementing WebKit prefixes. And it has now prepared Opera Mobile Emulator builds to test the WebKit prefix support.
Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012
BrowserQuest Shows Off the Power of HTML 5
Mozilla has decided to use its popular internet browser, Firefox, to showcase the power of HTML 5 by launching a multiplayer game titled BrowserQuest. The game requires no addition plugins to function and is handled entirely by the browser.
Thursday, 15 Mar 2012
Metro Browser Race for Windows 8 Heating Up
Google has followed Mozilla's lead and announced plans to port Chrome over to Metro. But will both the competitors, as strange as it may sound, be able to top Internet Explorer 10?
