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• More reasons to switch to Firefox?

  I think Michael Horowitz is being a bit harsh (and I'm guessing that's his entire schtick in a nutshell), but Mozilla's Asa Dotzler summarizes this argument a bit more agreeably, in my opinion. First, the Horowitz bit : If you surf the web... Posted Jul 07 2008, 01:01 PM by pthurrott with | with 30 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Vista

• Firefox 3 is finally available

  Over two hours after the announced start of Download Day, Firefox 3 is finally available. Gentlemen (and ladies), start your browsers. Spread Firefox Direct downloads Posted Jun 17 2008, 04:25 PM by pthurrott with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Firefox 3 will launch on June 17!

  Oooh... I wish I could attend "Download Day at Camp Firefox" next week, where Mozilla will be counting down to the release of Firefox 3. But since I can't, I will at least participate in the company's attempt at a Guinness World Record... Posted Jun 12 2008, 10:40 AM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Mozilla Announces Download Day - World Record Attempt

  Mozilla sent along this bit of news last night: Mozilla is counting down to the final release of Firefox 3 – in fact, you can download the current release candidate at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html . As part of this effort, Mozilla... Posted May 29 2008, 10:00 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla

• Questions and comments about Firefox 3, IE 8, the future of Web browsers, cloud computing, and how it all comes together

  So it's always amusing to me when the mainstream press tries to cover tech products, but I was particularly interested in this one since I'm in the middle of writing my own Firefox 3 review. I think that terms like "innovative" are thrown... Posted May 26 2008, 01:29 PM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Apple, Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary

• Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1

  Mozilla shipped Firefox 3 RC1 recently. I don't see any major changes beyond them moving the "default browser" check to the install wizard and, of course, most of my Firefox add-ons no longer work. (I assume that's just temporary.) Anyway... Posted May 18 2008, 11:57 AM by pthurrott with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla

• Mozilla ships Firefox 3 Beta 5

  Mozilla just dropped me a note announcing the release of Firefox 3 Beta 5 : Firefox 3 Beta 5 includes more than 750 changes from the previous beta, improving stability and Web compatibility, providing platform and user interface enhancements, and resulting... Posted Apr 02 2008, 03:12 PM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Mozilla responds to Apple's dubious use of Software Update to push Safari

  There's been a bit of a ruckus this week over Apple's decision to use its Software Update tool to push other Apple software on users. More specifically, those who have installed iTunes will discover that Software Update is now offering you Safari... Posted Mar 21 2008, 07:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 47 comment(s) Filed under: iTunes, Internet, Mozilla, Security

• Forget Facebook. The Web's platform is Firefox

  Mozilla CEO John Lilly argues that Firefox is the platform for the Web . He may just have a point. John argues that the Firefox platform is actually more robust and easier to use than "rival" platforms like Facebook, iPhone, etc. Unlike these... Posted Mar 17 2008, 04:15 PM by pthurrott with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Firefox 3 Memory Usage

  Stuart Parmenter, a Mozilla engineer, has some interesting news about memory usage in Firefox 3 Beta 4: We’ve made more significant changes to the platform than I can count, including many to reduce our memory footprint. The result has been dramatic,... Posted Mar 12 2008, 05:12 PM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for download

  Mozilla dropped me an email last night noting that the latest Firefox 3 beta milestone has been achieved : Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 3 Beta 4 milestone release. It is intended for... Posted Mar 11 2008, 08:09 AM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Shame on Mozilla

  Well, it's come to this : Like one-time innovator AMD before it, Mozilla has no Act 2, and they're consigned to just copying features from their dominant competitor, a sad about-face for a company previously known for doing The Right Thing. [W... Posted Mar 10 2008, 07:15 AM by pthurrott with | with 41 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla

• Opera CTO: How to fix Microsoft's browser issues

  It's hard to know where to start with this one. I'm not sure if it's the CTO, the company he represents, or the site he chose to publish his opinion on. But it all stinks from what I can tell . If there was a functioning market for web browsers... Posted Feb 20 2008, 12:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 17 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Firefox 3 visual integration with Vista: What the #@$%???

  Way back in October, I expressed great joy at seeing the following mockup of how Firefox 3 would look on Windows Vista: This just seemed to good to be true. I mean, this thing looks like a smoking Vista application. I've been waiting eagerly for this... Posted Feb 04 2008, 11:44 AM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Cloud computing

• Netscape Navigator RIP

  It took a few years longer than anticipated, but Netscape Navigator is finally being discontinued as of February 2008: While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts... Posted Dec 28 2007, 04:17 PM by pthurrott with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Mozilla