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Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

News from Mozilla: Mozilla has just announced the availability of Firefox 3.1 beta 2. This latest version features support for new Web technologies, including video, audio, geolocation and offline applications. Mozilla encourages developers and members of their testing community to use Firefox...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-08-2008
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

The Google Chrome Beta is live for Windows XP and Vista users. One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Shortcuts for your apps Get desktop...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
Mozilla: Apple undermines the Internet

Man, you gotta love a good buzz phrase. And that’s a good one. It comes from this : When Mozilla CEO John Lilly lit into Apple for using its software update utility to push Safari to Windows users, he knew he was going to get a rise out of Apple fans. "I wasn't surprised by the reaction,"...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-08-2008
The MobileMe disaster continues: Now it's not 'Exchange for the rest of us' anymore

I just received the following note that Apple sent to its sales force. In it, the company says that it will no longer use the "Exchange for the rest of us" slogan because MobileMe, unlike Exchange, does not really use push technology. This whole thing is unbelievable to me: MobileMe Messaging...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-17-2008
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 to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-17-2008
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. Because Firefox 3 will arrive in final form ....

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-12-2008
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 around too casually these days, and while I...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008
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 in the fastest Firefox ever. Many of these improvements...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-02-2008
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 others, Firefox is a true community platform, reflecting...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-17-2008
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, and you can see for yourself by getting a copy of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-12-2008

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