Archive for the ‘Browsers’ Category

I know I say it a lot, but, “Why Bother?”

Eighteen days after being submitted to Apple’s App Store, the Firefox Home application is now available for free download.

A mobile variation of the Firefox Sync program, Firefox Home is not a competitor or replacement to the iPhone’s native Safari browser. Its primary function is to allow users to access their desktop activity and bookmarks, as well as open up tabs on their iPhones.

In other words, useless.

Why?

Mozilla has released the first beta version of Firefox 4, its updated browser that offers new features like a revised menu layout, more screen space for Web pages, and more HTML 5 HD video support.

Firefox 4 is earning praise for some of its updates, such as its improved security and more HTML 5 functionality–Firefox 4 scored 198 out of 300 points on the HTML 5 test page — but not everyone is pleased. Mozilla is being criticized for borrowing features from competing browsers like Chrome and Opera. Nevertheless, Firefox 4 still manages to put its own stamp on each new feature, and I expect regular Firefox users will be very happy with most of the changes found in Firefox 4.

Again, I ask why?

Mozilla has announced plans to launch a free iPhone Application that will let you access most of your Firefox browser data on the iPhone.

Called Firefox Home, the native iPhone app gives you access to your Firefox browser history, bookmarks, and Awesome Bar. Home will also sync any currently open tabs from Firefox on your desktop to the iPhone, giving you “on the go” instant access to important Web pages.

It’s not clear when Firefox Home will become available, but Mozilla says it plans to submit the app to Apple in June, at which point Apple will either approve or reject it. Firefox Home is designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and Mozilla has not announced plans for a version for the iPad.

Wait. This app will allow you to access most of your Firefox browser data on the iPhone, but what about the browser itself? No. There will be no browser.

This is simply an app which will allow you to sync your Firefox bookmarks with your iPhone. You will not be able to sync your iPhone bookmarks with your Firefox.

Using an iPhone is like heading down a one-way street, but it appears Firefox is going the wrong way.

How many people will still be using Firefox by the end of the year? Let’s just say, more people will be taking adipex diet pills than will be wasting their time with Firefox.

The next version of the Firefox browser, set for release by the end of the year, will pare down the software’s menus and certain user options while giving Web surfers more control over privacy.

Firefox 4 promises to let users better control relationships with websites by describing more simply what information is gathered by cookies, which are files that store data on website visits.

I stopped using it because I couldn’t navigate to more than four sites before it wigged out on me and brought my system to a crawl. Maybe the update will fix that too?

For those of you needing some relief from jointsupplementreviews.net you may be interested to know that Internet Explorer is being updated again…

Microsoft’s next-generation Internet Explorer 9 browser may not be anywhere close to competition, but you can test drive a “platform preview” of the software that provides a taste of IE9’s capabilities. So what’s the deal with Redmond’s upcoming browser, and how does it differ from IE8 and worthy competitors such as Google’s Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera Software’s Opera, and Apple’s Safari? Here’s a quick primer.

They’re still making Internet Explorer? Who knew?

I use Firefox for everything. On my PC and my Mac, Firefox is my browser of choice. I use it for everything from ordering pizza to looking at truck accessories.

Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out by Microsoft, saying that it presents a security risk.

It makes you wonder how bad the plugin has to be in order for Firefox to pull it without warning.

What will happen to the browser wars when Microsoft has to open it up to choice?

Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.

The European Commission has charged the company with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system installed on most of the world’s desktop computers.

Only time will tell, but I bet Internet Explorer won’t be on the top of the heap much longer.

There’s talk about a new feature in Firefox…

Firefox has had a feature that lets you re-open recently closed tabs for a while. But what if you accidentally close a whole Firefox window with several running tabs. Now you can restore that too… as long as you’ve got the latest nightly build of Firefox 3.5 installed.

I fell for this once before, when I was told that a couple newcell towers were installed in my area to give me better coverage. Well, they did install them, but my service didn’t get any better. I guess this is nothing like that then, is it?

I don’t know about them, but with the help of the Tab Mix Plus plugin, I have had this feature for a very, very, long time.

I am looking forward to seeing the new Firefox. I’m a little worried about their “changes to the way tabs are handled” but we’ll see what they have planned.

Mozilla is inching closer to the release of Firefox 3.5, which includes a faster Javascript engine, a private browsing mode, faster page rendering, and changes to the way tabs are handled. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 is due to be released within the next week or so.

Firefox is busy patching holes again.

Mozilla published a critical security upgrade for Firefox Friday evening. Version 3.0.8 for Windows, Mac, and Linux fixes two security holes listed as “critical.”

One patched an arbitrary code execution hole through an XUL element, and the other corrected an XSL stylesheet exploit. Both fixes patch crash-based security holes in which remote codes could have been run.

Funny, I didn’t notice. Oh yeah, because I have been testing Safari 4.