Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 Released
Mozilla is a typical open source software developing organization; they keep their heads down and work hard on bringing out great new things for their users without any fuss, and of course free! The company behind world’s fastest growing and currently the second most used internet browser, the Mozilla Firefox just released the latest Beta of their infamous browser for Mac Users. The Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 for Mac OS X is built on top of the company’s new Gecko 2.0 layout engine.
Fennec for Android Review, Screenshots Tour
by Haris on April 28, 2010
in Android, Browsers, Firefox, Mobile Apps
Fennec for Android pre-alpha has just been released today for public to try out and give feedback. Developers want the browser to be developed according to the end user’s needs and requirements.
Since it’s a 10.2MB installation and requires atleast an Android 2.0 device with OpenGL support, I tried it on my Nexus One. The browser is pretty slow at the moment, but like the developer said, “it’s even more of a pre-nightly build (even earlier than pre-alpha)”. It’s usable though.
Fennec for Android Pre-Alpha, Download Now!
by Haris on April 28, 2010
in Android, Firefox, Mobile Apps
Fennec for Android, Firefox Mobile, ‘super’ pre-alpha version is now available for download! Yes, it is still in its very early stages, but atleast it could open websites ;)
It has been a long time since Firefox has been talking about Fennec for Android and promised with an alpha release soon. They kept their promise, and the first alpha release is out for public download.
Fennec for Android Download Now Available
Fennec for Android is now available for download, unofficially though. Mozilla said they would be soon releasing a working, simple alpha release of Fenenc but it’s nowhere to be seen so far.
A developer at Android forums managed to grab the dump from Mozilla Wiki and compile it in to an app that he tried and tested on his Motorola Droid.
Microsoft Offering Alternative Browsers to Windows 7 Users
Now this is something really very surprising! Microsoft is offering other “alternative” web browsers to its users in Europe.
In the latest Windows Update, Microsoft prompts users of Internet Explorer using Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 to make an “important choice” of choosing their web browser. The move is part of a settlement with the European Commission.
Firefox for Android Coming in February
Firefox Mobile is still in development and we are already hearing of a Firefox for Android version expected to release next month. Firefox for Maemo and Windows Mobile is already in development.
Firefox for Android alpha version is being expected in February as the development work on it started back in December 2009. This news was posted on the German Firefox community site.
Accelerate Page Scrolling in Firefox 3.6
by Haris on January 27, 2010
in Browsers, Firefox, Tips and Tricks
Firefox 3.6 was released a few days back and is available for download. The tips and tricks for Firefox 3.6 have already started popping up on the Internet.
This latest Firefox release brings in lots of new features and updates. It was downloaded over 4.5 million times on the first day and  has been downloaded 17 million times in its first week.
Firefox 3.6 Portable now Available
Firefox 3.6 (final) was released yesterday which brings in better Javascript speed, Personas support and tons of new improvements i.e. speed.
PortableApps has released a portable version of Firefox 3.6 which you can carry anywhere you want.
Remove Google Groups Ads
This Greasemonkey script that I’ve found could be useful for those who use Google Groups a lot, but find all those Google ads on it annoying.
Google Groups Ads Remover is a free Greasemoneky script that takes off ads from the pages Google Groups which some people find annoying while going through the different groups.
