Firefox 3.5 arrives – but without Google Gears
Firefox 3.5 – the browser that’s suffered more delays than an NHS IT project – has finally arrived. You can download a copy from the Get Firefox site. As Matthew Sparkes noted in his preview of Firefox...
View ArticleFirefox 4 looks awfully familiar…
Firefox 3.5 is still fresh, but Mozilla has been busy mocking up its early concepts for the big move to version 4. Now, these images come with a great big disclaimer that “These are NOT FINAL! THEY ARE...
View ArticlePorn collection put people off upgrading to Firefox 3
Mozilla’s Security team has disclosed a very interesting piece of research which suggests people refused to upgrade to the latest version of Firefox because they were afraid the browser would expose...
View ArticleThe 10 free programs I can’t live without
I had the delightful task of rebuilding my working life last Monday, as my hard disk decided that would be the perfect time to die. And I realised I hadn’t actually synchronised my online backup system...
View ArticleThunderbird 3 playing dirty tricks?
It’s fair to say I wasn’t over-impressed with Thunderbird 3 after I installed it for the first time yesterday. The email client may think it’s being particularly clever by simply demanding your email...
View ArticleMozilla founder is right: Firefox has lost it
I’ve written in the past about my defection from Firefox to Chrome as my default browser, and was called everything from a “troll” to a “little bitch” for moaning about its increasingly slovenly...
View ArticleIn defence of Mozilla Firefox
Barry Collins just asked me to take a read over his “Mozilla founder is right: Firefox has lost it” blog, and while I’ve pressed the Publish button I absolutely disagree with his views. It takes 30...
View ArticleWhy Mozilla needs to pick a new fight
One of my very first gigs when I started at PC Pro in 2007 was to interview Tristan Nitot, the president of Mozilla Europe. He was an affable chap, full of engaging answers to questions he’d no doubt...
View ArticleMozilla’s Boot to Gecko smartphone OS review: first look
Mozilla announced last year that it was developing its very own mobile OS, but Mobile World Congress gave us our first chance to see it running on real phone hardware. Dubbed Boot to Gecko, Mozilla’s...
View ArticleWhy is Google pumping more money into Firefox?
Something quite extraordinary has happened to Mozilla. The Firefox maker’s revenue has almost doubled from $163 million in 2011 to $311 million in 2012, according to financial statements released last...
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