Download Firefox Browser FREE - Get Fire Fox Direct!
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Download Firefox FREE
Monday, January 30, 2012
Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week
Mozilla OKs Firefox 10 launch this week
By Gregg Keizer
January 30, 2012 05:59 AM ET
- Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.
Notes from a Mozilla meeting last week said that the upgrade was on for Jan. 31, the next ship date in the every-six-week schedule that the company adopted last year.
The new version includes one of the first components of Firefox's planned silent update mechanism: The browser automatically disables incompatible add-ons and marks all others as compatible.
Add-ons that work with Firefox 4 or later will be marked as compatible in Firefox 10, Mozilla said.
Complaints about incompatible add-ons have been common since Mozilla shifted to the faster release schedule, as add-on developers have been slow to revamp their code or at least mark their extensions as suitable for the newest browser.
Mozilla began automatically marking add-ons as compatible back in March 2011 when it launched Firefox 4, but limited that move to extensions distributed through its own website; the new feature in Firefox 10 does the same for all add-ons, including those not available from Mozilla.
According to the company, extensions offered outside its own download store account for 75% of all add-ons.
"Add-on compatibility has always been a huge barrier to releasing more often, so it was critical we have a plan that wouldn't leave add-ons or users behind," Justin Scott, who leads Mozilla's add-on team, said in a September 2011 blog post. "For this new [rapid-release] system to work, we wanted a compatibility process that didn't require developers to lift a finger unless their add-on was one of the few broken."
As Scott hinted, automatic add-on compatibility is one of several features Mozilla is working on so it can offer "silent updates" that upgrade Firefox in the background and without any user interaction. Other parts of the service will debut in future versions of the browser.
Mozilla's current plans are to complete silent update with Firefox 13, now set to launch on June 5.
Also on Tuesday, Mozilla will ship Firefox 3.6.26, a security update for that two-year-old browser. This week's update will be followed by two more before Firefox 3.6 is retired from support in late April.
Firefox 10 will also be the first edition in the Extended Support Release (ESR) line that Mozilla has created for enterprises that cannot -- or will not -- upgrade every six weeks. Firefox ESR will be upgraded every 42 weeks, or seven times slower than the "standard" build of the browser.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer@computerworld.com.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Best Free Web Browser
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is a competent browser with enough features to meet the needs of most users but is difficult to recommend due to on-going security concerns. In the past IE has been a focus for security attacks and there is little to suggest this will change with the release of IE7. Additionally, Microsoft have a poor track record for speedily fixing IE defects and this has left users open to drive-by attacks and other forms of zero-day exploits.
There are several excellent alternatives with the new Mozilla Firefox V2 a solid first choice. It's safer than IE, so safe in fact that many users have reported no spyware infections since they started using the product. It's also browses a tad faster than IE, is very stable and is more standards compliant. The program loads slower than IE but once running, it positively zips along. With tabbed browsing and over 2000 free extensions (add-ons) that allow you to customize your experience, it provides most users with a major surfing upgrade. Firefox is now my everyday browser though I still leave IE on my PC for the occasional web site that's designed around IE's non-standard features.
An equal first choice is Opera. It's a speed demon; probably the fastest of all the common browsers. But it's much more than that; it's full featured, standards compliant and safe. Just as Firefox is extensible through add-ins, Opera can be enhanced using Widgets, though there are not nearly as many of these available as Firefox extensions. Then again, it doesn't need as many extensions as a lot of the features added by Firefox add-ins are already available built into the standard Opera browser. There's just so much to like about Opera V9 that you could easily create a case that it's better than Firefox. Indeed, if I could get an Opera replacement for some of my key Firefox add-ins, I'd probably switch.
Users who don't want to drift too far from the Microsoft stable can get some of the feature advantages of Firefox and Opera by using one of the many customized shells for Internet Explorer such as Maxthon and Avant. Their main selling feature for these products used to be tabbed browsing but now that this is available in IE7 it's hard to create a case for their general recommendation. Still if you need a specialized feature they are worth considering. On the downside these shells share most of the same security problems as IE as they utilize the IE engine.
Last but not least is the K-Meleon browser, a slimmed down cousin of Firefox that's optimized for Windows. Of the four browsers I use regularly on my different PCs, K-Meleon is the quickest loading and along with Opera, the fastest for surfing. On the downside there are only a limited number of add-ons and plug-ins available so you are pretty well limited to the features available in the standard product. If you are the type of person who prefers performance to bells and whistles you should definitely try K-Meleon.
Download Them:
Mozilla Firefox (5.6MB)
Opera (4.6MB)
Maxthon (1.9MB)
AvantBrowser (1.86MB)
K-Meleon (6MB)
Friday, October 27, 2006
2006 download firefox free mozilla
Mozilla FireFox - Download Free
| FireFox is a web browser created by Mozilla, the original creators of the Netscape series of browsers. Version one was released in November 2004 and quickly gained new fans because of its open source license and multitude of features. |
Free Download Mozilla FireFox
Read this review for more information...
Some of FireFox's specialized features include pop-up blockers and advanced
privacy settings. FireFox also offers tabbed browsing. You can open more than
one website in your browser window and tabs on the screen allow you to easily
switch between them.
Download FireFox to receive: Tabbed Browsing (Save time by viewing more
than one page in a window ), Pop-up Blocking (Block annoying pop-up ads ),
Better Security (Help keep computers safe from malicious spyware and adware),
Google Toolbar.
Here is a FireFox review from MSN: "I usually don't worry about PC viruses,
but last week's Scob attack snapped me awake. Scob didn't get me, but it
was enough to make me ditch Explorer in favor of the much less vulnerable
Firefox browser. The problem is that hackers continue to find and exploit
security holes in Explorer. Many of them take advantage of Explorer's ActiveX
system, which lets Web sites download and install software onto visitors'
computers, sometimes without users' knowledge. ActiveX was meant to make
it easy to add the latest interactive multimedia and other features to sites,
but instead it's become a tool for sneaking spyware onto unsuspecting PCs.
Firefox eschews ActiveX and other well-known infection paths. You can configure
it to automatically download most files when you click on them, but not .exe files
, which are runnable programs. I thought this was a bug before I realized Firefox
was saving me from myself, since .exe files could be viruses or stealth installers."
Download Firefox with RIGHT NOW for FREE:
Remember: Always use anti-virus and anti spyware programs when you are
connected on internet. Otherwise you risk having your computer infected with
malicius viruses and adware programs.
Google ToolBar & Mozialla FireFox are spyware and adware free.
than one page in a window ), Pop-up Blocking (Block annoying pop-up ads ),
Better Security (Help keep computers safe from malicious spyware and adware),
Google Toolbar.
but last week's Scob attack snapped me awake. Scob didn't get me, but it
was enough to make me ditch Explorer in favor of the much less vulnerable
Firefox browser. The problem is that hackers continue to find and exploit
security holes in Explorer. Many of them take advantage of Explorer's ActiveX
system, which lets Web sites download and install software onto visitors'
computers, sometimes without users' knowledge. ActiveX was meant to make
it easy to add the latest interactive multimedia and other features to sites,
but instead it's become a tool for sneaking spyware onto unsuspecting PCs.
Firefox eschews ActiveX and other well-known infection paths. You can configure
it to automatically download most files when you click on them, but not .exe files
, which are runnable programs. I thought this was a bug before I realized Firefox
was saving me from myself, since .exe files could be viruses or stealth installers."
Download Firefox with RIGHT NOW for FREE:
Free Download Mozilla FireFox
Remember: Always use anti-virus and anti spyware programs when you are
connected on internet. Otherwise you risk having your computer infected with
malicius viruses and adware programs.
Google ToolBar & Mozialla FireFox are spyware and adware free.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Top 10 Reasons to Switch
1. Tabbed Browsing - Makes surfing the web faster
Background Tabs (shown in red) let you open pages to read later without leaving the current page
Tabbed browsing changes the way you use the Internet by allowing you to open links on a page in background tabs and then read them when you're ready. Tabbed Browsing makes it much easier to keep track of several pages or sites at once by letting you view them within a single browser window. It's easy to navigate between tabs - just click on a tab to view the page. Tabs load in the background so you can browse the web faster - and stay organized. To use Tabbed Browsing, hold down Ctrl while clicking on a web link, or click with the middle mouse button.
"Open in Tabs" opens contents of Bookmarks Folder in Tabs.
Tabbed browsing makes the web faster and more efficient. You can concentrate on reading a page without the confusion of having to switch between windows. While you're reading a page, links you have opened in background tabs are loading so when you're ready to read them, they've already finished loading and you don't need to wait.
While it seems like a simple idea, Tabbed Browsing is a revolutionary enhancement to web browsing. Firefox brings you the simplest, most intuitive version of Tabbed Browsing you will find today.
2. Popup Blocking
Icon showing that popups have been prevented from opening
Firefox stops annoying popup windows dead in their tracks. Experience the web as it was supposed to be - peaceful, convenient, accessible.
Some sites make legitimate use of popup windows. When Firefox blocks a popup window, it displays an icon in the status bar. Clicking this icon shows a breakdown of the popup(s) that Firefox stopped when loading the current page. You can then allow some or all of the popup windows to be shown.
3. Find Stuff Easier
Bookmarks QuickFind in action
Much of the time you spend using a web browser is spent looking for things. That's why Firefox has the best search functions of any browser. Ctrl+K takes you to the Google bar. Enter what you're searching for and hit Enter to search Google. Entering a search into the Location bar does an "I'm feeling lucky" Google search (that is, it automatically loads the first result returned by Google for that search).
Firefox's Smart Keywords lets you find things faster.
Firefox's collection of Smart Keywords make it easy to look up words in the Dictionary, check on stock quotes, etc. Just type the keyword, then the word, stock symbol or other value in the Location Bar, and hit Enter. A full list of Firefox's supported Smart Keywords is available here, and if they aren't enough for you you can make your own!.
Firefox's "Find Stuff Faster" mantra is more than just skin deep. Other parts of the browser have been engineered with search in mind. Take Tab-Browsing - run a search in one tab, then open search results in background tabs, and flick between them to compare. Bookmarks and History have QuickFind bars that let you quickly locate a bookmark in a long list, or a place you visited several days ago. Firefox's handy browser context menus also let you instantly search for selected text.
4. Simplified Privacy / Annoyance Eliminator
Firefox has sophisticated privacy controls
Your privacy is important to us. Firefox makes it easy to keep track of information that the browser has stored while you've been surfing, such as things you've typed into forms, Cookies, files you've downloaded, pages you've visited (History), and so on. You can quickly clear any of these things from the Privacy panel of Tools, Options. If you're using a public or shared computer, you can also instantly clear all stored information with a single click.
Firefox puts an end to annoying web page tricks
Aside from preventing popup windows, Firefox will also stop a number of other actions that have been annoying web surfers for years, like status bar tricks (e.g. animating status bar tickers, and spoofing that prevents you from seeing where links really go). We've designed Firefox so that the standard settings offer the least annoyance. Controls for these settings can be found in the Web Features page under Options.
Firefox comes with the same sophisticated set of controls as Mozilla that allow you to control cookies, Javascript, and other settings to suit your tastes.
5. Better Bookmarks and History
Firefox's Bookmarks Window makes organizing your Bookmarks easy.
Firefox makes it easier to organize your Bookmark collection with its handy Bookmarks manager (Bookmarks, Manage Bookmarks... menu item). Create folders to group similar items, and add annotations to remind yourself of why you bookmarked a particular item later. Sort on any of a number of properties including Name, Location, Date Last Visited, etc. Firefox also lets you associate a Keyword with any bookmark so you can open it by simply typing its keyword in the Location Bar of the browser.
Both Bookmarks and History are available as convenient Side Bar panels for quick access. Simply hit Ctrl+B for Bookmarks, and Ctrl+H for History. Links open with a click.
6. Accessible, Intelligent, Responsive
Type Ahead Find in Action
Best Accessiblity. Firefox offers the best set of keyboard shortcuts about. Ctrl+L quickly focuses the Location Bar. Ctrl+K the Google Bar. Ctrl+T opens a new tab and Ctrl+S does what it should do - save the current page. A full set of keyboard shortcuts is available here.
Firefox helps you fill out web forms and remembers what you've searched for
Both Bookmarks and History are available as convenient Side Bar panels for quick access. Simply hit Ctrl+B for Bookmarks, and Ctrl+H for History. Links open with a click.
Intelligent. Firefox remembers what you've filled in web forms, to make searching for things again, or filling out things like your name and address a simple process. Firefox also features a handy Password Manager that automatically fills out user-name/password fields on sites that require you to log in.
More Responsive. Firefox feels more responsive in day-to-day browsing than competitors like Internet Explorer. Pages appear on screen sooner, and there are fewer annoying lock ups. The effect is a browser that feels faster.
7. Customizable and Extendable
Customizing Toolbars in Firefox
Customize Toolbars. Set up your toolbars the way you want them. Have just a thin strip with everything on one bar. Have a set of toolbars with every option available within reach. Firefox's toolbars are fully customizable so you can have it the way you like it. Choose View, Toolbars, Customize... and simply drag on the items you want. Firefox even lets you create new toolbars. Third party extensions often add Toolbar items to the Customize Palette as well.
Most Extensible. Firefox's user interface can be extended by developers using industry standards such as XML, CSS, JavaScript etc, as well as complex C++ add on modules. Examples of such extensions include everything from relatively simple utilities to advanced tools such as a JavaScript Debugger and Document Inspector. A full list of existing extensions is available at update.mozilla.org. Extensions are easily installed.
Applying themes is easy
Themeable. Firefox's user interface is fully customizeable, using the same CSS, XML, etc, industry standards as the extension UI. The themes are endless. Firefox can look like the StarTrek Lcars computer or even resemble Microsoft Internet Explorer. A full list of existing themes is available here. Themes are easily installed.
8. Modern Download Manager
Downloads to a specified folder, indicates in taskbar when finished
The built-in Download Manager is modern and user friendly. It shows all pending and completed downloads as a graphical list along with relevent text. A user has complete control over the active and inactive downloads. The user can cancel an active download, retry failed ones, remove the complete and failed ones, open completed downloads in system directory browser and also clean up the list if desired. Double-clicking the file can be used to launch it directly.
The Download Manager saves real-estate in the tasklist toolbar by having one window for all downloads and showing the average complete percentage in its tasklist menu along with the number of pending downloads. On completion of downloads the users get a "mail-biff" style notification: "Downloads Complete". Moreover, the download manager is intelligent enough to warn the user in case Firefox exits and there are pending downloads.
9. Built for standards
Firefox is leading the pack when it comes to standards support
Firefox has world beating support for W3C standards like CSS, DOM, etc. Where browsers like Opera or IE may fail on a dynamic page, Firefox usually succeeds.
Firefox is also Open Source. This means that the browser is not just 'free' to use, but its also open for development. Firefox is just one of many browsers and projects based on the Powerful Mozilla Gecko engine. Since its open source, the software is guaranteed to not have intended malicious code or spyware included.
10. KISS (Keep It Simple and Straight-Forward)
The Simple interface and embeded search allows for a simple and uncluttered web experience
Simplified User Interface. We've put a lot of thought into making using Firefox easy and obvious. Browsers like Mozilla and Opera seem to be focused more on esoteric features, at the expense of all-round usability. That's why we have created a browser that works in the simplest and most straight-forward way out of the box. Defaults have been carefully chosen so you don't need to spend time setting up the browser. Menus and dialog boxes are kept clean and free of options that only a marginal number of people use. If there's a feature that Mozilla or Opera has that Firefox lacks, it's probably for good reason. But if you really do need a particular enhancement, a large number of quality extensions are available for free.
More Space for Pages.We place a great deal of importance on space for web pages in Firefox. That's why our browser has more space devoted to web pages than Internet Explorer, Opera, or Mozilla. Firefox offers 2% more space to web pages than Mozilla, 4% more than Internet Explorer, and a whopping 10% more than Opera. (Standard configurations tested, sidebars closed, window maximized at 1600x1200). You can get even more space by rearranging the content of the toolbars. Firefox also offers a Full Screen mode (Press F11 to enter/exit) that devotes even more of the screen to the web page. You can even gain more space by using some themes and by disabling the 'Bookmarks Toolbar'
Monday, August 21, 2006
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.6
Firefox 1.5.0.6 is a stability update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
- Fixed an issue with playing Windows Media content
Release Date: August 2, 2006
Downloading and Installing
System Requirements
Before installing, make sure your computer meets the system requirements. Starting with Firefox 1.5, Mac OS X PowerPC users must have Mac OS X 10.2 or greater.
Downloading Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla.com provides Firefox for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in a variety of languages. To get Firefox 1.5.0.6, click on the link on the right. For builds for other systems and languages not provided, see the Contributed Builds section at the end of this document.
Continue reading....
Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9?
For a long time, there was nothing to talk about in web browsers. You used Internet Explorer, and that was it. Oh, to be sure, some Mozilla/Netscape holdouts clung to their ways, as did a smattering of users of Opera, Konqueror, and other obscurities. Internet Explorer itself hasn't had a major version change since the release of 6.0 in 2001, so there wasn't much to talk about there, either, for five long years.
That's all changed, thanks to that phoenixlike incarnation of Netscape technology, Firefox. In one year, the open-source darling Firefox has pulled within a dead heat of the browser popularity crown, at least on the ExtremeTech site, where each browser claims just over 43 percent of our viewers. This spurred Microsoft to leave off its complacency, and serious development of the formerly dominant browser restarted in earnest.
Right at this moment, big changes have or are about to occur in three well-known browsers: Internet Explorer is finally being updated, with version 7 in its third beta and almost ready to roll out the door; Firefox is also ripening an upgrade beta for its Version 2.0—it's in beta 1; and finally Opera, which has a devoted but smaller following, has recently come out with Version 9.0.So, three new browsers in the same year, after no action for a half decade. How do they stack up? We do a comparison of features, usability, memory, and disk usage to help you decide which you should spend your hard earned…oh wait a minute, they're all free, so you can pick the one you want without worrying about out of pocket. Keep in mind: We're just looking at what's there right now, and not considering what the browser developers may have planned for later additions. Also, these are such feature-rich apps that it would be impossible to compare every little detail—which has support for Atom feeds or importing OPML, and advanced Java settings, for example—we'll stick to the stuff that's most apparent to regular users. Let's take the browsers out for a spin, then, shall we? Continued...
| | next > |  |
Microsoft tags IE 7 'high priority' update
Microsoft plans to automatically push Internet Explorer 7 to Windows XP users when the browser update is ready later this year.
Published: July 26, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT
IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management, said in an interview Tuesday. Automatic Updates is a Windows feature typically used for security updates, but Microsoft has also used it to push its antipiracy tool WGA Notifications.
"The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7," Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added.
IE 7 will be the first major update to Microsoft's ubiquitous Web browser in five years. Security was the No. 1 investment for the update, Microsoft has said. Critics have likened predecessor IE 6 to "Swiss cheese" because of the many security vulnerabilities in it. A third and final beta of IE 7 was released late last month.
Although IE 7 will be pushed out over Automatic Updates, people will be able to choose whether they want to install it or not, Schare said. Automatic Updates will first notify people when IE 7 is ready to install and then show a welcome screen that presents key features and the choices to install, not install or postpone installation.
Additionally, Microsoft on Wednesday plans to make available a special tool to block automatic delivery of the new browser version, Schare said. The tool is meant for business users who might not be ready for an IE update. Microsoft learned a lesson about this when it pushed out Service Pack 2 for Windows XP via the update function.
"Many enterprises out there have some users rely on Automatic Updates," Schare said. "Those typically want to have tighter management of any software that is going to do more than just patch a security vulnerability."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Gartner warns of Microsoft patch issues
Potential problems with ActiveX fix for Internet Explorer
Enterprises need to tread very carefully as they begin deploying Microsoft's latest security patches as the bug fixes include non-security update code which changes the way in which Internet Explorer interacts with ActiveX, Gartner warned yesterday.
According to an advisory written by Gartner analysts Amrit Williams and Michael Silver the update will require some planning before implementation.
The warning comes after Microsoft's recent release of patches that address 10 security issues, including the highly publicised 'createTextRange' vulnerability that is being actively exploited.
However, this latest update, MS06-013, also changes the way in which Internet Explorer interacts with ActiveX code. The change was made to address patent litigation with Eolas Technologies.
A non-security update for IE modifies the browser to allow it to bypass a patent owned by Eolas, Gartner's advisory explained, changing the way that IE users interact with ActiveX controls.
For controls that display content, such as Adobe's Flash, the control loads normally, but before the user can interact with the control, he or she must click to 'activate' it.
To avoid this behaviour, an HTML authoring change must be made by altering the inline object, applet or embed tag so that it is dynamically generated with script.
"Organisations should expect this security update to have a greater impact than past security patches, and should prepare for this change prior to deploying the patch," the analyst firm warned.
More information on this change can be found at Microsoft's IE update web page.
"Controls must be activated every time a user browses to a web page that does not have this server-side change," explained Gartner.
"Organisations that use ActiveX code in their web applications may need to make the server-side changes to their ActiveX code. Also, users should be informed of the changes to IE so that they will not needlessly burden internal support with questions."
To further complicate matters Microsoft has also released a compatibility patch that temporarily reverts the patent-affected IE modifications.
Organisations that are not prepared for the IE change may deploy this patch on top of MS06-013, but they will need to prepare for the change in the next cumulative IE update which will overwrite the compatibility patch, Gartner noted.
That change is scheduled for release by June 2006. Because patch management systems will not pick up the compatibility patch, users will need to deploy it though other means, such as software distribution products or log-in scripts.
Gartner is advising enterprises to update to the latest security patches and prepare for the IE modifications.
However, those firms which determine that the non-security update is too intrusive at this time should ensure that they download the compatibility patch to address the security issues from Microsoft's security website.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)