With the iPhone, Apple showed how to surf the Web on the small screen. Now, it seems, a modern version of the browser wars of the 1990s could be shaping up, with the battleground being the mobile phone. And there’s a new list of contenders: Safari on the iPhone, Internet Explorer Mobile for Windows Mobile, RIM’s BlackBerry Web browser, and a version of Chrome for Google’s Android phones. Within the next few months, there will be a new entry: a scaled-down, sped-up version of Firefox, called Fennec.
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Published by rwatstein October 5th, 2008
in technology, Firefox and Mozilla.
Logan Kugler writes: “The latest version of Mozilla’s popular open-source browser enjoyed one of the most successful launches in software history, with a record-setting 8.2 million downloads the first day it was available. With the ability to drastically expand the browser’s functions using plug-in extensions and Greasemonkey scripts, many of Firefox 3’s built-in features are overlooked. Here are eight handy things you can do, ranging from tiny tweaks to hugely powerful capabilities, all with nary an extension to install.”
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Published by rwatstein September 21st, 2008
in Firefox and Mozilla.
Benson Varghese writes: “The popularity of Firefox continues to grow primarily because of its speed, ease of use, and the availability of free add-ons. As the amount of scholarly material available on the web increases, so to does the need to an efficient means to find, sort, organize, and cite the material. Here are 20 of the best tools available on Firefox that researchers can choose from to build a customized, highly efficient research tool.”
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Published by rwatstein September 7th, 2008
in search, Google, Firefox and Mozilla.
Mozilla, the makers of Firefox internet browser (the only notable competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer), has extended its deal with Google - meaning the search giant will continue to be the default search engine on all its Firefox installs until 2011.
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Published by rwatstein June 29th, 2008
in search, Google and Firefox.
Google has managed to build an awesome search engine to my mind: it has a simple user-friendly interface and returns the most relevant results. However naturally, Google just can’t satisfy everyone’s needs.The following FireFox Extensions will help you to adapt Google’s interface and results to what you need, in the most efficient manner possible, making Google even better.
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Published by rwatstein June 1st, 2008
in search, Firefox, widgets and Mozilla.
Most of the information professionals I know are huge fans of Firefox, mainly because it is so…extensible. The sheer number and variety of add-ons that increase the browser’s utility…just staggering. If there is something you wish that Firefox could do, the odds are very good that someone with programming talent had the same thing in mind — and has created some sort of extension that adds precisely that functionality.Since I spend so much of my working existence online, my Firefox browser is seriously pimped out with a stalwart set of add-ons that, collectively, make my life so much easier. The following are road-tested and highly recommended.
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Published by rwatstein December 1st, 2007
in Firefox.
The group that makes the Firefox browser Mozilla has released a preview of the next Firefox 3 Web browser that aims to boosts security, speed, and ease of use. The release is tad delayed than originally expected, but from the early looks of the Firefox 3 beta 1 browser it was worth the wait. The software is available for download now for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. But a word of warning to those eager to start using the latest Firefox browser - this beta still has some bugs and not all Firefox extensions work with this beta release.
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Librarian Ellyssa Kroski writes: “Firefox has quickly become my number-one browser since I grudgingly tried it out a few months ago. It is very adaptable and customizable between all of its add-ons and themes, and is compatible with just about every application that I use regularly with the exception of my Settlers of Catan game from MSN. But by the same token, with over 1,900 add-ons, it’s difficult to wade through them all to find the ones which might be useful. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
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