Have you noticed the new Google search favicon? I am not sure if Google intends to keep it forever but I like the refresh. You can update the Firefox’s default Google search plugin to show the new Google search icon: Locate the searchplugins folder in your Firefox install folder. (typically C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ on Windows).

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The latest nightly releases of Firefox.next come with customizable tab bars, which means you can drag buttons off (like the new tab and list all tabs buttons) and into the tab bar to make it suit your needs. This can be used to reduce all Firefox toolbars to a single one as shown in the

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During the latest US Department of State Town Hall Meeting, secretary Hilary Clinton was asked to let the staff use Firefox. You can see it in the video below at 26:30. Hillary Clinton is asked for Firefox in the US Department of State July 14, 2009  9:40 am During the latest US Department of

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The latest Firefox 3.1 (code name Shiretoko) nightlies include support for the W3C draft specification of Geolocation API, opening the way for yet richer web applications that can offer content customized to a user’s current location. The API implementation enables the browser to act as a position broker communicating with the computer’s positioning API (probably

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Adobe has opened the source code for its mobile devices oriented JavaScript virtual machine, QVM and added it to Mozilla’s open source JavaScript VM project,Tamarin. “QVM makes [ActionScript 3] bytecode execute on a majority of devices that consumers already own and is a key part of the future Flash Player and AIR strategies. The open

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On a recent article I explained how to add online feed readers to Firefox 2 so you can subscribe to them with them. Forget about it. This article at franklinmint.fm explains a new Firefox 2 interface that allows the addition of content handlers (in this case, web feeds) with a single click. So here you

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Today’s Shiretoko (Firefox 3.1 codename) nightly introduces support for simple web elements transformations as CSS extensions originally proposed and implemented by the WebKit project. The extensions include move, rotate, skew, scale and matrix operations for almost every web page element except plugins and popup menus among others. In the example below, Google’s main page and

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Mozilla has just landed a new JavaScript optimization feature to Firefox 3.1 development code base (Shiretoko) that effectively enhances JavaScript-based web applications performance by a 2X  20X fold compared to the already-severely-pumped-up Firefox 3, according to a variety of JavaScript performance tests ran and published by Mozilla’s Brendan Eich. TraceMonkey tracks the JavaScript code

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Synovel, a startup based on Hyderabad, India founded by a group of International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) graduates, has released a preview of Spicebird, a Mozilla-based collaboration suite. Spicebird is built on Thunderbird and Lightning, the powerful extension that adds calendaring functions to Thunderbird. Additionally it seems to integrate SamePlace, a Firefox extension that

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When you paste a URL in the location bar or some text in the search bar, you most likely want to visit the URL or search for the terms you just pasted. So, why not paste and go to the web address, or paste and search the pasted terms? In Firefox 4 you finally can.

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On a short note, Scott McGregor, Thunderbird lead engineer, announced that on October 12 he will leave the Mozilla Corporation to pursuit other career interests. He plans, however, to continue his role as module owner for Thunderbird as a volunteer. This is definitely no good news for the nascent Mozilla Internet communications subsidiary, announced last

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It’s not clear at this point whether Firefox 3 will include an option to save web pages as PDF files. It is in the PRD (product requirement document) but it could get cut for time constraint reasons. Fortunately, the backend necessary to make this happen is already in place and Firefox 3 will be able

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Instantbird is a new instant messaging application that merges two powerful open source projects: XULRunner, the stand-alone version of Firefox browsing engine; and libpurple, the library that gives Pidgin its ability to connect to most of the existing instant messaging networks. The first development release, 0.1, provides the very basic functionality of what we have

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During this and last week Mozilla developers and drivers had a run of meetings to discuss Product Requirement Document (PRD, a list of what Firefox 3 should include) released some weeks ago. Requirements have been shuffled, some added, some removed and most, better defined. Regarding Gecko more tweaks for better standards support have been confirmed.

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After slightly more than a year in development, Firefox 3.5 is finally here. As planned, it is an evolutionary update that builds on the significant performance enhancements and features introduced in Firefox 3.0, to deliver a still more responsive experience, more private, and extending the possibilities of the web by supporting a new set of

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Mozilla has released the sixth alpha of Gran Paradiso, Firefox 3 development name. This release comes with a very short delay to the original schedule which is an important achievement considering Alpha 5 was delayed for about a week. Some minor but nice updates have been added like a cleverer close dialog. In Firefox 2

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From Mozilla Development Center: “First designed at the 2006 Firefox Developer’s Summit by Sean Martell based on an idea from Chris Beard, this graphic became a smash hit at the SWSW conference in 2007. Now available as a desktop wallpaper in a variety of sizes.” 800x600 pixels 1024x768 pixels 1280x1024 pixels 1440x900 pixels 1680x1050 pixels

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A bug in just released Firefox 2.0.0.10 affecting an important HTML element interface (.drawImage) has prompted Mozilla developers to rush a new update that fixes this bug that affects several web sites and extensions (FoxSaver, Fotofox) that rely on it to deliver the intended experience to their users. The bug has already been fixed

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The latest Gran Paradiso nightly brings an important improvement to the Add-ons Manager. Along with themes and extensions, now it’s possible to see, enable and disable the installed plugins, those small applications that allow Firefox to show special content embedded in many web pages including Flash animations, video and audio in a variety of formats

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Recent Firefox 3 nightlies now includes support for HTML contentEditable property.This property allows a user to edit sections marked with contentEditable = “true” of the local copy of a web page to better suit his needs. Other browsers including Safari and Internet Explorer already support this feature but I verified that Firefox provides more editing

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