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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5

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Mozilla released Firefox 3.5 today, roughly one month since it was pushed out as a Release Candidate. The major update delivers several new features and performance improvements that make this new version one you won't want to miss.

Firefox 3.5 is designed with new Web standards in mind and contains support for new Web technologies that will make it more interactive and speedier. Indeed, our own Sam Dean took the beta version out for a spin and was happy enough with the speed to use it as my primary browser and reach for an older Firefox version when I need extensions.

 



Mozilla Japan Uses Firefox to Promote Nature Conservancy

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As the release of Firefox 3.5 approaches (codenamed Shiretoko), Mozilla Japan has come up with a unique way to promote the version. They've teamed up with Japan's Shiretoko Nature Foundation and designed an interactive Web site named Discover Shiretoko that teaches visitors about the new browser version as well as the national park after which it was named.

Shiretoko and Firefox: A Story in Four Parts examines how Firefox and the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site have more in common that it may seem at first glance. Both, for instance, rely heavily on the power of the volunteer community.

 



Firefox 3.5 Now Out as Release Candidate 3

If you're using any of the previous betas or Release Candidates of Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser, which is a major upgrade to previous versions, there is now a third version of the Release Candidate out. Firefox 3.5, RC3, is available for download for Windows, the Mac and Linux, here. Mozilla has a post up about the release here, although there aren't a lot of clear details on what is new in this release. The updates are very likely to be bug fixes and security updates.?


Microsoft Has 10 Grand For You if You're Willing to Use Internet Explorer

We've written extensively about the declining market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, which is being challenged from every angle by open source browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is already the number one browser in Europe, is vastly more extensible than Internet Explorer, and is out in an excellent new Release Candidate version 3.5. ?The European Commission is also pressuring Microsoft on its distribution practices for its browser.

How desperate is Microsoft to woo users to its Internet Explorer version 8 browser? Mozilla Chair Mitchell Baker points out in a blog post that Microsoft is now offering $10,000 in prize money buried somewhere on the Internet which you can only find if you use Internet Explorer. Come on Microsoft, Internet Explorer needs a lot more than this marketing campaign to shore up its prospects.



Over 40 Free, Must-Have Open Source Resources

Occasionally, we at OStatic round up our ongoing collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and project tours. These educational resources are a big part of the learning mission we try to preserve at the site. We regularly collect the best Firefox extensions, free online books on open source topics, free tools for developers, resources for working with and enjoying online video and audio, Linux tutorials, and much more. In this post, you'll find an updated set of more than 40 collections and resources. Hopefully, you'll find something to learn from here, and the good news is that everything found in this post is free.


Using Firefox 3.5, RC 1? Make Sure to Use the iMacros Extension Too

As I'm getting familiar with the new Release Candidate 1 of Firefox 3.5, I'm also busy trying out my favorite Firefox extensions to make sure they all work with it. I'm happy to report that may most favorite Firefox extension, iMacros, works like a charm with it. If you haven't used iMacros, it can make you much more efficient, in many ways. The extension makes it about as easy to create macros for repetitive tasks you perform online as it is to operate a DVD player. You can even save macros that execute complicated tasks as Bookmarks. If you missed our step-by-step visual tour of how to create your first macro in iMacros, you'll find it here below the fold, and it's also worth looking at the iMacros demos available online.?


Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1 Arrives--Get to Know It

Firefox 3.5, Release Candidate 1, has arrived--a couple of days early. You can download it and view the release notes here. I've been using every beta of this release, which was originally to be Firefox 3.1, and it's unquestionably the best browser going. There are over 5,000 new features in it, and it has much faster Javascript performance than previous versions. Our sister blog, WebWorkerDaily, already put it through the SunSpider Javascript benchmarks. Here's how it performs compared to the beta, and compared to Google Chrome, as well as more details.


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Firefox 3.5, Release Candidate 1 is available now. It's being delivered as an automatic update, and the release notes and download are here.

Google: We want Chrome to grow the Web. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, weighs in on browser innovation.

Will Google Wave revolutionize free software collaboration? What impact might it have on free software users and developers?

A Mozilla update on open video codecs and quality. How does video encoded with Theora compare to video encoded by YouTube?

Will Ubuntu remain a minor player? It has problems in the channel.



Firefox 3.5, RC1, Slated for Friday--Many New Features

Mozilla's much awaited Release Candidate of the Firefox 3.5 browser has been through several delays, but, as Webware reports, Firefox director Mike Beltzner says it will arrive this Friday. Beltzner also says the final release of Firefox 3.5 will come out before the end of the month. If you haven't been using the beta versions of the the browser, it's much faster, and has more than 5,000 new features. Mozilla is also pointing out some articles and video demos that show off the new features.?


Opera Breathes Down Firefox's and Chrome's Necks With Unite

Opera Unite

Though the Opera browser isn't open source, it's free and its new server-in-a-browser feature, Unite, is really making significant inroads toward online collaboration. If Chrome and Firefox are to keep their edge over Opera, their development teams had better sit up and take notice.

Opera's Unite technology lets users run chat rooms, host Web sites, and share files that even people not using Opera can access. The interaction is all done via a central Opera Unite server ? Opera Unite uses a proxy between the server and its clients (found at operaunite.com) to avoid the need for any special firewall configuration, writes the development team. Unite launched today with six features but is calling on the Opera community to design and create any new services they'd like to see available.

Read on to have a look at what Opera unite can already do and why Google and Mozilla haven't cornered the market on browsers just yet.



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