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Firefox's Birthday, and Mozilla's Opportunity

Dana Blankenhorn on ZDNet asks an interesting question today: Where Should Mozilla Go From Here? It's hard to believe that the company's Firefox browser turns only five years old today. Stephen Shankland also weighs in on where Mozilla and Firefox should head next. I'm in favor of Mozilla becoming a more independent company, so that it can push its own initiatives in flexible ways, and I also think it has a huge opportunity in the mobile browsing space.


Chrome and Firefox Get Upgrades

This week is a big one for open source browsers, which, as we've pointed out many times, are responsible for most of the innovation going on in the browser arena. The first beta version of Firefox 3.6 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and you can get it here. Meanwhile, Google has delivered a very fast new beta version of the Chrome browser, and it features bookmark syncing so that you can keep your bookmarks streamlined across multiple computers.


Fennec, Mozilla's Mobile Browser, is Moving Forward

We've written about Fennec, Mozilla's mobile browser, a number of times. It's now in its fourth public beta, and GigaOm reports today that Mozilla CEO John Lilly wants it to be just as disruptive on mobile devices as Firefox is on the desktop. ?We wanted to build a browser that did everything ? Javascript, CSS, Flash, SVG, video and audio, says Lilly. What that meant was we had to wait for a while for devices to get better to handle this modern browser.? Check out more at GigaOm.


Why Aren't Mozilla and Opera Vocal About Microsoft's EU Settlement Offer?

This week, the European Commission announced its preliminary satisfaction with a settlement offer proposed by Microsoft that would end an antitrust battle that has been simmering for over 10 years. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith posted a response that said: We welcome today?s announcement by the European Commission to move forward with formal market testing of Microsoft?s proposal relating to web browser choice in Europe. We also welcome the opportunity to take the next step in the process regarding our proposal to promote interoperability with a broad range of our products.?

As Smith alludes to, a big part of the proposed settlement has to do with Microsoft including a browser ballot window in Internet Explorer that lists a broad array of browsers and allows users to choose which one to use. Opponents of that proposal, including Mozilla and Opera, have criticized the fact that the ballot screen is found within Internet Explorer, which is still bundled with Windows, and the fact that any alternative browser must be downloaded, which many users will be too lazy to do. So why are Mozilla and Opera being so reticent in the wake of the European announcement?



New Artist Themes for Google Chrome Are Super Slick

Many of us spend more time in our browsers than we do with a lot of the most important people in their lives, so why not opt for a browser that is easy on the eyes? Today, Google has announced its new Artist Themes collection for the Chrome browser. While browser themes are nothing new, this particular set of themes features contributions from top designers and artists, ranging from Oscar de la Renta, to Dolce & Gabana, to Porsche, to Kate Spade and even pop star Mariah Carey. Here's a peek at some of the truly stylish themes available They are eye-catching.


New Version 3.0 of Google Chrome is Much Speedier

As announced on the Google blog, there is an official stable release 3.0 of the Chrome browser available now. You can download it here, and if you're already using Chrome, you'll be automatically updated to the new version. Google's post includes walkthroughs of some of the major new features, including significantly faster Javascript performance, a new look for the New Tab page, and improvements to the Omnibox--the search bar and address bar that makes it very speedy to navigate to sites you're looking for. Here's what you'll find under the hood in the new Chrome.


Could Chrome OS Land Google in Microsoft-Like Antitrust Trouble?

Following TechCrunch's recent post showing alleged photos of Google's upcoming Chrome OS, which don't seem to show much beyond the fact that the operating system may have very large icons, there are some new clues emerging about it. As Download Squad cites, based on notes in a post detailing changes to the Chrome browser's Chromium core, Chrome OS sounds a lot like a bootable browser running on Linux. There are reasons to believe that as soon as you start the operating system, you'll be in the Chrome browser, and reasons to believe that you won't have the choice to use other browsers. That could potentially cause Google trouble.


Google Chrome to Be the Browser That Greets Sony VAIO Buyers

In a move that could quickly be followed by similar deals, Google has reportedly inked a deal with Sony to pre-install the Chrome web browser on new Sony VAIO computers. As JKOnTheRun notes, this marks the first deal that Google has signed with a hardware vendor to get Chrome involved in consumers? OOBE (out of box experience). The out of box experience with a browser is particularly important on consumer systems, where many users will simply use whichever browser is already installed, and similar bundling deals are what helped propel Microsoft's Internet Explorer to dominant market share. There isn't any word on what kind of money changed hands here, but I'm guessing it was a significant amount, and this deal is another sign of strong momentum for open source browsers. Check out more details here.?


64-Bit Google Chrome for Linux, and More Chrome News

In the course of only a year (September will mark its first birthday), Google's Chrome browser has carved out a good niche for itself. It's widely liked as a fast, very stable browser, and NetApplications' market share data for July showed it at almost three percent share, up from only one percent a few months ago. This week, there were several significant Chrome-related developments, including Google's announcement of a 64-bit version for Linux, and bookmark syncing tools. Here are the details.


A Grab Bag of Great Tips for Safari

While many people don't think of Safari as an open source browser, it is based on the same open source WebKit rendering engine found in Google Chrome, and depends on improvements to WebKit to stay competitive. In fact, it's a good example of how polished a hybrid application--straddling the open source and proprietary software arenas--can become. Safari is the browser of choice for many Mac users, and if you're one of them, TheAppleBlog has some truly great tips for customizing and supercharging it. You can find out about full screen browsing, how to enhance Safari with the free Glims extension, easy ways to block annoying ads, and more. Check out the tips found here, and here.


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