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Mozilla Labs Introduces Geode

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Mozilla Labs recently offered a sneak peak and download of Geode. Geode is one of the first applications to use the new W3C geolocation specification API. It is currently available as a plug-in for Firefox 3 (and seems to only support Windows and Mac systems at this time). Mozilla Labs indicates it will likely be a new feature integrated in an upcoming browser release.

Geode uses web-based tracking, which tends to be faster than the traditional GPS geolocation methods. This would enable Firefox to sense the user's location and give information, for example, on local businesses, or quick access to local news.



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How Will Mozilla's Fennec Mobile Browser Look and Feel?

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As we wrote about the other day, Mozilla has reached a sixth developer milestone for its Fennec browser--intended for mobile handsets and platforms. Fennec (the word means small fox ) is a very critical browser in Mozilla's overall strategy, and we've written about why before. It's slated to be available for the upcoming wave of Linux- and Android-based mobile handsets due out later this year, where it could be a key open source application for them. As part of its concept series of videos and screencasts, there is a screencast illustrating how some of the user interface for Fennec may work in the final version. Here's what it looks like.


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Mozilla Delays Firefox 3.1 Beta, Announces Other Browser Updates

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Mozilla has a whole roster of news headlines related to its browsers out today. In its about:Mozilla newsletter, the company has announced that a new version of the Camino browser is available (it's developed by the Camino Project, but is based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine). Many Mac users love Camino for its lickety-split performance. Mozilla has also confirmed that a sixth milestone version of its upcoming mobile browser, dubbed Fennec, is out. And, as ZDNet reports, the beta of the next version of Firefox--version 3.1--has been delayed from August 19th until September 9th. Here are the details.


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GigaOm: Will Firefox Mobile Make It in Time?

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You may have seen our recent coverage of Mozilla's work on a new mobile browser, dubbed Fennec.? It has tremendous promise, in some people's eyes, as a svelte browser that can deliver a Firefox-like experience on upcoming Android- and Linux-based phones. Over on our sister site, GigaOm, Stacey Higginbotham has an interesting rebuttal, though: She says it may be too late for Mozilla. She argues that Webkit-based browsers are farther along, and points to the success of Opera Mini as a mobile browser. Check it out.


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GigaOm: Video Interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly

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Over on our sister site GigaOm.com, you can find an in-depth video interview with John Lilly, the newly appointed CEO of Mozilla. Mozilla, of course, has been much in the news lately. See our review of Release Candidate 1 for version 3 of the Firefox browser, which was just released, as well as Mozilla's confirmation of an upcoming mobile open source browser, dubbed Fennec. The GigaOm interview includes discussion of Mozilla's late entry into mobile platforms, June is confirmed as the final ship date for the official version 3 of Firefox, and Lilly even takes a swipe at the iPhone. There's much more. Check it out.


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Mozilla's Chairman Confirms Progress on a New Mobile Browser

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At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Mozilla Chairman Mitchell Baker gave an address on opening the mobile web, which Webware did a nice job of analyzing. Many people have been wondering if Mozilla will deliver a version of the Firefox browser to work with the many Linux-based phones currently in the works, including phones based on Google's Android platform. While Baker didn't concretely confirm those details, she did discuss an upcoming mobile browser from Mozilla, to arrive later this year, code-named Fennec. (A Fennec is a small fox--get it?)

 



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