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March 03, 2006Extend Firefox Contest Announces Winners
You may remember the Extend Firefox Contest -- it was open for developers to create New and Cool extensions for Firefox. It's closed and the winners have been announced! You can see the winners at http://developer.mozilla.org/contests/extendfirefox/. The three grand prizes...
Continue reading "Extend Firefox Contest Announces Winners" » February 13, 2006Next Opera Browser Promises BitTorrent
Opera Software announced earlier this month that the next Opera browser will contain BitTorrent technology. BitTorrent, for those of you playing along at home, is a peer-to-peer protocol for distributing really large files. Like, movie size or bigger. (You can...
December 12, 2005Lovely, Information-Rich Wiki for Opera
There is a flippin' awesome Wiki devoted to the Opera browser available at http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera. I've been an Opera fan and user for, literally, years. At first glance I thought that there wasn't much that this Wiki was going to...
Continue reading "Lovely, Information-Rich Wiki for Opera" » November 04, 2005Mozilla Launches Firefox Extension Contest
Mozilla has announced an extension contest for Firefox developers. Developers are invited to submit extensions as simple as a button or as complex as a whole new feature. Prizes include PCs, iPod Nanos, and O'Reilly books. Judges for the contest...
Continue reading "Mozilla Launches Firefox Extension Contest" » September 25, 2005Flash! Google Moves Something Out of Beta!
But I kid Google. They've moved their Firefox toolbar out of beta, as they explain at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/new-improved-and-out-of-beta_22.html. The out-of-beta toolbar has a couple of Firefox-only features, including the option to customize as well as the implementation of Google Suggest....
Continue reading "Flash! Google Moves Something Out of Beta!" » New Firefox Available for Download
Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/. With Firefox Beta is Beta, so if that makes you nervous don't download the new Firefox until the final is released later this year. Release notes are available at...
September 20, 2005Opera Is Now Free
Opera has announced that the Opera browser, once available in ad-supported free and premium versions, is now totally free. Yippee! Now is your chance to try Opera without worrying about banner ads. Getcher download at http://www.opera.com/....
August 07, 2005New Greasemonkey Available
Mozillazine is reporting that there's a new version of Greasemonkey available that addresses the security problems of the earlier Gmonkeys. This new version, 0.5, is in beta and you can get it from http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ . Information about the new version...
July 23, 2005Updates on Mozilla Updates
Mozillazine.org has an update ( http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6995 ) on the current status of Firefox. Briefly, 1.1 is going to be skipped in favor of Firefox 1.5, which will be coming out in September (with a planned beta launch in August.) You...
May 09, 2005Security Issue in Firefox
Techworld is reporting ( http://dailynews.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120756 ) that there are a couple of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox. Until a patch is made available they're suggesting that users turn off JavaScript. Here's how to turn off JavaScript in Firefox. Go to Tools...
April 20, 2005Opera 8 Is On the Air
Opera has announced the release of Opera 8, now available at Opera.com. Some changes from here and 7.x include voice support, "Support for XmlHttpRequest giving full Gmail support" (yay!), notification of blocked pop-ups (this'll be useful), and some additional security...
March 05, 2005Merriam-Webster Makes Plug-Is for Firefox
Firefox just keeps on foxing. Merriam-Webster has announced that they've added online tools for Firefox. The new tools are available at http://www.merriam-webster.com/firefox/ . They include a search box plug-in, a right-click search, and a sidebar....
Continue reading "Merriam-Webster Makes Plug-Is for Firefox" » March 03, 2005Netscape Launches Browser Beta
CNET is reporting that Netscape has launched a beta version of their browser, Netscape 8. It can be downloaded at http://browser.netscape.com/nsb/download/default.jsp. It's nice that the Netscape brand is coming back to life in a browser but they're going to have...
February 28, 2005Opera Releases Updated Version of Its Browser
Opera has released a second beta version of its next browser which addresses the IDN exploit problem. This lastest version, 8.0 beta 2, is now available at http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/800b2/ . The problem is addressed by using a security bar to display...
Continue reading "Opera Releases Updated Version of Its Browser" » February 16, 2005Firefox Up to 25 Million Downloads!
Firefox announced yesterday that there have been over 25 million downloads of Firefox! You GO Firefox....
February 11, 2005Spoofstick Updated Against IDN Exploit
Spoofstick, covered in ResearchBuzz last June, has been updated to counteract the IDN vulnerability to which Firefox is vulnerable. You may download the updated Firefox extension at http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/....
February 04, 2005Firefox Extensions in PC Magazine
PC Magazine has a nice roundup of 15 Firefox extensions. Don't forget to check out the reader comments for even more extension recommendations....
January 12, 2005PubSub Launches Sidebar for Firefox
PubSub is now offering a sidebar that's compatible with Firefox. (It's also available for Internet Explorer, if you must.) You can get it at http://www.pubsub.com/downloads.php . PubSub is a monitoring service that can monitor Weblogs, newsgroups, EDGAR filings, airport delays,...
December 28, 2004Opera's Browser Hits Version ? Beta
As longtime readers of ResearchBuzz know I've been hitting the drum for Opera for a long time. And I used it exclusively for years. Nowadays I find my time being divided pretty equally between Opera and Firefox/Mozilla; there are some...
November 10, 2004Firefox 1.0 Released
I was going to announce this yesterday, but the site wouldn't respond. Firefox 1.0 has been released. You can download your copy from http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ . See the release note list at http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/1.0.html for some interesting change notes here. You can...
November 09, 2004A9 Toolbar for Firefox
Last week Amazon announced that the toolbar for their A9 Web/Amazon search tool is now available for Firefox. You can download it at http://toolbar.a9.com/....
November 08, 2004Portable Firefox
An extremely clever human has come up with a version of Firefox called Portable Firefox. This version you can install on one of those keychain USB drives (aka nerdsticks) and have all your bookmarks and information right there. Niiiiiiice, especially...
September 16, 2004Firefox Goes to 1.0
Mozilla's Firefox browser has gone to a 1.0 release and is now available for download at http://www.mozilla.org/ . I've been sticking to the regular Mozilla thus far, but I decided to download and install the new Firefox. Installation went okay...
August 28, 2004An Entire Web Site Devoted to Switching from IE to Firefox
http://firefoxie.net/. Fifteen steps to install and upgrade Firefox so it "feels" like IE. Steps include hiding the search bar, getting a Googlebar with page rank, upgrading the interface, some recommended extensions, etc....
Continue reading "An Entire Web Site Devoted to Switching from IE to Firefox" » August 24, 2004Search A Local Index of Pages With Recall Toolbar
Ah, your hard drive, the next frontier in search technology. For a long time there have been specialized tools to search your browser history; here's one that searches an index of visited Web pages you specify. It's called Recall Toolbar...
Continue reading "Search A Local Index of Pages With Recall Toolbar" » August 23, 2004New Mozilla.org Design
There's a new design of the Mozilla.org Web site being tested. Check it out....
July 13, 2004Opera Releases Tools to Make Itself More Like IE
Opera, my browser of choice for years upon years, has announced a series of one-click setups to give Opera an IE look and feel, for users who are migrating to Opera from IE. They're available at http://www.opera.com/startup/customize/ . Well, actually...
Continue reading "Opera Releases Tools to Make Itself More Like IE" » May 11, 2004Opera Releases Version 7.5 of Browser
Break out the root beer and crank up the zydeco, Opera Software has released version 7.5 of Opera for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. You can download it at http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/750/ and also get a list of changes. Among those...
February 25, 2004Mozilla 1.7 Alpha Released
The Mozilla 1.7 Alpha was released on February 23rd; you can download it at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.7a . New offerings in this version include lots of improvements to Mozilla's pop-up blocking features and several new offerings in its mail function....
January 19, 2004Mozilla 1.6 Is Now Available
Kudos to the Mozilla people -- Mozilla 1.6 is now on the air and available at http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ . It looks like most of the new features involve the mail/news portion of the browser, but Ask Jeeves searching has been added...
October 16, 2003New Browser Roundup -- Mozilla, Opera, Firebird
There are some new browsers out there. Opera this week announced the release of Opera 7.21 for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. It's available from http://www.opera.com . There's a new "Undo" feature that will allow you to recall browsing windows...
Continue reading "New Browser Roundup -- Mozilla, Opera, Firebird" » September 03, 2003New Versions of Opera, Mozilla
Opera last week announced their latest beta version: Opera 7.20. You can read the press announcement at http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/08/28/. New features here include support for bidirectional languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.There are a variety of other changes, such as implementation...
December 18, 2002New Browser Releases From Opera and Mozilla
Three new browser releases to tell you about. Opera has released Opera 6 for Mac OS 8.6-10.2 -- you can get more information about that at http://www.opera.com/mac/changelogs/600/ . Also, Opera has released Beta 2 for Opera 7 for Windows; more...
Continue reading "New Browser Releases From Opera and Mozilla" » September 26, 2002Mozilla Rolls Out A Couple New Barrels
Internet browser maker Mozilla ( http://www.mozilla.org ) has issued a couple of new releases. First is the alpha of Mozilla 1.2, and update of their main browser product. The Mozilla 1.2 Alpha is available at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ . New features of...
June 17, 2002Mozilla Resources
One gallant reader sent me a ton of Mozilla-related links and resources. Check these out if you're into Mozilla and want to soup it up a bit. If you don't mind getting "under the hood" check out http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html for changing...
June 06, 2002Mozilla 1.0 Released
Mozilla 1.0 is out, for which O Be Joyful! Frankly I can't see much difference between it and Mozilla 1.0 RC2 (I skipped RC3.) You can download it in several different OS flavors at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ . I've been using it...
April 19, 2002Mozilla 1.0, Release Candidate One
Pop the sparkling apple cider and break out the Tofutti Cuties. Mozilla has released Release Candidate One (RC1) of Mozilla 1.0, a Web browser. You can download it at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ . Changes to this version include bug fixes, a new...
January 31, 2002Opera Launches New Browser and Composer
Opera has released version 5.12 of its Opera Browser at http://www.opera.com/download/ . This new version includes several bug fixes and an "enhanced popup-window killer feature," though all I could find related to that was a setting that prohibits documents from...
Continue reading "Opera Launches New Browser and Composer" » May 15, 2001Opera Releases Version 5.0 for Linux
Opera has released version 5.0 of their browser software for Linux, they announced today. It's available now at http://www.opera.com/download /linux.html . You may download it for free and use an ad-supported version, or shell out $39 for a full version....
May 08, 2001Mozilla 0.9 Now Available
Mozilla 0.9 is now available at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ . This new version includes a new help viewer and Personal Security Manager with improved performance....
March 28, 2001New Browser Versions Available
Ah, the quest for the perfectly-compatible, never-crashing, bookmark-friendly, groovalicious browser continues (though Opera comes pretty darn close.) Microsoft has released a public preview of Internet Explorer 6. (I don't know what "Public Preview" is code for -- is this an...
March 08, 2001New Browser for Blind Web Users
CNET is reporting ( http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5044435.html ) about a new browser for blind Web users. The browser, from WeMedia, converts Web pages to text-only format and speaks them to the user. WeMedia is available at http://www.wemedia.com/ ; it appears to be...
January 08, 2001Little Nemo In OperaLand
I have occasionally talked in these pages about my frustration with IE and Netscape, and my intention to get away from those browsers and migrate to either Opera or Mozilla. Last week I purchased Opera 5.0 and tried to make...
December 07, 2000Opera Launches Version 5.0
... for Windows. Opera has launched a new version of their browser in an "ad-supported" mode for users who don't want to pay the $39. (You can still pay for it if you don't want to see the ads, which...
November 14, 2000Netscape Releases Netscape Version 6 Final
Netscape announced this morning (3:01AM Pacific!) the release of the final version of Netscape 6. While I'd love to download a browser that's more stable than NS 4.76 (though I admit NS 4.76 doesn't crash nearly as much as NS...
Continue reading "Netscape Releases Netscape Version 6 Final" » May 12, 2000No, It's Not Just IE
After my cookie swipe warning yesterday, I got a couple of e-mails from readers saying, "It's not just IE, ya know. Netscape also has browser holes." I agree 100% and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I find that News.com...
April 05, 2000Browsers A Go-Go
Right on the heels of The Microsoft Situation comes a ton of browser news. The 2nd beta of Opera 4.0 is online at http://www.opera.com/download.html .. Get the list of known Opera browser "issues" at http://sue-sims.nu/opera/resources/40-issues.html before you download and install...
January 28, 2000Mozilla keeps moving...
Browser Mozilla has gone into release Milestone 13, which is their Alpha release. You can download the release candidate at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/...
November 29, 1999More Mozilla News
Is there a Mozilla 5.0 beta coming in December? (corrected) [Link corrected as of 11/16/2003: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-11-27-011-04-PS]...
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