Firefox 14 Android, more swift and consistent HTML 5 and Flash

The Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 14 for Android, its web browser mobile, faster and more compatible with HTML 5 and Flash technologies.

Available on Google Play, 14 of Firefox for Android version has several improvements and optimizations made to its graphical interface but also to his Web pages rendering engine.

Completely reliftée, the user interface is more fluid and ergonomic, it now offers a home page redesigned directly proposing the list of favorite sites, bookmarks and browsing history.

    

With regard to performance, Firefox 14 initiating more rapidly and would, according to Mozilla, two times faster than its predecessor to display pages and distancerait clearly the native browser of Android but also tenors such as Dolphin Browser, Chrome or Opera. In the radius of the new Firefox 14 for Android now includes Firefox Sync that synchronizes bookmarks, add-ons, tabs, passwords, data forms with the desktop version.

    

Flash support is also of part and support new instructions HTML 5 to best display all the content available on the Web via smartphones. Firefox 14 is now available on the Google Play, a version adapted to the shelves is expected to soon and if you want to see the new features offered by the browser to the red panda in motion, the video below is for it.

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Firefox 14 Android, more swift and consistent HTML 5 and Flash

The Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 14 for Android, its web browser mobile, faster and more compatible with HTML 5 and Flash technologies.

Available on Google Play, 14 of Firefox for Android version has several improvements and optimizations made to its graphical interface but also to his Web pages rendering engine.

Completely reliftée, the user interface is more fluid and ergonomic, it now offers a home page redesigned directly proposing the list of favorite sites, bookmarks and browsing history.

    

With regard to performance, Firefox 14 initiating more rapidly and would, according to Mozilla, two times faster than its predecessor to display pages and distancerait clearly the native browser of Android but also tenors such as Dolphin Browser, Chrome or Opera. In the radius of the new Firefox 14 for Android now includes Firefox Sync that synchronizes bookmarks, add-ons, tabs, passwords, data forms with the desktop version.

    

Flash support is also of part and support new instructions HTML 5 to best display all the content available on the Web via smartphones. Firefox 14 is now available on the Google Play, a version adapted to the shelves is expected to soon and if you want to see the new features offered by the browser to the red panda in motion, the video below is for it.

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Firefox 13.0 in the final, full of new features

The Mozilla Foundation does not punching and already released version 13 of their web browser that brings its lot of new ergonomic features and practices.

After several successive beta versions since the end of April, it is today that comes out the final version of Firefox 13.0.

Web browser from the Mozilla Foundation offers its batch of graphic, ergonomic improvements and practices such as a redesigned home page giving access visually and to main features as icons at the bottom of the screen (downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, browser etc settings) quickly.

The opening of a new tab also appear a (Speed Dial) mosaic of nine thumbnails of the sites most popular that it is possible to rearrange envy by moving, pinning or removing very simply as Opera which proposes this time and chromium more recently.

The activation of the SPDY Protocol on the sites the support to expedite the loading and soft scrolling are now enabled by default. Finally we now find a "Reset" button to avoid having to uninstall Firefox for seeds, indeed, by simple pressure on this button, the browser recovers in its original state (profile user cleaned up, additional modules removed, etc.) but leaves the Favorites, passwords and other cookies unchanged.

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Firefox available in Aurora 14

Firefox Aurora is at number 14. Small point on the improvements expected...

The final version of Firefox 12 is available recently, and version 13 is of course in beta, but the Mozilla Foundation continues on a paced and informs us that Firefox 14 which will arrive in 12 weeks is available in Aurora.

Finally, Firefox 14 rajoutera support for full screen for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Also, it will mark a support for the HTTPS protocol for the Internet search in the address bar, on the home or menu page shortcut if Google is chosen as the default search engine. It is also question of the support of the Mouse Lock API that allows to know the position in real time of the mouse in the browser to to trigger animations his movement or position, which can be interesting for the game online for example.

The CSS will be also better managed with the support of the States based on the mouse. For example, the visited page may display correctly the selected CSS style when the mouse is moved over a link, click on it, or if it has already been visited. Now in the configuration panel of the browser, it will be possible by default block loading all plugins installed with a click System on each zone enabling shipment as required.

Optimizations are also part with a better support the WebGL and SVG animations. The fonts are also better managed and their use will have less impact on memory consumption. There is still a lot of things to correct or to develop for the Mozilla Foundation, but this new version will bring these outlets a few interesting developments, such as the new manager of downloads or the new GStreamer framework.

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Firefox already available in Beta version 13

Milling 12-exit penalty, Mozilla already offers its 13 Firefox browser in Beta version download.

Notice to fans and non-superstitious people, the Mozilla Foundation is lagging and already offers the download milling 13 in beta version of its browser web and this just a few days after the official release of the number 12.

This new edition of the browser to the red panda offers several new features in the GUI with all major first a default homepage that gives quick access to the main features through icons at the bottom of the screen (downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, browser settings), and then open a new blank tab is now appear a mosaic of nine vignettes sites most popular that it is possible to rearrange envy by movingpinning or removing very simply.

    

Firefox is therefore a Visual facelift and ergonomic welcome that was poor especially compared to what offer already Chrome and Opera since a little while. Other changes such as the activation of the Protocol SPDY sites the supporting and soft scrolling are enabled by default and, during a restore of session, the loading of the content of all the tabs previously open is automatically but upon request in the selection of one of them, this result a much faster browser startup.

The complete list of changes can be found on the Mozilla site page dedicated to this version and you can download the software by clicking below.

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Firefox is in version Windows 8 Metro

Mozilla developed, from the code of Fennec, a version of Firefox for the Metro of Windows 8 interface.

The Mozilla Foundation has undertaken the development of a version of its Firefox browser optimized for the Metro of Windows 8 interface, while on the Consumer Preview of the new Microsoft OS, launch Firefox comes down to open the Office and the classic version of the browser. Indeed, to surf in remaining in the Metro interface, there is currently no alternative to Internet Explorer... Learn that Mozilla is on the move with Firefox (as Google is with Chrome) is good news.

Following the implementation of this work, Brian r. Bondy was able to unveil a prototype of the application Firefox for Windows 8. The Manager explained that the appearance and ergonomics of navigation are similar to what are users of Firefox for Android browser. All the main functions are present, the Web navigation tabs to the creation of a directory of favorites, etc. It is therefore on the code of Fennec (Firefox mobile version) that relies this development whose goal is first and foremost adapt Firefox to the Metro interface, thought for touch devices.

The developer announced that there are still things to correct at the level of the interface and design, and that many elements remain integrated into the platform. After this a little more advanced prototype, Mozilla will begin to test this Firefox for Windows 8 to beta testers, and collect their opinions to improve this version. Mozilla believes that it is very important to offer a Windows 8 Metro of Firefox version for obvious competitive reasons. However, for a similar experience as complete than it is today with Firefox under Windows on a traditional PC, need still to go through the software in its basic version, and therefore by the Office.

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Firefox may blow, it will be still funded by Google for 3 years

The agreement between the Foundation Mozilla and Google on Firefox is renewed for the next three years.

With declining usage statistics, Firefox saw his very lucrative contract with Google threatened. Especially that Chrome, the browser by Google himself, him file the train (and would have even exceeded it some figures). A reminder, Google is the primary source of income of the Mozilla Foundation, that it pays to install by default its search engine in the browser to the red panda.

Knowing that the contract between the two came to term last month, we we were uneasy future of Mozilla, whose leaders remained tranquil. And they were right because one learns that the contract with Google has been renewed for the next three years. However, we do not know on what basis, and it would be logical that Google has been hard in case, negotiating his contract down given that Firefox is less used.

"Under this multiannual agreement, Google Search continue to be the search engine by default of hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world" said Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla. Without this agreement (which represented 86% of the turnover of the Mozilla Foundation in 2008), it is the death in the medium term of Firefox which could be signed.

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Chrome really happened before Firefox? And Windows 7 to XP?

Conflicting figures come to fall on the market for Internet browsers. Some benefit to proclaim loud and clear that chromium is passed before Firefox. Are they right?

You are probably already fallen on a news which announced that the Internet: Google's Chrome browser, has to pass before Firefox at the global level. This is true. Finally only if one focuses on the figures provided by StatCounter that place for the first time over the Mozilla browser with 25,69% of market share, 25.23% chromium. Internet Explorer on the head despite his unbroken fall with 40,63%.

                    

Then, Chrome before Firefox? Perhaps not entirely. Indeed, if one prefers to opt for the figures from Net Applications, Chrome is still behind Firefox, the latter keeping the advantage with 22.14% of market share against 18.18% for Google browser. A more pronounced difference, so that Internet Explorer is always above 50% with 52,64% of market share.

Disparities of course explained by the methodology and sites referents taken into account in the calculations are based on the analysis of the statistics of visit of large panels of Web sites. What also makes StatCounter to announce that Windows 7 has benefited last weeks to pass before Windows XP with 41.1% of market share against 37.9% at the global level. While Net Applications shows 34.6% for Windows 7 and 48.9% for Windows XP.

If trends are nevertheless similar, impossible to know who really is right. All one can do is remind the basis for the calculation of each. StatCounter aggregation and analysis 5 billion Web pages every month and more than 3 million sites. NET Applications is working on a much smaller sites panel, about 40,000, but adds to its analysis data obtained from its partners, which include the largest industry groups.

Difficult to them. Therefore say that chromium dangerously competition Firefox, and that Windows 7 is taking precedence over XP, history should not be set...

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Firefox: when Google dependence becomes a problem

Firefox loses market share and thus the interest in search engines, only real sources of revenue for the publisher Mozilla, donations are minority ...

The Mozilla Foundation has released the results of its fiscal year 2010, and they are rising. $ 123.2 million in sales were generated by the publisher of the Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client, an annual increase of 18%. On the expenditure side, Mozilla has a lot invested as they went from 61.2 million to $ 87.3 million. But it could not last.

The question often repeated the sources of revenue for Mozilla. How Firefox earns there money? Mainly through partnerships with search engines that account for 98% of income received by the foundation. At this level, it is Google that is most important, the money he pays to the Mozilla Foundation to appear as a search engine built into the browser representing 64% of its turnover.

Dependence disturbing, especially since the contract between Mozilla Google is nearing its end, and there is high chance that it be renegotiated downward when it was renewed. And for good reason, in the meantime Google has launched its own browser, Chrome, which has rapidly become an important market for Internet browsers, capitalizing 23.6% market share worldwide to date, threatening and Firefox 26 , 8% (source: StatCounter). At this rate, Chrome could surpass Firefox in the next few months.

The redesign process exits Firefox stick to the frantic pace of Chrome that has slowed his fall, but failed to stop bleeding. Now if Google and other search engines decide to pay less than the Mozilla Foundation, it will have even less means to fight, and could therefore fall into a vicious circle problem.

The Mozilla Foundation remains optimistic, saying that "partnerships with search engines remain a strong revenue generator." Mozilla also has a lot on the mobile sector, with the variation of Firefox. A market of increasingly strategic part of which is fighting Mozilla. Indeed, if the foundation is trying to push Firefox on Android, the mobile browser is not yet available on Windows or iOS Phone.

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Firefox tablet in pictures

Presentation, images support, Firefox for tablets. A browser for Android Honeycomb shelves.

Ian Barlow, engineer at Mozilla, loose some information and images concerning the Firefox tablet on which he worked with a dedicated team. A browser adapted to shelves Android Honeycomb (3.x) as Mozilla prepares to launch in beta. This "Firefox for tablets" is based on "Firefox for mobiles", but with a user interface redesigned to take advantage of the wide screen of Internet tablets.

The idea, from a point of view aesthetic, is sticking to what provides Google with Android 3.0, namely a relatively minimalist and efficient style. We note that "horizontal" mode, the tabs are presented as thumbnails, which can be very practical. Tabs are presented in the form of a drop in "vertical" mode, to win a little place on the screen. Here are these a few images of presentation until power to try this beta version.

 

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Web Browser Grand Prix 5: Opera 11.50, Firefox 5, And Chrome 12

Three major released have landed since our last impromptu Web Browser Grand Prix (WBGP4): Chrome 12, Firefox 5, and Opera 11.50. Can Chrome or Opera regain the WBGP championship? Will Mozilla Firefox ever overtake Microsoft's IE9 in the rankings?

If it seems like it was only weeks ago when we were compelled to test the then-new Mozilla Firefox 4 against the reigning Web Browser Grand Prix champion Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 in Web Browser Grand Prix 4: Firefox 4 Goes Final, that's because it was only a few weeks ago.

In an attempt to curb the siphoning of its user base to Google, Mozilla decided to keep pace with the frenetic development cycle of Chrome. Firefox 5 is now a reality. But will Mozilla also keep up with innovation like Google? Furthermore, will a higher integer finally allow Mozilla to overtake arch-rival Microsoft in our performance metrics? Can former speed-kings Chrome and Opera reclaim the dual domination of our WBGP crown, as they did in 2010?

We've tightened up our suite of benchmarks for this article, cutting the fat that was Google's V8 JavaScript Benchmark and the redundant two-pixel variant of the GUIMark2 HTML5 Vector Charting test. We also fleshed it out by adding Facebook's JSGameBench, as well as battery life and reliability testing. But before we get to the benchmarks, let's get caught up on the latest developments in the continuing browser wars.

News

3/28/2011 Microsoft claims that IE9 is the most power efficient Web browser.4/14/2011 Safari is updated to version 5.055/18/2011 Opera is updated to version 11.116/14/2011 Google upgrades Chrome to version 126/21/2011 Mozilla releases Firefox 56/28/2011 Opera is updated to version 11.50

Opinions

The release of Firefox 5 was met with harsh criticism for its apparent lack of anything new. It has been said that Firefox 5 should have been called Firefox 4.1 or 4.2. Or even 4.02.

There is also a growing concern over whether the new rapid release schedule jives with IT departments. Firefox became a viable choice for many companies during the version 2 and 3 days. Mozilla also offers the preferred development platform for most Web designers. Basically, Firefox gained the reputation of being the most stable choice. By mimicking Chrome's development cycle, Mozilla may have shot itself in the foot.

Smack Talk

Microsoft took a shot right across the bow of Google and Mozilla by announcing that WebGL is “harmful,” and that IE10 would not be utilizing the specification. Several experts came out in support of Microsoft's assertion, though it should be noted that Redmond may have a dog in this fight with DirectX.

Attacking Mozilla even further, the Internet Explorer development team sent the Firefox development team a cupcake to celebrate the release of Firefox 5. Mozilla also received cakes from Microsoft for the release of Firefox 3 and 4. Full cakes. Obviously, this is in response to the criticism that Firefox 5 is nothing more than a minor update to Firefox 4. The included note read: "Congratulations on shipping! Love, The IE Team". "Congratulations on shipping" might have been in reference to the frequent delays that plagued Firefox 4, which was eventually made available more than six months late. Now that's a classy way to rag on somebody.

Not missing a single opportunity to slam its competition, Microsoft also capitalized on the other major criticism of Firefox 5 when an IE developer boasted Microsoft's commitment to IT.

Mozilla shot back with a blog post addressing the IT issue, although in a very non-concrete way:

"We are exploring solutions that balance these needs..."

Not to be outdone, an Opera employee also had this to say in regard to rapid release schedule:

“Despite the version number (11.50), we've packed a lot of new features into it. While other browsers rush to release whole new version numbers with small tweaks, I think we've kept traditional versioning, while simply releasing a little faster.”

Obviously, this comes at an unfortunate time for Mozilla, but one cannot help but wonder if this comment was meant for Google. Opera and Google have gotten into it pretty heavily in the past, and, for a time (before IE9), Chrome and Opera swapped places on a semi-monthly basis in the performance charts.

Now that we're all caught up, let's take a look at the WBGP5 contenders.

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