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Why browser extensions change the way we work
Browser extensions change the way we work. They alter facets of your job by changing the experience of the apps on which you rely so they conform to your workflow — versus having to open 17 separate browser tabs just to complete a simple task. Historically, browser extensions were a little wild as far as how they were built. Read More
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Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email/Chat Client, Says Mitchell Baker Memo
The Mozilla Foundation looks like it’s about to take another step in its bid to sharpen its focus on development around its Firefox browser. Mozilla now wants to once and for all hive off support for Thunderbird, the free email, chat and news client it first developed in 2004 but effectively stopped directly updating in in 2012. The plans were revealed in a company-wide memo penned… Read More
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Mozilla’s Firefox Browser App For iOS Is Finally Available To All
Mozilla has been testing an iOS version of its popular web browser since September, and now Firefox for iOS is available publicly to anyone in possession of an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Mozilla software is always released iteratively using test phases, so it’s no surprise that the availability of the company’s inaugural iOS browser has slowly been enlarged over a long period… Read More
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You Can Now Test Firefox OS On Android Without Hacking Your Phone
So, let’s say you want to give Firefox OS — the mobile OS made by the same people who make the browser — a try. Until now, that’s meant either buying one of a small handful of early Firefox OS devices, or hacking your existing Android device to try and get it running. Today, Mozilla is releasing a “preview” build that runs within Android to give you a… Read More
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Firefox For iOS Begins Its Beta Testing Program
Mozilla’s Firefox browser for iOS is nearing public release, as the organization is now actively recruiting beta testers willing to try the app ahead of its App Store debut. A recent survey sent to potential testers is asking for details about which devices they own, and instructs them that the beta will require a version of iOS 8 or higher in order to work. It also reminds… Read More
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Mozilla’s CTO On Cars, Facebook And Why It Doesn’t Matter You Can’t Use Uber On Firefox OS
Mozilla, the open-source Internet software company that makes the Firefox web browser, has been working hard to get more critical mass on mobile with Firefox OS — key to making is platform relevant both for developers and users in the longer term as mobile becomes an ever more important way to go online. Today, it announced another wave of partnerships that will see Firefox OS make… Read More
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Firefox Could Soon Come To iOS
For a year now, Mozilla has categorically stated that it wouldn’t release a version of Firefox for iOS because Apple won’t let it use its own web engine on its platform. With a new CEO on board, however, it looks like Mozilla’s position may be changing. At an internal Mozilla event in Portland today, the company talked about the need to get its browser onto iOS. Read More
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