Mozilla Firefox courting with Microsoft Corporation

After the release of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer observed a migration of their browser users to Chrome.

To withstand the competition and to keep the existing user base & to increase the usage, Mozilla Firefox teams up with Microsoft Corporation by launching Firefox with Bing search enabled as default.

Let us hope, this team up by one of the Open Source Icon, Mozilla Foundation, and commercial software giant Microsoft Corporation will help us to witness a healthy competition among the web browsers and enrich web users experience.

Visit the firefoxwithbing.com to download the Mozilla Firefox with Bing Search configured as default search engine.

Add Opera Like Speed Dial feature in Firefox

In Opera, Safari 4 and Google chrome you can find the speed dial facility for accessing most visited webpages. Unfortunately Firefox till now did not have a speed dial kind of feature in built with the standard web browser. But, now a new add-on can help you add this feature on your Firefox web browser.

The add-on is named as Speed Dial. You may have to do a bit of configurations before jump starting to use this feature. The details of the settings required are well detailed in the download page for this add-on. You can install and configure the speed dial addon on Firefox versions greater than 2.0.

Firefox 3 gaining edge over Internet Explorer

The famous web statistics provider statcounter has launched a global statistics section which highlights the global internet usage statistics on the basis of web browser, operating system, mobile web browser, mobile phones and search engines.

In light of the statistics analyzed for last 7 months statcounter global statistics team has concluded that the usage of Firefox 3 is getting steadily increased when compared with the internet explorer usage. This is a very good news for all Firefox fans as well as Mozilla foundation. Firefox is fighting hard against the IE, in spite of the strong competition from Safari, Opera and Google chrome. See the chart below.

So those days are not so far, if Microsoft fails to keep IE users,  for Firefox to dominate the web browser share.

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Mozilla Firefox is under Yahoo's cover

Google was the main company behind the promotion of Mozilla Firefox,  till they launched the Chrome web browser. It was a symbiotic relation ship between Google and Firefox, putting Google as default search engine in Firefox in one direction and promoting Firefox, through Google AdSense and allied Google sites in other direction.

But after the release of Chrome, the web browser from Google, Google is gradually  shifting their concentration away from Firefox. But, Mozilla is going to have a similar support from the other Internet Giant, its none other than Yahoo. Earlier, Yahoo had only its toolbar for Firefox, to let its users to have interactions to Yahoo services directly from the web browser. But the retreat of Google, to promote its Chrome, Yahoo has started promoting Firefox.

But we need to see how long the party will last, as Microsoft is making its move to get the bid for Yahoo. Visit the Yahoo page which promotes Firefox web browser and Download the Yahoo version of Firefox 3.

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Firefox add-on to surf the web without leaving a trace in your local computer

Firefox is still leading as the most customizable web browser in the world, being supported by very active community. If you happen to use some public PC, most of the time, you may not be interested to leave  the traces of your browsing details like site history, cookies, form values, disk cache, recently downloaded files, recently closed tabs etc. In order to achieve this, you need to install an Firefox add-on called Stealther.

Once you install this, you can enable the Stealther mode by selecting it from the Tools > Stealther menu and you can customize the Stealther mode by moving to Tools > Addons > Stealther > Options. Enjoy browsing without leaving any trace on your computer.

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Download New Firefox with latest bug fixes

Firefox 3 has been released with latest bug fixes and security patches to make your browsing more secure and joyful. In the latest version Firefox 3.0.3, Mozilla team has fixed a bug which caused a problem where users were unable to retrieve saved passwords or save new passwords. And in the previous release Firefox 3.0.2, they fixed many stability issues. Also Mozilla team has made Indian language specific releases of Firefox 3. In the previous release, the layout difference you feel if your open a website in both IE and Firefox also resolved. Enjoy and spread Firefox with more confidence and joy. Download the latest Firefox.

Also download Aero Theme for your Firefox 3 web browser

ICE is melting: IE Team sent a Congratulation Cake to Mozilla team on Firefox 3 shipping

Microsoft Internet Explorer Team has sent a Congratulation Cake to Mozilla Team for shipping the Firefox 3. The cake which also has the 3D internet explorer icon symbolizes the presence of Firefox fans(souls) among IE Team.


It is a very welcome step from IE Team, to recognize the importance and popularity of Firefox. This could be a chance for IE Team to forge a good relation with Mozilla Team to learn a lot about Easy, Secure and Safe browsing technologies and aspects.

Waiting to see, what Mozilla Team will present to IE Team on shipping IE 8!!!.

Source: Channel9.msdn.com | Also read: Download Firefox 3 for safe browsing

Download and Experience the safe and secure browsing with Firefox 3

Mozilla has released the much awaited browser from its stable, Firefox 3, on 17th of June 2008. The all new Firefox 3 comes with a big bundle of features. Mozilla team has given high priority to performance improvement, security, easy customization, look and feel etc. Apart from this there are a lot many features to experience in Firefox 3.


I personally recommend you all to download Firefox 3 and experience the new realm in safe and secure internet browsing. Spread the word about Firefox 3 to make the web much more safe and secure for you and the generations to come. Download Firefox 3 and join the party.

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List all your IM buddies on Firefox sidebar with Meebo addon

Meebo is a very famous Web IM which helps you to access prominent Instant Messaging services from Yahoo , Google, MSN and AIM.

Now, with the help of Firefox web browser you can have sidebar for your chat buddies of meebo. You only need to install an addon for your Firefox web browser which will help you put a sidebar for your chat buddies and will notify you upon getting new messages. Also with this sidebar you can have drag and drop of text and links to the chat box.

Get Meebo addon for Firefox. Not using Firefox?, Download Firefox Web browser.

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Copy color themes from blogs & websites with ColorZilla

Color themes play a major role in attracting visitors to a blog or website. While deciding the colors for each sections in your blog or website, most of the cases you have to break your head by taking a screen shot of some sample template and paste in any photo editor and get the color code of the portion you are in need of.


The headache of choosing colors can be greatly reduced, if we can have a color picker. If the color picker comes as an extension to a great web browser like Firefox, then its pretty simple and straight forward to copy color from a sample page or template. ColorZilla is the gifted Firefox extension for web developers and designers.

Install ColorZilla extension for your Firefox.

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Latest Firefox with fix for Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross Site Scripting was one of the major security threat faced by internet users. This security vulnerability may be exploited to allow code injection by malicious web users into the web pages viewed by other users.


Now Firefox users can stay safe as this vulnerability has been fixed in the latest release of the Firefox web browser. There are couple of other security fixes that are made in the latest release, Firefox 2.0.0.12.

• Web forgery overwrite with div overlay
• URL token stealing via style-sheet redirect
• Mishandling of locally-saved plain text files
• File action dialog tampering
• Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing
• Directory traversal via chrome: URI
• Stored password corruption
• Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution
• Multiple file input focus stealing vulnerabilities
• Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

Its another reason to switch to Firefox, for non Firefox users and time to update your web browser for old Firefox users.
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Integrate Facebook and Firefox with Facebook Toolbar

Facebook is one of the hottest Social Networking website on the internet. Facebook became much more famous and admired by many people after the release of their Facebook Platform. The Platform provides an environment for interested Facebook users to develop their on web applications in Facebook, and there by extending the functionalities of Facebook.

Now, Dorian Patterson has come up with a toolbar for Firefox web browser, to help Facebook users. The new Facebook Firefox toolbar can be used to search Facebook, get notified upon new pokies, get alert on new friend requests and message alerts. Also this toolbar helps to get connected with your Facebook friends and share contents with them.

Sounds so cool?. Download the Facebook Toolbar for Firefox browser.

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Get your own Firefox pencils

If you are a fan of some goodies or product, you will show the attachment to that product by owning the same, or by wearing a T-Shirt embroidered with your favorite product. And if you are fan of Firefox web browser you can even have your own pencils with Firefox banner and icon.


Here are some steps you have to follow to own your box of Firefox pencils. Quiet interesting?. See how you can get your Firefox pencils.

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Change firefox theme without restarting firefox

Here is a new add-on for Firefox web browser that would help Firefox users to change the browser theme without restarting the Firefox.
Sounds cool?. Yes this add-on is named Personas, which is a recent graduate from Mozilla labs.
Power your Firefox with Personas now itself. Read more and install Personas.

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Here is a nice addon for Firefox, which will make it look more colorful. With the help of this addon you can add different colors to each tabs in the Firefox web browser. You can do a lot of customization in color schemes for each tabs in Firefox with this addon. This would help you to apply colors to each tabs based on URL, so that you can differentiate each site with specific color.


Another feature is that you can control the fading of each tab, depending on whether it is selected or not. I feel its a very cool addon Firefox, and all the Firefox fans must try this atleast.

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Create new profile for firefox web browser

This section will explain you how to create and manage profile in Firefox web browser.

Go to Windows Run prompt (use the search box on Vista) and type:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -ProfileManager and press enter.

If you are in Linux go to command prompt and type firefox -ProfileManager

You will be prompted with a window to manage your profile. as shown below. Here you can go for "Create Profile" section.


Once you press "Create Profile" button you will be provided with a wizard for creating a new profile.


Type the name of your new profile and press "Finish". This will create a new profile for your Firefox.


Remember to un-check the option "Don't ask at startup"

Now you can decide which profile to use while starting up your Firefox web browser. Usually people install all the required add-ons in one profile and another profile will be kept without installing unnecessary add-ons. It is true that installing unknown and untrusted Firefox add-ons may slow down Firefox performance.

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Make GMail load faster by configuring firebug

Most of the web developers and javascript freaks are in close relation with FireBug add-on for Firefox. FireBug can transform Firefox browser to a web debugging environment. FireBug would help you locate the exact error in the HTML code and even in debugging javascript .


But use of FireBug add-on in Firefox may slow down GMail performance. In order to solve this GMail loading issue, you have to configure the FireBug add-on such that FireBug can be disabled for GMail alone.

Follow the steps below to disable FireBug for mail.google.com

Login to to GMail.com
Click on the red or green icon at the right bottom corner of FireBug enabled Firefox browser.

Click on the FireBug icon and select Disable FireBug for mail.google.com


Done. But if you still want to debug, then you can customize the Firebug by clicking on the Options in the FireBug tool bar and disabling the showing of errors in different categories.

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Vista aero theme for firefox web browser

Here is nice opportunity for Firefox users to enjoy the theme of Windows Vista, The Vista-aero theme for Firefox. This will give Firefox the most IE7 like look and feel and the Vista progress bar on the Firefox status bar. The menus in Firefox will also will look like those menus in Windows Vista on other Windows Operating Systems. Also you will get IE7 like tabs for browsing in Firefox.


One thing I have observed after shifting to this Vista-aero theme is that I couldn't open new tabs by double clicking on the tabs bar. This is possible in Firefox with default theme and even in IE7, but not in Safari for Windows. I hope the developers would fix this issue with Vista-aero theme in near future. Vista-aero theme for Firefox is one of the must have theme for Firefox users. [Install Vista-aero theme for Firefox ]

The myFirefox theme can be considered as a predecessor of this Vista-aero theme.

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Good collection of firefox wallpapers for desktop and mobile

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These wallpapers are compiled from flickr , thus you can directly get the wallpapers in different resolutions. You can get it in 1024x768, 1152 x 864, 1600 x 1200 resolutions and even in smaller resolutions for your mobile.

Use these wallpapers and spread Firefox web browser. Latest version of Firefox can be downloaded from www.getfirefox.com or www.mozilla.org

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