WebKit vs. Firefox: choice is a victory for integrators

Nokia's recent involvement in a port of Firefox to Qt has some wondering why Nokia is committing to both Firefox and WebKit. A close look at the two browsing platforms reveals that both offer unique advantages.

August 20, 2008 - 08:55AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Mozilla drags IE into the future with Canvas element plugin

Mozilla is developing a plugin for Internet Explorer that will add support for the HTML5 Canvas element. Microsoft's attempts to stifle adoption of open web standards could soon be circumvented by plugins that bring Firefox technology to Internet Explorer.

August 19, 2008 - 08:28AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Nokia helps port Firefox to Qt

Nokia and Mozilla have ported the Firefox web browser to Qt so that it will be able to run on a wide range of mobile devices. The port will also finally bring Firefox visual integration with KDE.

August 18, 2008 - 08:10AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Mozilla's "Snowl" hunts Twitter, RSS, and (soon) e-mail

Mozilla wants to help us stay on top of our conversations online, no matter where they're occurring. Snowl is a new tool launched in Mozilla Labs that, while an extremely early prototype, shows some potential.

August 07, 2008 - 12:21PM CT - by David Chartier

Mozilla mocks up possible Firefox successors in idea factory

Mozilla Labs, the company's research unit, wants to involve non-coders from across the world in its attempt to shape the future of web browsing.

August 06, 2008 - 12:27PM CT - by Nate Anderson

Spotlight on FireFTP, an FTP client for Firefox

Today we're taking a look at a very popular Firefox extension that creates a full featured FTP client within the browser that rivals standalone applications such as Filezilla or SmartFTP.

August 05, 2008 - 04:24PM CT - by Dave Moyer

Globex updates custom Gmail theme for Firefox

A new version of the Gmail Redesigned extension for the Stylish Firefox extension has been released. It now supports Gmail 2 better and looks even better than before.

July 26, 2008 - 05:42PM CT - by Dave Moyer

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.0.1

Mozilla has announced the availability of Firefox 3.0.1, the first minor bugfix update following the release of Firefox 3.

July 17, 2008 - 05:31PM CT - by Ryan Paul

First look: Mozilla Weave 0.2 puts Firefox in the cloud

Mozilla has announced the availability of Weave 0.2, the new version of its Firefox synchronization add-on. Ars tests this version and takes a close look at the underlying architecture.

July 02, 2008 - 08:50PM CT - by Ryan Paul

40% of surfers don't bother with browser security updates

A new collaborative study between Google, IBM, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests that users are slower to move between product updates than they should be—especially those using Internet Explorer. The researchers believe that browsers could learn from the food industry, of all things.

July 01, 2008 - 07:10PM CT - by Joel Hruska

Hands on: Pluribo aims to summarize the web

With a goal of conquering the informational flood of the Internet, Pluribo has released its first product designed to summarize user-generated reviews at Amazon. Ars Technica goes hands on and speaks with one of Pluribo's founders about the present and future of summarizing the Web.

July 01, 2008 - 02:35PM CT - by David Chartier

Google Browser Sync for Firefox goes open source

Google has opened the source code of its Browser Sync add-on for Firefox and is distributing it under the BSD license. This will make it possible for the open source community to make the popular add-on compatible with Firefox 3.

June 24, 2008 - 09:15PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox v. Safari Round 3: JavaScript crown goes to Safari

The final version of Firefox 3 is still neck-and-neck with Safari 3.1.1. But Safari 4 and its SquirrelFish JavaScript engine will be one browser to rule them all.

June 24, 2008 - 08:39AM CT - by Chris Foresman

Fixing iWeb photo galleries for Firefox 3

A bug in iWeb or Firefox, depending on your point of view, makes photo galleries disappear. Now there's a visibility fix, although it's not from Apple.

June 23, 2008 - 09:13AM CT - by Charles Jade

Firefox 3 launch a success: 8 million downloads in 24 hours

The launch of Firefox 3 has proven to be a huge success. After 1 million downloads in less than four hours, Mozilla now reports over 8 million downloads in the first 24 hours since release, beating expectations of 5 million.

June 18, 2008 - 03:19PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Inline PDF viewing plugin available for Firefox 3 for Mac

If you like using Firefox 3 on a Mac but miss Safari's inline PDF viewing, you'll love the firefox-mac-pdf plug-in.

June 18, 2008 - 12:04PM CT - by Chris Foresman

Hands on: Flock 2 steps up the social browser game

Flock, the "social web browser" that integrates with many of the popular online communities, has gained some major performance enhancements from its new Firefox 3 code base. Ars Technica spends some time with the new Flock 2 to find out how socially productive it really is.

June 17, 2008 - 09:20PM CT - by David Chartier

Firefox 3 exceeds 1 million downloads in under four hours

The download counter here at Mozilla headquarters shows that Firefox 3 has passed a million downloads. Ars reports live from the official release party.

June 17, 2008 - 04:05PM CT - by Ryan Paul

iDisk now unsupported by Firefox 3, Safari for Windows

Anyone attempting to access their iDisks through the Internet may be in for a surprise, since Firefox 3, Safari for Windows, and OmniWeb have been blocked as part of the migration over to MobileMe.

June 17, 2008 - 08:51AM CT - by Justin Berka

Mozilla prepares for Firefox 3 release and plans for 3.1

Mozilla is preparing for the official release of Firefox 3, which will land on June 17. Ars looks at add-on compatibility and some early plans for Firefox 3.1.

June 15, 2008 - 11:55PM CT - by Ryan Paul