A tantalizing taste of Firefox 3: testing RC1

The first Firefox 3 release candidate has been released and is now available for download. This tantalizing taste of Firefox 3 is stable enough for widespread use, but there are still a few more bugs that have to be resolved before the official release.

May 19, 2008 - 07:20PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox 3 beta 5 released

Mozilla has released Firefox 3 beta 5, which includes bugfixes and improvements to artwork and performance.

April 02, 2008 - 04:49PM CT - by Ryan Paul

When in Rome: engineering the Firefox 3 user experience

Ars sat down with Mozilla user design expert Alex Faaborg and discussed the Firefox 3 visual refresh. Among other things, he told us how Mozilla is improving platform integration in theming while defining a universal visual identity for the Firefox browser.

March 30, 2008 - 08:13PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera

Benchmarks show that Firefox 3 uses less memory than Internet Explorer 7 and Opera. A number of significant fixes and improvements have brought down the open-source browser's memory footprint and could make it a more viable choice in mobile environments.

March 17, 2008 - 10:05AM CT - by Ryan Paul

First look: Firefox 3 beta 4 brings new Vista hotness

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3 beta 4, which includes new icons for Vista. Ars takes a first look at the new features and concludes that Firefox 3 is almost ready for widespread adoption.

March 10, 2008 - 09:03PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Native JSON parsing and web-based protocol handlers in FF3

Ars takes a look at several new features for developers that are included in Firefox 3.

February 18, 2008 - 06:30PM CT - by Ryan Paul

First look: Firefox 3 beta 3 polishes rough edges

Mozilla has officially released the third beta of Firefox 3. Ars takes a close look at the new features and user interface improvements.

February 12, 2008 - 08:05PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Mozilla to addon developers: work on Firefox 3 compatibility

Mozilla is encouraging developers to start updating their Firefox addons to support Firefox 3.

December 12, 2007 - 05:19PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox 3 beta 2 planned for December 21, test day on Friday

Firefox 3 beta 2 is planned for release on December 21. You can help make it shine by participating in a test day this Friday.

December 04, 2007 - 03:42PM CT - by Ryan Paul

First look at Firefox 3.0b1: fast, stable, and full of new features

Firefox 3 beta 1 has been officially released with impressive new features and functionality. Ars has been using the alpha builds for some time, and we take a close look at the new features in Firefox 3.

November 20, 2007 - 08:24AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Reports of Firefox 3.0 bugs overblown, most significant bugs squashed

A recent New York Times article erroneously stated that 80 percent of the bugs in Firefox 3 would not be fixed. Mozilla representatives have responded in an effort to illuminate the real situation.

November 19, 2007 - 10:54PM CT - by Ryan Paul

A first look at the Firefox 3 visual refresh for Linux

The Firefox 3 visual refresh for Linux is starting to coalesce. Native tabs are back in the latest Firefox 3 nightly build and it will also automatically use icons from the user's GNOME icon theme in the Firefox toolbar. We tested it with several icon themes and took lots of screenshots

November 15, 2007 - 02:20PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Mozilla working on Firefox 3 visual refresh for Linux

Although Mozilla originally only planned to do a Firefox 3 visual refresh for Windows and Mac OS X, the organization is now investigating the possibility of creating a Linux theme in response to user feedback.

October 16, 2007 - 03:17PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox 3 alpha 8 released

Firefox 3 alpha 8 has been released. This build includes the new bookmark interface with support for tagging and the new file download system.

September 20, 2007 - 03:03PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Becoming a part of the Firefox quality assurance process

Looking for a way to participate in open source software development? Firefox test days are a great way to start. Mozilla's quality assurance team has announced a series of test days that focus new features in Firefox 3.

August 30, 2007 - 02:13PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Firefox gets experimental support for the HTML 5 video element

Experimental support for the HTML 5 video element is currently being tested and could be included in Firefox 3. In a recent demo that also uses SVG and Javascript, semi-transparent videos can be resized, rotated, and moved dynamically while they are playing.

August 22, 2007 - 03:35PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Using Firefox 3 as a XUL runtime environment

Recent Firefox 3 pre-release nightly builds can now be used to run third-party XUL applications.

August 21, 2007 - 11:50PM CT - by Ryan Paul

New bookmarks user interface lands in Firefox 3 nightly build

The latest Firefox 3 nightly build includes the new frontend for the Places-based bookmark system, which supports important new features like tagging.

August 17, 2007 - 05:38PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Mozilla Labs reveals animated PNG editor for Firefox

A new add-on for Firefox 3 created by Mozilla Labs makes it possible to create animated PNG images using a script or a series of static PNG files.

August 13, 2007 - 08:10PM CT - by Ryan Paul

New user interface features added to latest Firefox 3 nightly build

The latest Firefox 3 nightly build includes a redesigned download manager, a new plugins section for the add-ons manager, and a toolbar element resizer.

August 12, 2007 - 09:17PM CT - by Ryan Paul