Firefox

Mozilla unveils search tool tweaks in next week’s Firefox 34

New tools will accompany change from Google to Yahoo as default search engine for U.S. customers Along with its impending switch to Yahoo as the default search engine for Firefox, Mozilla will also change how users conduct searches in the browser, the company said Tuesday. Searches done in the next version of Firefox will display […]

What Google killing IE9 support means for software development

Google’s announcement that it won’t support Internet Explorer 9 is a sign of a broader move toward rapid iteration in software development. Let’s start with this: I am completely OK with this. Sure, it may be a bit of a drag for people running Windows Vista (as newer versions of Internet Explorer – 10 and […]

First look: Opera 12 ups the ante

The latest release of Opera has some obvious cosmetic and UI changes, as well as several new under-the-hood functions. Overall, here are 12 changes worth noting. Plug-ins run as separate processes Plug-ins in Opera 12 now function as processes separate from the browser’s main operation. This is meant to provide better overall stability against plug-ins […]

Essential browser tools for Web developers

Essential browser tools for Web developers What the professionals use and recommend to their colleagues Computerworld – Out of the thousands of cool add-ons out there for Firefox, Chrome and other popular Web browsers, only a select few make it onto the desktops of professional Web developers and designers. Which are the most useful for […]

Windows XP is still pretty cool

Twelfth in a series. Here’s a dirty little secret: I’m still using Windows XP. That’s right. A technology analyst — independent, mind you; not working for a firm that requires a specific load — and I’m voluntarily using XP. In fact, I’m writing this article on it. I’ve been using it so long, I almost […]

Is Microsoft Firefox’s last, great hope?

Mozilla has faced considerable criticism for its decision to release a customized version of Firefox in which the default search engine and home page is Microsoft’s Bing. But if Mozilla is going to survive, that’s exactly what it needs to do, because with declining market share and a potential rift with Google, Microsoft may be […]

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