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Mozilla finally KDEfied

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-10-11 Mozilla, Gecko 85 Comments

KDE developer Zack Rusin announced in his blog he just committed the QT Mozilla code. To start testing it, all you need to do is checkout mozilla, configure with --enable-default-toolkit=qt, and launch make.

Why you should switch to Firefox

Submitted by Tudy 2004-10-03 Mozilla, Gecko 75 Comments

This story lists a number of problems with IE and suggests to switch to Firefox. Elsewhere, Neowin interviews a member of the Firefox team.

Review: Firefox Preview Release

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-22 Mozilla, Gecko 47 Comments

"Firefox just had its preview release last week and already has been downloaded more than a million times. I reviewed the new version, and found Firefox's simple interface gets you the information you want without distracting you with options." Read the review at NewsForge.

Firefox Preview Hits a Home Run

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-09-20 Mozilla, Gecko 67 Comments

Some say the Browser Wars are over. They couldn't be more wrong. Microsoft won Round One, and Round Two is just beginning, with the impending release of Firefox 1.0. Who'll be the ultimate victor? Only time will tell. But ExtremeTech thinks that Firefox has a decent shot at taking the crown... especially since Microsoft seems to have taken its eye off the browser ball.

A Review of Firefox for Newbies

Guest post by Hooman Baradaran 2004-09-15 Mozilla, Gecko 60 Comments

A while ago there was an article Mozilla's web site mentioning that they are switching their browser component to a new one (at the time called Phoenix). It was a simple and fast browser so I started using it instead of Mozilla. Mozilla Firefox uses the same engine as Mozilla. The difference is in the user interface as well as some features.

Mozilla released FireFox 1.0 preview

Submitted by Andrew Wong 2004-09-14 Mozilla, Gecko 31 Comments

Finally, the much anticipated version 1.0 of Firefox are out on its first preview. Read more from here and proceed to download. Also, new versions of Mozilla suite, Thunderbird were posted. Here's another article too: How to migrate from Ximian Evolution to Mozilla Thunderbird.

aKademy Hackers Port Gecko to Qt/KDE

Submitted by anonymous coward 2004-09-11 Mozilla, Gecko 55 Comments

KDE developers have ported the Gecko layout engine of Mozilla to Qt/KDE, in order to provide a more powerful, but KDE-friendly, alternative to Konqueror.

Review of Mozilla’s Sunbird Stand-Alone Calendar Application

Submitted by Steve Mallett 2004-09-03 Mozilla, Gecko 23 Comments

Mozilla Sunbird is the latest stand-alone application from the Mozilla foundation that follows in the footsteps of now revered browser Firefox and email client Thunderbird. OSDir reviews their first public release, version 0.2.

New Features in the Upcoming Firefox 1.0

Submitted by Marcus Vorwaller 2004-08-20 Mozilla, Gecko 63 Comments

Firefox 1.0 has several new features that will greatly improve the user experience. Marcus wrote about three of them here. Our take: We hope they will support the rdf+xml type too (only rss+xml works atm).

Mozilla Releases Mozilla Sunbird 0.2a

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-18 Mozilla, Gecko 28 Comments

Along with the new Mozilla-Japan initiative and the release of Mozilla 1.8a3 (vote for it at GnomeFiles), the Mozilla team released Mozilla Sunbird 0.2a, a stand-alone calendaring application similar to iCal. These builds are the first to feature a new default theme, a new logo and the customizable toolbar functionality. Note that Sunbird is still an experimental technology preview that contain bugs.

Netscape 7.2 Released

Submitted by Prognathous 2004-08-17 Mozilla, Gecko 19 Comments

AOL has released Netscape 7.2, unfortunately, linked to GTK+ 1.2.x instead of 2.x under Linux.

One Week with Firefox, its Extensions and Opera

Guest post by Martín Marconcini 2004-07-01 Mozilla, Gecko 128 Comments

I have to admit that I am an Opera fan; I started using it when a friend of mine came with version 6.0 and installed it to me. My first impression was not very good because the screen was crowded with toolbars, icons and things. But I spent a few minutes examining each one and removing all; I like the screen clean, not filled with toolbars and things that waste screen space, after all, 1024 x 768 is not enough.

Camino 0.8 Released; Mozilla SunBird Looks for a New Theme

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-24 Mozilla, Gecko 17 Comments

Camino is a web browser optimized for Mac OS X with a Cocoa user interface, and powerful Gecko layout engine. Version 0.8 was released today. Elsewhere, the developers of Mozilla Sunbird, the standalone version of Mozilla Calendar, are looking for a new default theme and are asking the community to build a new one.

Mozilla 1.7 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-06-18 Mozilla, Gecko 53 Comments

Mozilla 1.7 was released along with the mail client Thunderbird 0.7 and Mozilla 1.8a1.

Arstechnica Sits Down with Mozilla.org’s Scott Collins

Submitted by Paul Ehrenreich 2004-06-16 Mozilla, Gecko 16 Comments

Arstechnica has a interview up with Mozilla's Scott Collins. The interview can be found here.

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 Released

Submitted by sean 2004-06-15 Mozilla, Gecko 86 Comments

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 has been released. Release and download infromation can be obtained here. Major changes include a new extension manager, a new theme manager, improved tools for migrating from IE as well as various performance and stability enhancements. A review can be found here.

Is the Netscape Browser Being Reborn or Just Stabilized?

Submitted by Tudy Parghel 2004-05-28 Mozilla, Gecko 35 Comments

AOL is planning to release an updated Netscape Navigator as early as June, but whether one of the Web's original browsers will make a comeback remains uncertain.

Mozilla 1.8 Alpha 1 Released

Submitted by adel 2004-05-21 Mozilla, Gecko 58 Comments

Mozilla.org today released the latest milestone of the Mozilla Suite and platform, 1.8 Alpha 1. This release is the first step towards a new milestone plan, outlined below. New in this release is a basic FTP upload UI, better Linux mouse support, and a number of other features. A more complete change log is also available. Builds are starting to become available on the FTP servers currently.

Mozilla gets a Mini-Me

Eugenia Loli 2004-05-20 Mozilla, Gecko 27 Comments

LinuxDevices has a story by the leaders of the "Minimo" (Mini Mozilla) project, an effort to reduce Mozilla's code and runtime footprints and optimize its display for the small screens on embedded devices. The Minimo authors believe Minimo will become the browser of choice on embedded Linux devices with 64MB of RAM. Our sister site NMC featured an interview a few months ago (with shots).

Opera 7.5 beta1 Released; Mozilla 1.7 RC 1

Submitted by Vasil Dinkov 2004-04-22 Mozilla, Gecko 54 Comments

Opera 7.5 beta1 released on all Desktop platforms while Mozilla 1.7 RC 1 is also out.

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