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Guide to KMS Activating and TroubleShoot Vista Business and Enterprise

Guide to Activating and troubleshoot Windows Vista Business and Vista Enterprise by KMS server was writed by generalnewbie in our forum.
windows - comments - 14.1.2007

Troubleshoot the Xbox 360 Media Remote

Tired of getting home to your non working Xbox 360 remote? Everyone can agree it can be a drag getting up every time you want to turn the volume up, or switch to a different viewing mode, not to mention skipping through the chapters if you're looking for something in particular.
microsoft - comments - 7.1.2008

Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, Ahead of IE8 and Firefox 3.1

For the past couple of years Internet Explorer has been on a downward spiral, albeit slow, but inching down with every passing month, with only Firefox to blame.
common - comments - 2.12.2008

Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1

Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.
common - comments - 21.11.2007

Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"

My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
download - comments - 30.7.2006

Firefox improved on Vista, but still no protected mode

Since our last article on Firefox’s problems with Vista, considerable progress has been made to improve the browser for Microsoft’s newest operating system. We caught up with Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering at the Mozilla Foundation, to bring us up to date.
windows - comments - 4.7.2007

Mozilla accepts, will work with Microsoft to see Firefox, Thunderbird work on Vista

Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer for the two competitors to work together to ensure Mozilla's Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email suite work more seamlessly on Redmond's upcoming Windows Vista operating system (OS).
microsoft - comments - 25.8.2006

Firefox 1.0.7 Released

Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Download Firefox 1.0.7

Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Out Now

Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the second Beta release of our next generation Firefox browser, to be released later this year, and it is being made available to our developer and testing community for compatibility testing and to solicit feedback.
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Best Firefox extensions

When you ask most people what Web browser they use, the answer often will be Internet Explorer. After all, it comes preloaded on Windows PCs, so most people just use it by default.

But while IE maintains a stranglehold on the majority of computer systems, Mozilla's open-source solution, called Firefox, has made significant inroads into the browser market. Handy extra features are part of the reason for its growing success, as is the continual supply of third-party add-ons.
common - comments - 22.12.2005

Just how buggy is Firefox?

Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written.
common - comments - 12.9.2006

Firefox 2.0 RC2 available

The dev team over at mozilla.org have quietly released RC2 to the FTP.
download - comments - 6.10.2006

A First Look at Mozilla Firefox 3.0

ArsTechnica have posted an in-depth look at Mozilla's new project, Firefox 3.0. The significant jump from 2.0, released a mere 2 months ago is mainly due to Mozilla's use of the new Gecko rendering engine.
download - comments - 13.12.2006

Portable Firefox 2.0.0.1

Portable Firefox is a fully functional solution of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. And by this poll is Firefox your favorite browser.
download - comments - 15.2.2007

Dumping Firefox for IE

Office 2007 works so well with Internet Explorer 7 and does not mesh with Firefox. With that in mind I dropped Firefox in favor of IE.
common - comments - 16.4.2007

First look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

I noticed that the Beta 1 for Firefox 3.0 was made available sometime yesterday. I’ve been curious as to whether the Firefox dev team would do a serious revamp for this release or just concentrate on bug fixes and performance improvements.
download - comments - 20.11.2007

Firefox 3 Beta 3

Firefox 3, Beta 3 has just been released. Over 350 memory leaks have been fixed and reductions have been made in the memory footprint.
download - comments - 13.2.2008

Firefox 3 vs IE 7 vs Safari 3.1

A few short years ago the browser war seemed dead and buried. After Microsoft’s Internet Explorer usurped Netscape’s Navigator in the late 1990s, it’s domination of the Internet seemed complete, over 95 percent of us using a version of IE.
common - comments - 24.5.2008

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

The second Beta development milestone of Firefox 3.1, codenamed Shiretoko, is now available for download.
download - comments - 9.12.2008

Firefox 1.5 RC2 released!

Mozilla has just released Firefox 1.5 RC2 (Release Candidate). This release contains many bugs (about 36 fixes) over the previous RC. If no critical issues are found, then this is 1.5 final, otherwise there will be some more fixes before final, with possibly another RC release.
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Firefox 1.5 Final Released

Firefox hit its second major milestone Tuesday with the release of version 1.5, arriving just over a year after the alternative browser debuted at 1.0. The update sports Mozilla's new Gecko 1.8 rendering engine to speed up Web surfing, along with a myriad of other fixes and improvements.
common - comments - 29.11.2005

New Default Theme for Firefox 2

There's a discussion going on in mozilla.dev.apps.firefox about "Changes to Fx2 Chrome" which is about proposed changes to the main browser window structure (buttons, layout, functions) that is exposed to users by default in Firefox 2.
common - comments - 13.3.2006

Firefox 3.0 Alpha released!

Today Firefox 3.0 Alpha was released to the public even before Firefox 2.0 has been released.
common - comments - 9.4.2006

Firefox 2.0 Beta Delayed

The open source Mozilla Foundation has delayed the release of Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 by a week because of bugs yet to be ironed out in the browser software.
common - comments - 10.8.2006

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Beta 2

Beta 2 of Mozilla Firefox 2.0 has just appeared on the Mozilla FTP in the release folder, it's safe to say that this is Beta 2 and not a pre-beta.
download - comments - 31.8.2006

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Download Available

The Mozilla Corporation have today uploaded the follow-up to their hugely popular web browser, Firefox.
download - comments - 23.10.2006

Firefox 2 Tweak Guide

The release of Mozilla Firefox 2 further expands the capabilities and features of this highly regarded Internet browser, proving that just because you are popular doesn't mean you should slack off.
common - comments - 17.2.2007

Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1

Many of you will know that I’ve been following the progress of the Firefox 3.0 browser carefully over the past few months.
download - comments - 18.5.2008

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 RC2

This second Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a preview release of Mozilla's next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only.
download - comments - 6.6.2008

Troubleshoot Networking Problems in Windows XP

Charlie Russel explains how to troubleshoot problems on your Windows XP network...
WindowsXP/expertzone - 04.01.2006

Firefox 2.0 vs. IE7 in Vista: How Close?

Whatever Firefox 2.0 is, it isn't "sweeping," and nowhere does that fact become more evident than in a Windows Vista test environment. We started up both IE7 and FF2 in Vista, and were left wondering, will Firefox users be happy using their browser in Vista without the degree of changes they'd experience with IE7?..
betanews.com - 26.10.2006

Something New when Uninstalling Drivers and Devices on Windows Vista

Chris Mu: Today, I'd like to share a background story about a KB article that describe a interesting behavior in Windows Vista that is different with previous OS. Maybe it is not the most important or highest impacted issue occurs in Windows Vista, but I think it will impact some of you when you are troubleshooting for your firendes/family... OK, let go through this issue.



This issue is about re-install network adapter in Windows Vista and the KB article for this issue will be KB945399 and published in a few days. The issue can be reproduced in many computer models and you will encounter it when you uninstall a network adapter device using Device Manager. Maybe you have to troubleshoot whether the network adapter driver installed is right to troubleshoot OS network issue. Therefore, after uninstall the adapter, you may try to install another driver for the device ... Everything works fine in Windows XP/Server 2003 and so on. However, when you try to do same action in Windows Vista, the popular OS nowadays, you will see soon after the uninstall process completes, PnP detects the network adapter as a new device and automatically installs the device and drivers. Instead, in Windows XP, only after you click to scan hardware change, the PnP will detect the network adapter and install the driver.




winbeta.org - 21.01.2008

Generate a System Health Report in Windows Vista

In Windows Vista, users can have an extensive System Health Report generated for them in helping troubleshoot performance and reliability issues on their PC or to see how healthy their PC is in general. For the average user, this probably won't mean anything. But for me, I'm the type of user that really likes having the ability to create reports that tell me about my PC so I was really excited to find this ability in Windows Vista.




winbeta.org - 17.12.2007

Firefox 4.0 redesign mockups released

Earlier last week, Mozilla updated the Firefox 3.7 wiki to show potential design changes for Firefox 3.7, and today, updated their wiki to show new mock ups for Firefox 4.0 Windows designs. The designs are changed to fit better into Windows 7 - as they want to "embrace glass" which is a major goal of Mozilla for the next Firefox release, as well as making them feel more a part of the OS. The designs also work on Windows Vista. A separate design would be in place for lower versions of Windows. The images below show the ideas that the Mozilla team has, for some potential tab layouts/UI redesigns.

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neowin.net - 28.07.2009

Firefox 3.5 benchmarked, not as fast as Chrome

The results are in from benchmarks of Firefox 3.5, performed by ZDNet. The benchmarks test all the main browsers from Google Chrome 2.0.172.33, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.0.5, Opera 10 Alpha and Internet Explorer 8. Each browser was put through three tests including SunSpider javascript benchmark, V8 Benchmark Suite and finally the ACID 3 test. Firefox 3.5 was built for speed and performance, compared to previous versions of Firefox. Firefox 3.5 performed better than Firefox 3.0.5 and Internet Explorer 8 in all three categories. From the graphs, it is clear to see that Google Chrome performed the best overall, followed shortly by Safari 4 and then Firefox 3.5.

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neowin.net - 01.07.2009

Firefox 3 Getting A Visual Makeover

Software isnt just about functionality anymore, users want brains and beauty. And beauty, as we know, is in the eye of the beholder, which is why the team behind Firefox 3 plans to ditch the unified cross-platform look of the browser in favor of a sexier look tailored to specific operating systems. Rather than a single look across all platforms, which is the way Firefox currently ships, Firefox 3 will feature different skins for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X and various Linux distributions. Alex Faaborg, Mozilla’s interface designer, posted a note on his blog yesterday about the divergent themes coming for Firefox 3. Echoing the sentiments of many a Mac Firefox user, Faaborg writes, “personally I think a unified cross platform UI results in applications that at best feel foreign everywhere, and at worst don’t even feel like real applications.”


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neowin.net - 21.10.2007

Evidence tabs will get more attention in future Firefox releases

Google's Chrome developers -- some of whom have worked, and are still working, on Firefox -- acknowledged their debt of gratitude for Firefox's inspiration. But today's latest development in Firefox 3.1 suggests it's now playing catch-up...
betanews.com - 09.09.2008

Tracing the memory leak: Is it Firefox 3?

Yesterday, we mentioned that we've been noticing recent versions of Firefox, including 3.0.5, have exhibited the memory leak problems that used to plague Firefox 2. We are noticing this on both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1.

We'd also noticed that systems where the add-on Tab Mix Plus was installed, did not appear to exhibit the same memory leak. Today, we uninstalled Tab Mix Plus (reluctantly, because we like it) from one system. On that system, the memory use pattern has changed, perhaps moderated, though we're not sure the leak has gone away. It now appears to be slower than in our tests yesterday, and from time to time, something in Firefox does clean up parts of memory from time to time. In one test, we had two Firefox windows open with seven tabs open in one of them, a dozen in the other -- a pretty full slate. Task Manager is showing us that Firefox grabs memory in one-megabyte chunks per second, for about a minute at a time, and then leveling back out to about 300,000 KB.

So if it's not a leak right now, at least it's a fight, and we'll let you know what else we find...
betanews.com - 20.01.2009

Mozilla Launches Firefox TV Ad Contest

Mozilla on Thursday asked Firefox users to create a 30-second broadcast quality television ad for a contest called "Firefox Flicks." The company said that winning ads could possibly be used in global marketing campaigns for Firefox 1.5, the newest version of the open source browser...
betanews.com - 22.12.2005

Firefox 3 Beta 4 review

Percy Cabello: Firefox 3 Beta 4 is about to be released (later today or tomorrow), as the twelfth milestone, in what already is the longest development time for a Firefox version since the initial Firefox 1.0 back in 2004.



Fortunately, Mozilla has not been shy to set as many milestones as needed, and given the many new features and tweaks Firefox 3 introduces, it seems anything but sensible, specially considering its not only about Firefox but Gecko, the web page rendering engine and the Mozilla platform as a whole which affects the many products based on it.




winbeta.org - 10.03.2008

Firefox 3 ultimate feature: Performance

Percy Cabello: Along with the long list of new features and improvements we can find in Firefox 3 betas so far, there is a series of performance improvements coming to Firefox 3 Beta 4.



Ive finally managed to run a set of tests to see how Firefox 3 performance compares to Firefox 2s.




winbeta.org - 29.02.2008

Firefox Director Talks Firefox 3.6, Tasks, and Competing with Chrome

Lifehacker: We were eager to know what's happening for Firefox. Mike Beltzner, the open-source browser's director, was glad to tell us. Here's what he had to say about future features, competition with Chrome, and keeping thousands of Firefox contributors in sync.




winbeta.org - 06.08.2009

Tab Mix Plus for Firefox 3 stacks up a new version

For those of us who not only need to keep dozens of Firefox tabs open at once but need to see them to remember they exist, Tab Mix Plus' upgrade to Firefox 3 compatibility is some of the week's best news...
betanews.com - 25.10.2008

Mozilla Admits Firefox Exploit Caused by Firefox Bug, Not IE

On July 10, engineers at Secunia issued a security advisory, rated "Highly Critical," warning Firefox users that their browser could be tricked into executing arbitrary JavaScript code. While Internet Explorer was originally blamed for the ability to trick Firefox, as it turns out, Mozilla admitted today its own browser is to blame, even after a patch was released...
betanews.com - 25.07.2007

Image Processing Flaw Found in Firefox

Firefox users may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack after researchers looked into reports of a new vulnerability within Firefox 1.5.0.3. The SANS Internet Storm Center first wrote off the problem, but continued research has shown that the flaw could be used maliciously...
betanews.com - 18.05.2006

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Unleashed

Mozilla has released the first beta of the long-awaited Firefox 1.5, the first major milestone since Firefox 1.0 debuted last November. The new release, code-named Deer Park, brings to the table a number of performance and usability improvements, along with new Web standards support...
betanews.com - 09.09.2005

Firefox Tops 200 Million Downloads

The Mozilla Corporation on Monday celebrated the 200 millionth download of its open source Firefox Web browser, with the community planning parties to commemorate the event. The milestone was hit one year and nine months after the debut of Firefox 1.0...
betanews.com - 01.08.2006

Windows Media Player on Firefox

Have you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows Media Player team put a lot of work into evolving media playback on Windows Vista through the new Media Foundation pipeline, and has also been actively monitoring feedback on WMP and playback in general. While commentary has been mainly positive for Web playback through IE, we've noticed that there's still work to be done to make Firefox users able to enjoy their media content on Windows.

We couldn't respond as quickly as we would have liked to (we had to get Windows Vista out the door), but now that it's shipped, the team has moved its attention to getting Firefox users up and running. This week we are happy to say that we have a new plug-in for Firefox that makes WMP work once again -- and even better than it did before!

It's easy to get the new Firefox plug-in -- if you navigate to a Web page today that has the embedded WMP ActiveX control, Firefox will automatically grab the new plug-in for you to install and you will once again be able to enjoy your media content


neowin.net - 17.04.2007

Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Released

The Mozilla Corporation launched the first official beta of Firefox 2.0 early Wednesday, signaling that its major upgrade to the popular alternative browser is inching ever closer to release. New features in Firefox 2.0 include enhancements in security, tabbed browsing, performance, and extensions...
betanews.com - 12.07.2006