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  • Posted at 6:26 PM on July 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Firefox 3.7 Default Theme Mockup Screenshots 

    Developers at Mozilla recently posted a wiki post about Firefox 3.7.  They posted couple of screen shots at Mozilla Wiki. Firefox 3.7 Windows Theme Mockup

    Personally I never liked how Vista looked even though I use it. You can click on the images to see them in full sizes.

    In my opinion, it looks a like a combination of other major browsers, Opera, Safari and Google Chrome.

    They removed the menu from the top bar and placed a menu and a setting icon next to internet search just like Google Chrome and Safari.  Apparently, this is going to affect how you get around in Firefox. They are becoming more similar to each other.

    Tabs are separated unlike the current version of Firefox, which I think it looks more like Opera.

    Here are the other two screen shots.
    Firefox 3.7 Windows Theme MockupFirefox 3.7 Windows Theme Mockup

    You don’t need to wait until Firefox 3.7.  BoneyardBrew developed a theme that’s just like the mock up.  You can head over to his or her Deviantart page to download the theme.

    BoneyardBrew

     

  • Posted at 12:02 PM on April 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Firefox 3.5 Beta 

    You might have been wondering what happened to Firefox beta releases? In case you haven’t heard about it, there have been delays on almost each beta release that Mozilla put up.

    3.5 Comes after 3.0

    Mozilla has released three beta versions of their next release which was named “Firefox 3.1″ until lately. They have recently proposed that Shiretoko would be renamed to Firefox 3.5. You can catch up on details at Mozilla’s Quality Blog. So as it has been approved by Mozilla, they have released a new beta version(only a prebeta) of next release named Firefox 3.5.

    Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 (Pre-Beta) is available at Mozilla’s quality blog. It’s a different installation which means it won’t replace your current  FF stable or beta version. Another Firefox will be installed. I have Firefox 3.0.8, Firefox 3.1 Beta and Shiretoko (Firefox 3.5 Beta 4).

    Firefox needs your help!

    If Mozilla doesn’t face any unexpected problems on this nightly build version, they are expecting an official beta release on April 28 before they move on to release candidates for Firefox 3.5. So in total, there will be four beta versions before RC versions. Mozilla needs your help. If you are a Firefox user and have some spare time, you can start using the latest version available and start letting Mozilla know about any bugs or problems you see with the version. This way there will be less delays.

    Stay Updated

    If you wish to stay updated with what’s going on with Firefox, you can get your latest firefox release by clicking on the first link above to stay updated with new features and versions. All events at Mozilla regarding Firefox releases and many more are posted at this Quality blog. You will be able to find some useful links there. You can also subscribe to this blog to stay updated.

     

  • Posted at 7:50 PM on February 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Event: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 / Nightly Test Week 

    all-firefox-logo-3-1-betaIt’s been about five months since the first alpha version of Firefox 3.1 released.  As a beta tester, I received an email about the next beta release of Firefox 3.1 (aka Shiretoko).

    Firefox 3.1 (pre)beta is available to all beta testers. Well, everyone can download and check out this new beta version but it’s good to contribute. This version is only a pre-beta version which Mozilla aims to get some feedback and help from its users to fix the bugs.

    So if you wish to contribute to this beta version, please head over to the “Event post” at Mozilla Quality Site and follow instructions.  You can use Litmus for testing purposes.

    Also, if everything goes as it supposed go at Mozilla, they will be releasing Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 on February 18, 2009.

    Download Link for Firefox 3.1 Pre-Beta 3 (aka Shiretoko):

    ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-1.9.1/

    This event will stay opened until Friday, 13th.  So if you wish to contribute to this release, you can do it until Friday at 08.00.

     

  • Posted at 9:16 AM on January 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Firefox Addon Spotlight: YSlow for Firebug 

    How fast is your web site?

    I have been trying to improve my web site’s speed for long time and at last I changed my host which helped a lot. But do you ever wonder how sites like Yahoo or Google keep their sites so fast? Well, there are many things they do and I don’t know them all. But if you are a person who owns couple of blogs or websites, this might be useful.

    There is a Firefox add-on called Firebug.  It’s a web development tool. It allows you to inspect some properties when a visitor visits your page.  You can check out the features of this add-on at their website. It’s a pretty neat tool. Firebug can tell you how long it takes to load your site’s components like images, scripts and etc. Neat tool.

    Use YSlow to Get your Performance Grade

    YSlow is a Firefox add-on built by Yahoo Developers. But you need to have Firebug for it to work.  Here are the features that come with this extension;

    • Performance report card
    • HTTP/HTML summary
    • List of components in the page
    • Tools including JSLint

    Once you install them both, you will  have their icons in Firefox’s bottom bar.  Here is a screenshot of what you get after you click on YSlow icon.

    yslow

    It’s a pretty neat tool that tells what you can do to improve your site’s performance. Also gives you a grade of your site’s current performance.

    If you don’t want to install this tool but still want to know how you can improve your site’s performance. You can Yahoo! developer’s site.

    http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html

     

  • Posted at 12:13 PM on December 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply

    7 Useful Firefox Addons 

    1- FireFTP Plugin

    fireftpFireFTP allows you to manage your web server through your browser. It’s quite useful.  Drag & Drop works.  This add-on might not be what you looking for if you plan to transfer large files (Read some reviews on add-on page on this issue) .  You can easily manage a website (uploading pages and etc). It can be buggy from time to time. But it gets the job done. It’s really a great tool for bloggers.

    2. NoScript Add-On

    noscriptIf you browse a lot, this is almost a must.  I’m not a long time user but I have been using this for over four months now.  I think Firefox should come with this feature. This add-on blocks all the scripts that a website wants to run when you browse them.  This blocks them all. But of course, you have the option to unblock them if you need them running.  Try stumbling with this add-on.  You will be surprised when you see how many things a website tries run.

    3. IE Tab in Firefox Plugin

    ietabiconIt allows you two browse through Internet Explorer on Firefox. You can open a new IE Tab without running IE externally.  This can save a lot of time if you are a web developer. No more switching back and forth between browsers.  You need to have  Internet Explorer in your system in order for this add-on to work.  It basically runs Internet Explorer within a Firefox tab.

    4. Screengrab

    screengrabiconNormally, if you want to take a screenshot of something you see on the web, you would have to use a third program like paint or photoshop to save a screenshot you take.  This add-on  allows you to choose complete firefox frame or certain area selection is possible if you wish to take a screenshot of a specific section of a website.  Also, it gives you the option to save or copy the screenshot image.  Another time saver for bloggers.

    5. Password Exporter

    pwexporterIf you are a long time Firefox user, this is probably a add-on that you have been wondering if existed. Whenever you have to remove Firefox from your system for temporarily whether it’s because of a system format or re-installing firefox to just to have a fresh install, you would loose all of your passwords and saved user names and if you have nearly a hundred combination, you might not be able to remember them. This extension allows you to export your user name and password into a file which later can be used to import your combinations to your Firefox.

    6. Web Developer Toolbar

    webdevA great add-on for web-developers that design their websites using Firefox as their base in terms of how it looks.   You can head over to developer site of this add-on see all the features.  If you are dealing with CSS a lot, this can save you time when you are trying to see your result.  You will have a CSS editor within the browser and whatever changes you make in the editor, page you are editing will refresh itself and you will be be able to see your code in action. This is just one feature that I use a lot but as said it adds a lot of nice features to Firefox such as displaying CSS division information, viewing&blocking javascript, resizing, validating CSS and HTML and plenty more.

    7. Foxmarks

    foxmarks-iconIdea is simple and quite useful.  On occasion, when I had Firefox 2,  my bookmarks would disappear for no apparent reason. Foxmarks Bookmark synchronizer allows you to save  your firefox bookmarks on web and you will be able to use it if anything happens to your browser.  It’s a life saver if you travel a lot and don’t carry your laptop everywhere you go or if you use more than one system.

     

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