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Download aggregator MacUpdate briefly linked to three malicious applications masquerading as legitimate downloads for Firefox, OnyX, and Deeper, that not only install the apps, but also deposit a cryptocurrency miner on downloader’s systems. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Mozilla just released their new Firefox "Quantum" browser with new features including built-in screenshots, a save-for-later feature named Pocket, and a Library that holds all of your pocket saves, bookmarks, browsing history, screenshots and downloads in one spot. AppleInsider compares the new release with Safari, and Google’s Chrome. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
John Gruber of Daring Fireball recently wrote an essay about quirks and user confusion around the application install process on Mac OS X. He had read a post from Alexander Limi’s blog about the Firefox install experience, and decided to address it as a system-wide discussion. More: continued here
A critical flaw in the way Firefox 3.5 handles Javascript opens the door to a serious attack, according to Secunia, which tracks security vulnerabilities. More: continued here
If you want the fastest browser on the Mac, Safari 4.0 is the hands-down winner. It lacks the endless flexibility of Firefox’s plug-ins, and it’s far less svelte than its rival browsers, but Safari combines raw power and a thoughtful, well-crafted interface to give Mac users the best user experience. More: continued here
Mozilla has delayed the delivery of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate (RC) until late next week to take care of several last-minute bugs, a company executive said… More: continued here
The beta version is still slow and has a ways to go before it can compete with Apple’s iPhone-ized Safari browser, but these are forgivable shortcomings, given its beta status.No, the real problem with Fennec is that it’s available only for one platform: Nokia’s N810 Internet Tablet. Who cares about that device? More: continued here
Firefox has been updated adding support for HTML 5. The browsers JavaScript and rendering engines were also updated. More: continued here
The next edition of Firefox will be version 3.5—not version 3.1 as originally planned. Mozilla says the move reflects the large number of features in the upcoming browser update. More: continued here
Mac users will get their first style of a Google-developed various to incumbent browsers similar to Safari and Firefox when the hunt large releases Chrome for Mac someday all through the “first 1/2” of this 12 months. more: continued right here
lazyforker writes “A NYTimes blog post reports the results of security researcher Kate McKinley’s tests of various browsers’ (FireFox, Chrome, IE, Safari) privacy protection mechanisms. Specifically she tested their cookie handling. She also examined their handling of Flash’s cookies. In summary: Safari on Mac OS X (in the “private browsing” mode) is not so private…
Starting tomorrow (12/12) we’ll be able to copy and paste text on the iPhone between Safari and Mail, or between 2 web pages. And, it doesn’t require any software to be installed, or the iPhone to be tampered with. It works by using 2 Java bookmarklets provided by pastebud. There’s a video of it in…
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El director de ingeniería móvil de Mozilla, Christian Sejersen, confirmó que no se desarollará una versión móvil de Firefox para iPhone, esto debido a ciertos motivos en cuanto al sistema de distribución de software que utiliza Apple. El motivo principal es que Apple no permite aplicaciones de terceros, es decir que los desarrolladores utilicen funcionalidades…
Hace unos minutos Firefox lanzó la última versión de su web browser, Firefox 3.0.2. Para los que lo usen pueden hacerle updates. Este update mejora y arregla algunos issues encontrados en Firefox 3.0.1. como: Fixed several security issues. Fixed several stability issues. Fixed a number of minor issues with the layout of certain web pages….
the company is on course to ship a privateness mode to Firefox 3.1 that may discard all cookies bought right through a looking session, no longer auto-fill passwords, and not record web sites visited within the browser’s historical past. more: continued right here