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Firefox 3.5 has finally hit the shelves - head on over and grab it, it’s a worthy upgrade.
Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.
Anyone up for a game of “spot the difference”...
Later this week we will be shipping the first Release Candidate build of Firefox 3.5, which is currently in the process of being evaluated by our exceptional QA team and testing community. This also means that we are now ready to finalize the design of the new Firefox icon.
Mozilla have announced early release of Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate to current 3.5 beta user.
Our 800,000+ Firefox 3.5 beta users will be receiving an update to the first Firefox 3.5 release candidate (3.5rc1build2) in order to continue to help us with daily testing and public feedback. This update contains bug fixes which will be included in the final release of Firefox 3.5, expected later this month.
It seems quite widely accepted that this is going to do absolutely nothing to IE’s market share. Sitepoint reports:
Microsoft’s decision to remove Internet Explorer from the European version of Windows 7 will have an negligible effect on the browser’s market share. That may not be the outcome Opera or the EU wanted, but I suspect the anti-trust battle is at least 10 years too late.
El Reg report on some really clue-full thinking from the budget airline.
On May 21, Ryanair insisted that all new bookings would require online check-ins. If you don’t print your boarding pass from the company’s website, you’re charged an extra £40. And now the Irish budget airline has announced that for ten hours next week, its website will be completely unreachable.
Opera has announced “Unite”, a novel idea based around turning your PC into a web server using Opera web brower…
Opera today unveiled Opera Unite, a new technology that shakes up the old client-server computing model of the Web. Opera Unite turns any computer into both a client and a server, allowing it to interact with and serve content to other computers directly across the Web, without the need for third-party servers.
...security concerns have been raised though.
Wired looks back at the launch of Internet Explorer’s biggest threat.
Mozilla 1.0 is released. The first major milestone for the open source browser doesn’t do much to impress users or shake loose Microsoft’s crown. However, it proves to the world that free software can succeed not just in the server room, but also on the desktop.
If you liked the alpha release, time to try the beta…
Opera today released the first beta of Opera 10, the newest version of the company’s industry-defining Web browser. Opera 10 beta sports a surprising array of new features, a fresh look and feel, and enhanced speed and performance. Discover a better way to enjoy the Web by trying Opera 10 beta.