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  • Web developers are expressing interest in an app store model for the Web that would enable them to get paid for their efforts without having to abandon Web development in exchange for proprietary silos, each with their own programming language and SDK, variable and sometimes opaque review processes, and limited [...]

    May 20, 2010
  • Video is an integral part of the modern web experience, which is why Mozilla has been working for the past few years to make sure that video can be used in the ways necessary to sustain the web’s incredible growth and generativity. Today we’re excited to join Google in announcing the WebM project to advance [...]

    May 19, 2010
  • Firefox 3.6 has been nominated for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards as the Favorite New Product (Software – New Version). Voting ends June 4th. You can go here to cast your vote in one of two ways: Input the special Firefox 3.6 short code: M696H Under the Award Categories menu select “Favorite Software – New Version” and [...]

    May 17, 2010
  • Editor’s Note: Today, Mozilla announced the availability of Plugin Check for all browsers. For more details, check out Johnathan Nightingale’s blog post, reposted below. It’s been a few months since I wrote about the work our plugin check team has been doing, but there are a couple of pretty excellent pieces of news [...]

    May 11, 2010
  • Editor’s Note: On May 10, Mike Beltzner presented the vision for Firefox 4 (the next major release of Firefox) to the Mozilla community. For more details, check out Mike Beltzner’s blog post, reposted below. Firefox 4: fast, powerful, and empowering Today, I presented an early product plan for Firefox 4 to the Mozilla community (live, [...]

    May 10, 2010
  • Our latest challenge on the Creative Collective was to design the official Mozilla 2010 t-shirt, an exclusive item that will be printed and distributed to active contributors around the world. We received over 700 submissions from the community, which were reviewed carefully and narrowed down to the top 5 according to the following criteria: [...]

    May 3, 2010
  • Editor’s note: On April 20, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 3.6.4 beta, which includes the “Lorentz” project to offer uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when a problem causes a crash in any Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugin instance. Firefox 3.6.4 beta is the newest release of Firefox 3.6, which [...]

    April 20, 2010
  • Today, the Bugzilla Project released Bugzilla 3.6, which brings some innovative new enhancements for Bugzilla over previous versions – most notably Extensions. Bugzilla Extensions allow developers to write their own customizable extensions similar to Firefox Add-ons, enabling modifications to Bugzilla’s behavior and user interface. Other new features include: General usability improvements Improved Quicksearch Simple “browse” interface SUCExec support Ability to send [...]

    April 13, 2010
  • Today, the Mozilla metrics team released the first ever State of the Internet report. With more than 350 million people around the world using the Firefox Web browser, we are careful to ensure the data we collect is fairly limited and feel compelled to share what we’re able to extract from that data. Some interesting findings from [...]

    March 31, 2010
  • Last week, the Mozilla Developer Network launched the second quarterly survey to obtain developer feedback. Also on hacks.mozilla.org are results from the first quarterly developer survey conducted in November. Thanks to the feedback from more than 5,000 developers last quarter, the Mozilla Developer Network was able to put in place a solid plan moving forward. We would appreciate your [...]

    March 31, 2010

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