Topic: Firefox

News articles, tutorials, add-ons and other miscellaneous tips for the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser.

Make Firefox Use Native Linux Notifications in Unity, XFCE And GNOME Shell

Want to make Firefox use Ubuntu system notifications instead of its own pop-up bubbles? This free Firefox add-on offers exactly that.

3 February 2014

Firefox 26 Released With On Demand Java Plugin Feature

Bang on schedule, the latest release of Mozilla Firefox has been made available for download.

10 December 2013

Improve The Look of Firefox In GNOME With These 2 Add-Ons

Firefox under GNOME Shell looks and feels a little out of place. Thankfully there a couple of extensions that vastly improve its appearance.

12 September 2013

Firefox To Remain Default Browser in Ubuntu 13.10

Firefox will remain the default browser in Ubuntu 13.10, after plans to replace it with Chromium hit a minefield of issues.

12 August 2013

Debate Continues on Ubuntu 13.10’s Default Browser

The debate as to which web browser will come installed by default on Ubuntu 13.10 continues.

13 June 2013

Firefox’s New Interface Is Already Looking Good on Linux

The new Firefox Interface is starting to shape up ahead of its release later this year.

5 June 2013

Firefox’s New Theme Starts Taking Shape on Linux

Work on the Linux version of Firefox's new Australis interface is finally under way, as the latest UX builds of Firefox nightly show. Firef

2 March 2013
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Latest Firefox, Thunderbird & Skype Releases Arrive in Ubuntu

Several updated versions of popular applications are now available to install in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10. Skype 4.1, Thunderbird 17, and Firefox 17 are all waiting to be installed via Ubuntu's Update Manager.

22 November 2012
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Firefox 17 Released, Adds New Social Feature

Another month, and we're graced by another release of the Firefox web browser. Now on version 17, this latest release introduces a number of new features, including a new social API, larger icons on the 'awesome bar' and, for Windows users, 'click to play' warnings on out-dated plugins.

20 November 2012

Firefox 15 Released

Firefox 15 has finally hit stable and been released to the wild. Amongst the iterative changes rocking up in this release improvements to the memory usage of add-ons, and enhanced WebGL performance.

28 August 2012
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Firefox 15 Lands in Ubuntu 12.10, Brings Built in PDF Viewer, SPDY

Firefox 15 landed in Ubuntu 12.10 yesterday. brining with it a new native PDF viewer. PDF.js, to give the plugin its official name, lets you read PDF files - either online or local - inside your browser using nothing more than standard web technologies.

27 July 2012
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Firefox 14 Released With New Security Features

A new release of Mozilla's Firefox web-browser has been made available for download. Feature-wise the update adds a handful of security-minded tweaks that are designed to help protect your searches on Google and help you to identify secure and insecure sites.

17 July 2012