Even though Mozilla browsers make up only a small fraction of the market, Firefox has earned rave reviews on web logs, in newsgroups, in the computer press, and even scored a pair of prizes - all before reaching its 1.0 release.
An analyst at WebSideStory attributed the dip to the discovery of security flaws in June, coupled with the growing popularity of alternative browsers such as Opera, Apple Computer's Safari and FireFox, produced by open-source browser project the...
Mozilla is also attracting increasing interest from non-technical users, who see the perceived speed of their internet connection rise after switching to Firefox, according the spokesman. A Mozilla Foundation spokesman told silicon.com sister site...
James Governor, an analyst at RedMonk, praised this move and said it is likely to increase the use of Mozilla's open source products, such as the Firefox browser, by businesses. The IT industry has reacted positively to the Mozilla Foundation's...
As part of the announcement, Google said Gears has been endorsed by the Mozilla Foundation, makers of the open source Firefox browser, as well as Flash developer Adobe Systems and Opera Software, which makes the Opera browser.
Mozilla has assigned a "low" severity rating to the flaw, and the vulnerability is being investigated by Firefox developers. Meanwhile, Mozilla's head of security, Window Snyder, has warned of a flaw in Firefox's user interface, called "chrome".
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