Firefox Articles
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Firefox 5 is here
Today, three months after the release of Firefox 4, we release Firefox 5, thanks to our new development cycle. Developers will be able to create richer animations using CSS3 Animations. This release comes with various improvements, performance optimization and bug fixes. CSS3 Animations CSS Animations (check out the documentation) are a new way to create […]
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Why no FileSystem API in Firefox?
A question that I get asked a lot is why Firefox doesn’t support the FileSystem API. Usually, but not always, they are referring specifically to the FileSystem and FileWriter specifications which Google is implementing in Chrome, and which they have proposed for standardization in W3C. The answer is somewhat complex, and depends greatly on what […]
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Beyond HTML5: Database APIs and the Road to IndexedDB
IndexedDB is an evolving web standard for the storage of significant amounts of structured data in the browser and for high performance searches on this data using indexes. Mozilla has submitted substantial technical feedback on the specification, and we plan to implement it in Firefox 4. We spoke to prominent web developers about evolving an […]
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Mozilla Introduces the First Browser Built For Developers: Firefox Developer Edition
Developers are critical to the continued success of the Web. The content and apps they create compel us to come back to the Web every day, whether on a computer or mobile phone. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Firefox, we’re excited to unveil Firefox Developer Edition, the first browser created specifically for developers. […]
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Firefox 4 Beta 9 – a huge pile of awesome
Hello, and welcome to the post for Firefox 4 beta 9. If you’re reading this then you’re interested in what we’ve got coming down the pipe for the latest beta for the wonderful browser known as Firefox 4. We’re starting to reach the end of our development cycle for the next release of Firefox and […]
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New Firefox Command Line helps you develop faster
Firefox 16, now on the Beta channel, has a fantastic feature that was mentioned briefly in the Aurora 16 blog post and first introduced in a separate post by Joe Walker, the feature’s creator. We’ve devoted a sizable portion of the new Developer Toolbar to the “command line”, which you may sometimes see us call […]
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Firefox, YouTube and WebM
Five important items of note today relating to Mozilla’s support for the VP8 codec: 1. Google will be releasing VP8 under an open source and royalty-free basis. VP8 is a high-quality video codec that Google acquired when they purchased the company On2. The VP8 codec represents a vast improvement in quality-per-bit over Theora and is […]
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Using the Fullscreen API in web browsers
One thing which has been very important when it comes to creating special end user experiences have been the ability to show something fullscreen, effectively hiding all the other content etc.
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Developer Tools in Firefox Aurora 10
The Preview You Can Use Now Mozilla is building a collection of stable, fast and usable developer tools that ship with the browser. I’d like to introduce a collection of improvements that are scheduled to be released in final form on January 31, 2012. But, you can get them now by downloading the Firefox Aurora […]
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Firefox 6 is here
What’s new in Firefox 6? The most notable addition to this new release are the <progress> element, touch events, Server-Sent Events as well as the return of WebSockets. The <progress> element This element can be used to give a visual cue of something in progress in the page. System progress bars are being used, which […]