Firefox and browser lock-in

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First Look: Mozilla's Firefox Mac
Browser. Oh Boy!

First Look: Mozilla's Firefox Mac
Browser. Oh Boy! 09/14/2004 06:46 PM
By ALex Kayhill, Mac360 (via MyAppleMenu)

Firefox browser to hit 1.0 milestone

Firefox browser to hit 1.0 milestone 09/13/2004 06:16 PM
Set for release tomorrow, the latest version of the open-source rival to IE promises work with KDE.

Firefox Browser 0.9 (Development)

Firefox Browser 0.9 (Development) 06/15/2004 10:36 PM
A Mozilla-based browser.

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser Now
Available

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser Now
Available 12/17/2004 06:36 PM
The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, this week announced the worldwide availability of the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser.

Mozilla Firefox - Next Generation
Browser

Mozilla Firefox - Next Generation
Browser 03/25/2005 01:38 AM
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all.html .. released version 1.0.2 of Firefox .. versin en cataln .. free download .. stahujte .. download .. out

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Mozilla Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded

Mozilla Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
The browser formerly known as Firebird gets a .. Mozilla Firefox - The Browser, Reloaded .. Mozilla Firebird is now Firefox .. released to the public .. renamed to Firefox .. Firefox 0.8 .. FireFox

mozilla.org/products/firefox
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Speakeasy to Distribute Firefox browser

Speakeasy to Distribute Firefox browser 02/05/2005 09:37 PM

Firefox Browser On An Upward Trend

Firefox Browser On An Upward Trend 09/15/2004 07:35 AM

Mozilla trots out Firefox browser

Mozilla trots out Firefox browser 02/10/2004 01:23 PM
The Mozilla Foundation released a new version of its open source Web browser this week, with improvements to its download manager, extension and bookmark handling, along with a new name aimed at skirting trademark complaints from another open source project.

Can Firefox outfox IE in browser wars?

Can Firefox outfox IE in browser wars? 03/14/2005 04:30 PM
Microsoft's security problems have left an opening for upstarts like Firefox and could lead to other products taking market share from the software giant, say experts at Wharton.

Free Firefox Browser Is Better Than
Safari

Free Firefox Browser Is Better Than
Safari 03/29/2005 02:31 AM

Two superior features stood out: Firefox can save entire Web pages locally and provides an outstandingly easy yet powerful bookmark system. By Al Fasoldt, Newhouse News Service

I am trying out Firefox to replace
Internet Explorer as my browser

I am trying out Firefox to replace
Internet Explorer as my browser 12/30/2004 04:29 AM
extensions and cool add-ons .. vá para uma melhor .. FireFox verion1.0 .. zum surfen .. firefox

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Mozilla Firefox Browser Set for
September Debut

Mozilla Firefox Browser Set for
September Debut 07/12/2004 05:35 PM
As downloads of the browser's final beta increase in the face of Internet Explorer exploits, the Mozilla Foundation plans to hit its 1.0 release in mid-September.

Mozilla Trots Out Firefox Browser (PC
World)

Mozilla Trots Out Firefox Browser (PC
World) 02/10/2004 09:26 AM
PC World - Software features improved downloads and bookmark handling.

Mozilla Unveils Firefox Browser
(NewsFactor)

Mozilla Unveils Firefox Browser
(NewsFactor) 02/10/2004 03:59 PM
NewsFactor - Open-source developer Mozilla has taken the wraps off its latest Web browser, offering a preview of what is in store with the group's forthcoming Internet-services product release. The Mozilla Foundation also unveiled the Thunderbird e-mail application; both are being offered as stand-alone products.

Insecure file permissions in the Firefox
browser for Linux >= v0.9

Insecure file permissions in the Firefox
browser for Linux >= v0.9 09/13/2004 02:54 PM
Max (Sep 13 2004)

Forbes.com Chooses Mozilla Firefox as
Favorite Browser

Forbes.com Chooses Mozilla Firefox as
Favorite Browser 04/02/2005 06:38 PM

Andreessen salutes Firefox as Time
honors browser warriors

Andreessen salutes Firefox as Time
honors browser warriors 04/11/2005 05:22 PM
Blog: Time's list of the 100 most influential people on the planet (The Time 100 this year includes some of the usual suspects,...

New Firefox Version Heightens Debate
Over Browser Security (TechWeb)

New Firefox Version Heightens Debate
Over Browser Security (TechWeb) 03/25/2005 06:37 AM
TechWeb - The Mozilla Foundation pushes out a new version of Firefox to patch three vulnerabilities, renewing debate over the alternative browser's security.

Microsofts Slate Magazine, Recommends
FireFox : Browser Wars Heating Up Again

Microsofts Slate Magazine, Recommends
FireFox : Browser Wars Heating Up Again 07/12/2004 09:11 AM
In one of the more bizarre footnotes of the Browser wars comes this delicious entry dripping with irony from Microsoft's Slate Magazine: " it was enough to make me ditch Explorer in favor of the much less vulnerable Firefox browser"

Are the Browser Wars Back? - How
Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet
Explorer. By Paul Boutin

Are the Browser Wars Back? - How
Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet
Explorer. By Paul Boutin 07/01/2004 03:42 AM
this Slate article that recommends Firefox .. welcomes back the browser wars

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MOZILLA RELOADS FIREFOX: Open source
group releases new preview release of
next generation browser

MOZILLA RELOADS FIREFOX: Open source
group releases new preview release of
next generation browser 06/15/2004 08:26 AM
Mozilla Foundation's press release about Firefox 0.9 .. »MOZILLA RELOADS FIREFOX« .. Mozillan lehdisttiedotteesta

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Firefox is #1 Boing Boing browser

Firefox is #1 Boing Boing browser 04/19/2005 03:38 AM
Cory Doctorow: Kris sez, "Firefox has taken the lead in the Internet Browser war for Boing Boing! Firefox currently leads with 38.4% of visitors using the browser, and Internet Explorer is in 2nd place with 35.1% of visitors using it. This is probably the first time in Boing Boing's history, that Internet Explorer is not #1... Microsoft, watch out!" I switched from Mozilla to Firefox a couple months ago and never looked back. Link (Thanks, Kris!)

Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser

Browser Wars : Wells Fargo Bans Opera
Browser 02/05/2005 09:42 PM
As of 8am today - Wells Fargo (one of the largest Banks in the United States) began blocking Opera browser from it's online banking.

Spread Firefox Download Counter
Relaunched, Firefox Downloads Top 44
Million

Spread Firefox Download Counter
Relaunched, Firefox Downloads Top 44
Million 04/11/2005 11:59 PM

Blake Ross on Firefox Developer
Recruitment and Why Firefox Will Never
Grow Up

Blake Ross on Firefox Developer
Recruitment and Why Firefox Will Never
Grow Up 02/01/2005 10:05 PM

adbar for Firefox: Opera's least popular
feature comes to Firefox!

adbar for Firefox: Opera's least popular
feature comes to Firefox! 08/18/2004 06:48 AM
adbar for firefox .. Adbar

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The History of Mozilla Firefox: From
Phoenix, to Firebird, to Firefox

The History of Mozilla Firefox: From
Phoenix, to Firebird, to Firefox 03/31/2005 07:27 AM

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser!

The browser is dead! Long live the
browser! 01/02/2004 07:26 PM

Mozilla Firefox Reaches 1.0PR, Still
Named Firefox

Mozilla Firefox Reaches 1.0PR, Still
Named Firefox 09/14/2004 02:50 PM

Firefox 1.0 Preview Release and
Thunderbird 0.8 Released - Mozilla
Foundation Adds New Features to Firefox
and Thunderbird as New Apps Near 1.0
Launch

Firefox 1.0 Preview Release and
Thunderbird 0.8 Released - Mozilla
Foundation Adds New Features to Firefox
and Thunderbird as New Apps Near 1.0
Launch 09/14/2004 03:22 AM
The Mozilla Foundation today released the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 email client. Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release is an innovative, secure, lightning fast web browser that is rapidly gaining global market share. Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 is the Mozilla Foundation's next generation email client. These releases bring Firefox and Thunderbird one step closer to their much anticipated 1.0 releases, scheduled for later this fall. [PRWEB Sep 14, 2004]

FirefoxIE - Test IE Compatibility Inside
Firefox, www.firefoxie.net Fully
Equipped and Ready for Firefox 1.0PR

FirefoxIE - Test IE Compatibility Inside
Firefox, www.firefoxie.net Fully
Equipped and Ready for Firefox 1.0PR 09/17/2004 08:22 AM
FF/IE Compatible Web Pages - There is a new development in the web design world, web pages that can be viewed equally in Firefox or Internet Explorer. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2004]

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them

BROWSER SECURITY TEST (free):
Automatically checks your browser for
various security problems. When the test
is finished you get a complete report
explaining the discovered
vulnerabilities, their impact and how to
eliminate them 03/13/2003 10:26 AM

Lock Cup

Lock Cup 07/12/2004 12:38 PM

You know, if your coworkers are so bad about stealing your coffee mug that you need a lock for it, perhaps you should 1) kill them, or 2) start putting your cup in your desk. But if you really need to be that one guy that just has to make a point about it, this Lock-Cup with a hole pluggable only by a special key is probably a good way to go about it, unless you work in a tracheotomy ward, then I'd probably just deal with it.
Read - design a key and what it opens [DesignBoom via I4U]

CD-DVD Lock v1.8

CD-DVD Lock v1.8 02/12/2004 06:15 PM
CD-DVD Lock is intended for restricting read or write access to removable media devices such as CD, DVD, floppy and flash, as well as for restricting access to certain partitions of hard disk drives. CD-DVD Lock will allow you avoid many of headaches connected with unauthorized software installations from any removable media, and also prevent data leak by removable media. [Shareware $29.00 30 Days 800 KB]

vp-usb-lock 0.1

vp-usb-lock 0.1 08/29/2004 12:28 PM
A Linux driver and PAM module for the USB wireless PC lock.

Don't lock me in

Don't lock me in 01/16/2004 11:04 AM

There's no shortage of articles hyping the Google IPO and today the Washington Post contributes to the buzz machine with Google Fans Fill Web With Buzz Over IPO. Skimming through it, I came across a passage (on page 3) that struck me, though I've probably read the same sentiments a hundred times over the years. Regarding Google's competition, the Post writes,

Yahoo is counting on its roster of registered users and its portal status to give it the upper hand...Microsoft, having seen the rich margins available in search, has also decided to make a play there...In comparison with Microsoft and Yahoo, many analysts say, Google is at an inherent disadvantage because it has no locked-in users: It doesn't require people to pay or register for its services.

Shouldn't the goal be to have services people use, not because they're forced to, but because they want to? Though Google hasn't locked me in according to "analysts," I depend on them wholly for all kinds of things I do daily online, from spell-checking to news reading to basic old-fashioned searching, because they meet my needs. I have no interest in switching to some new improved Yahoo or Microsoft search unless Google fails me.

It seems to me that Google's on the right track, and the analysts are full of bunk. Focus on pleasing the users, give them what they want, and they'll stick with you. You don't need to trap them with registrations, you need to make it easy and pleasant for them to do what they want to do and then let them get on with their lives. It will only be when Google stops giving me what I want that I'd consider changing search engines. Happy users are loyal users, and that's all the lock-in you need.

Lock down your SAN

Lock down your SAN 06/24/2005 03:23 PM
ZDNet Jun 23 2005 11:27PM GMT

Everyone Wants to Lock Docs

Everyone Wants to Lock Docs 02/18/2004 09:34 AM
On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled its Adobe Policy Server technology. And Authentica has its own solution to the doc-lock challenge, with its Secure Office solution.
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A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import

A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
I've been having problems importing CDs into iTunes 4.7 and wanted to import some Christmas albums. Each attempt failed with the "whirling rainbow of death" as someone put it. The CD/DVD drive becomes noisy and the computer...

Mozilla Firefox for Linux 0.8 Released

Mozilla Firefox for Linux 0.8 Released 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

New Mozilla Firefox Yahoo! Toolbar Beta
Supports Mac OS X and Linux

New Mozilla Firefox Yahoo! Toolbar Beta
Supports Mac OS X and Linux 04/06/2005 03:49 PM

gtk-theme-prefs 0.0.1

gtk-theme-prefs 0.0.1 04/28/2004 10:14 AM
A simple GTK+ theme manager.

Back up user prefs 2.3.7

Back up user prefs 2.3.7 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
This script can back up and restore a user's Preferences folder and browser preferences which are stored in other locations. It also has an option to include the Mail folder. Release notes: Adds support for Camino.

Back up user prefs 4.2.3

Back up user prefs 4.2.3 01/05/2004 11:01 AM
Back up user prefs is an AppleScript application that backs up and restores a user's preferences and related folders for safety in the event of corruption of either individual preferences or the entire folder.Back up user prefs allows the user to elect to save a set of previously backed-up preferences in the event that something goes wrong during the backup process.

Back up user prefs 2.4

Back up user prefs 2.4 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
This script can backup and restore a user's Preferences folder and browser preferences which are stored outside of the Preferences folder. Release notes: When Back up user prefs 2.4 is run for the first time, it produces a backup folder, just as before, and then, upon the second and all subsequent runs, it allows the user to create a backup of the previously saved files before a new backup is made.

Set system and network prefs from the
Terminal

Set system and network prefs from the
Terminal 12/19/2004 02:59 PM
Apple has included two very useful command line utilities, networksetup and systemsetup, as part of Mac OS X Server for some time now (since 10.2?). These are utilities that provide (in most cases the only) command-line count...

Notes and Tips: Crazy Prefs

Notes and Tips: Crazy Prefs 03/31/2005 11:27 AM
Apple's really playing games with its preferences placement....

A possible fix for AirPort problems
after iChat prefs corruption

A possible fix for AirPort problems
after iChat prefs corruption 01/22/2004 02:36 AM
Before I upgraded to Panther, I did some spring cleaning of my hard drive, and inadvertantly duplicated a large disk image, completely filling my hard drive. After a boot into single-user mode to delete the huge files, I rebo...

10.3: Jump directly to any System Prefs
panel from the dock

10.3: Jump directly to any System Prefs
panel from the dock 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
Open the System Preferences application then just click and hold the mouse on the System Preference icon in the dock. A contextual menu appears and you can select any of the panes. [robg adds: I noticed this the other day, ...

What to Do When Your Energy Saver Prefs
Panel Won’t Load

What to Do When Your Energy Saver Prefs
Panel Won’t Load 05/06/2004 11:25 PM

What to do when your Energy Saver prefs panel won’t load.

Firefox why are you not using it!

Firefox why are you not using it! 04/11/2005 05:50 AM

I know that 32% of you that actually bother to visit the website versus reading the RSS feed use Firefox. So what is wrong with the roughly 61% of you using IE. Don't you know your putting yourself at undue risk and the IE browser is like 3 years past it's prime. [www.usrbingeek.com]< /p>

"Firefox"

"Firefox" 02/10/2004 02:52 AM

Firefox Goes to 1.0

Firefox Goes to 1.0 09/16/2004 01:03 AM
Mozilla's Firefox browser has gone to a 1.0 release and is now available for download at http://www.mozilla.org/ . I've been sticking to the regular Mozilla thus far, but I decided...

Firefox 1.0

Firefox 1.0 12/19/2004 03:25 PM
Firefox 1.0 is finally here. For those who have been following it's progress, it's been a long time coming. But your work is not done yet. Because it is now safe to recommend Firefox to non-geeks. Please do so. They need your help. Think of the children. The Mozilla servers are currently getting hammered, but you can grab the installer in a few seconds using the torrents: Win 32 Firefox 1.0 Torrent Linux i686 Firefox 1.0 Torrent When you live on the west coast and stroll on into work at 10am, you usually miss these types of early morning announcements. I actually heard about it on the radio this morning. Then I hit the snooze button. Oh yeah, check out the new default start page.

A New Look For Firefox

A New Look For Firefox 06/06/2004 09:31 AM

Firefox

Firefox 06/16/2004 07:31 PM
As expected, quite a few people commented on my last entry, telling me I should add Firefox to the list. Here's one of the reasons I'm not a full convert yet (screenshot taken when I just tried to start Firefox on my desktop, which does have Firefox installed) I love Firefox's tabbed browsing and better CSS support, which is why... (205 words)

Firefox 0.8

Firefox 0.8 02/10/2004 02:35 AM

Towards Firefox 1.0

Towards Firefox 1.0 02/12/2004 02:19 PM
Mozilla developer Ben Goodger has written an interesting post on the Mozillazine forums about plans for Firefox as it approches 1.0. Originally the roadmap contained more features for 1.0, but were trimmed so that they can focus on the following two critical things: Seamless Data Migration from other browsers. Automated...

What do you think about Firefox?

What do you think about Firefox? 09/27/2004 06:50 AM
CNET Sep 27 2004 10:08AM GMT

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