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o the release date for Thunderbird 3.0b3 the last beta of Thunderbird 3.0 is approaching. This means that features are landing, and that we need to make sure that everything works correctly. To do so two things need to happen, first the new features needs to be tested on a broader scale than the development [...]

Late last week Mozilla released Firefox 3.1 beta 3. There’s been much excitement in the media around the new beta and enhancements to features and performance. Coverage has highlighted improvements to web worker thread support, Private Browsing Mode, performance stability and the Gecko layout engine.
Gregg Keizer notes the enhancements to private browsing mode. He says, [...]

On Tuesday, our mobile team released Fennec 1.0 Beta 1!
Scott Gilbertson at Wired writes, “The latest Fennec beta brings in two new features from its desktop cousin — The “awesome bar” search engine, which makes it easier to get to frequently visited sites with less typing; and also new is  TraceMonkey, the same, much-improved JavaScript [...]

Yesterday we announced Geode, an experimental add-on designed to explore geolocation in Firefox 3 right now, ahead of the planned implementation of geolocation in Firefox 3.1. Future versions of Firefox (and Fennec) will support the new W3C Geolocation Specification, which adds the native ability for Web sites to request, and you to optionally grant access [...]

Yesterday we announced the release of Firefox 3.1 Beta 1.  To date there has been more than 25 pieces of coverage, despite the buzz around the Apple Notebook announcement.  Coverage is neutral with a strong focus on enhancements under the hood, and portrays the release as a testing ground for developers and Web designers. Those [...]

Yesterday Mozilla launched Fashion Your Firefox, a simple Web application that customizes your Firefox browser based on your interests and online activities. The launch coincided with an event in New York City, which featured Mozilla and a handful of add-ons included in Fashion Your Firefox presenting their capabilities.
Fashion Your Firefox has been well received in [...]