Apple's Safari takes second, with 35 per cent, IE in third with 15 per cent, says vulnerability tally
Firefox accounted for almost half of all browser vulnerabilities in the first six months of 2009, a Web security company claimed today.
Wasn't open source supposed to be the next big thing? Firefox was, but the open source fizzled.
On its fifth birthday, Firefox must be considered both an incredible success and somewhat of a failure. The open source Web browser is a great product and quite an achievement, but has not tremendously advanced the cause of "free" software.
Most add-ons don't yet work with preview, Mozilla warns
Mozilla late on Friday released the first beta of Firefox 3.6, a minor upgrade slated to wrap up later this year.
The application is designed to sort out personal messages that might be lost or forgotten
Mozilla has launched a software project designed to let people better manage the ever more voluminous stream of messages coming from sources such as Twitter and Facebook into their e-mail.
Second component to be unblocked within 48 hours, Mozilla's top engineer says
Mozilla has unblocked one of the two Microsoft-made add-ons that put Firefox users at risk from attack and will probably unblock the second in the next 48 hours, the company's head of engineering said today.
Microsoft silently installed the .Net plugin earlier this year
Mozilla developers have blocked a Firefox plugin that was quietly pushed out by Microsoft, saying that it presents a security risk.
Safari for Windows shouldn't get first place on Microsoft's proposed ballot, Firefox maker argues
Mozilla again slammed the browser "ballot screen" proposal that Microsoft's made to European antitrust regulators, saying that the voting will be skewed Apple's way because its Safari browser will be the first choice on the list.
Plans to open new plug-in checker to users running other browsers
Mozilla plans to let people running rivals' browsers use Firefox's new plug-in update service, company officials said today.
The Web site checks 17 plugins, but these checks will be built in to the Firefox 3.6 browser too
Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date.
Makes good on promise to detect vulnerable plug-ins from Adobe, Apple, Microsoft
As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox.
Delivers browser preview with 'Content Security Policy' spec, hopes rivals follow its lead
Mozilla has released a test build of Firefox that adds new technology designed to stymie most Web-based attacks, the browser maker said Sunday.
Chrome breaks 3% barrier, Firefox nears record, Safari stalls
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) again lost a big chunk of market share last month as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome continued to chip away at the world's dominant browser, a Web metrics company said today.
Will hide menus by default in refresh of dated look-and-feel on Windows
Mozilla plans to "ribbonize" Firefox for Windows Vista and Windows 7 to reduce clutter and free up space for the browser display, according to company planning documents.
Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010
Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010, including information on when to expect the next major iteration of Firefox.
Mozilla kicks off scheme Tuesday; Firefox 3.6 will check for old Apple, Microsoft plug-ins, too
Mozilla's next update for Firefox, slated to ship Tuesday, will check for outdated versions of Flash Player, a frequent target of hackers, the company said on Friday.