Mozilla FireFox Update

Gregg Keizer recounts the latest improvements to the Mozilla Firefox web browser, including features which squelch audio autoplay and which recommend Firefox plugins, as well as improvements in security.

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Mozilla Has Released an Internet Health Report

Mozilla has released an "Internet Health Report " which evaluates:

• Openness
• Access
• Control
• Security
• Web Literacy

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FireFox and Video

Gregg Keizer reports that FireFox version 47 adds the ability to run ownership-restricted video content without using Flash or Silverlight plugins.

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FireFox Market Share Declining

Gregg Keizer says that FireFox has dropped to a 10% share of the browser market . Many of the comments raged over whether the decline was influenced by Brandon Eich's resignation or the frequent updates and modifications of the browser. The browser is available for download at http://www.mozilla.org.

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Mozilla Explores New Products

Serdar Yegulalp from InfoWorld reports on new Mozilla projects . Some of these are software tools for improving Mozilla's FireFox Web browser, and others are useful tools for exploring the Web.

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Browser Application Development

ComputerWorld columnist Gregg Keiser writes that Mozilla suspends work on 64-bit Firefox for Windows. Keiser indicates the Mozilla team did not want to release a browser that would be incompatable with the installed base of addons. He notes that the browser shipped with Windows 8 retains a 32-bit coding for its tabs for the same reason.

My own take is this: that developing new 64-bit browser addons will be potential job market in the future.

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