Mozilla

Firefox 19 lands with built-in PDF viewer

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 28, 2016

The Firefox browser by Mozilla, the non-profit organization, was once hailed as the biggest threat to Internet Explorer's dominance, but boy do times change fast.

In just a few short years following its release, Google's Chrome has become the most popular browser out there. And while Firefox certainly doesn't lack a punch, it does fall behind Google's baby in several aspects.

I've always loved Chrome's built-in Adobe Flash player (because it doesn't pollute the entire system with Adobe's buggy plug-in). Another Chrome feature I love: a nice PDF viewer, also built-in. Starting today, a new major release of Firefox for Mac, Windows and Linux is available for download and it comes with a built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer, just like Chrome...

Hands on with Firefox OS

Jeff Benjamin ∙ July 20, 2012

As you may have heard, Mozilla has released a test version of Firefox OS that anyone can test out on their local Mac or PC.

I decided to go ahead and take it for a test drive, and although I probably definitely didn't have everything properly configured and optimized, I came away with a decent impression of how the upcoming mobile OS is designed.

Check inside for our brief video hands-on with the Firefox OS test software...

First screenshots of Firefox OS arrive

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated August 24, 2016

Mozilla's Firefox OS may be driven by HTML5 but it sure looks a lot like an unusual cross between iOS and Android. It's already got strong support from carriers and now the first screenshots depicting the user interface and various system apps have surfaced.

The interface looks distinct enough to stand on its own, even though Mozilla clearly borrowed some of the best design practices from iOS and Android...

Mozilla’s mobile OS gains support from carriers, first phones in 2013

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 2, 2012

If Facebook building a phone was too much too handle, wait 'till you hear this. Mozilla, an open-source, non-profit organization behind the Firefox browser, announced this morning that its "Boot to Gecko" mobile initiative has gained support from several big telecoms, including Sprint, Deutsche Telekom, Smart, Telecom Italia and Telenor, to name a few. Mozilla also said that going forward, its mobile project is to be called Firefox OS. So, when are Firefox phones due and should Apple be worried?

Mozilla prototyping minimalistic iPad web browser

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Mozilla, a non-profit organization behind the Firefox browser, is prototyping a brand new web browser for Apple's iPad.

It's called Junior and aims to replace a "miserable Safari experience" with "something entirely new", an app which looks to "reinvent the browser for a new form factor"...