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Crave Podcast 42: Is Firefox the best browser?

Crave How on Earth the prosecution and defence passed the breathalyser test and were allowed to put the open-source browser Firefox on trial, no-one knows -- the judge must have been off his head. This week's episode of the Crave Podcast is brought to...

20 July 2007, 12:43

Firefox 3: Top reasons to upgrade

Crave The world's second most popular browser has got a sparkly new refresh -- Firefox 3 is here and over 5 million of you have already downloaded it. Update: You can download Firefox 3 here. Read more about the best Firefox 3 plug-ins here, read our...

18 June 2008, 10:19

Crave Podcast 62: IE vs Firefox

Crave The pod squad had an awful lot to say on Microsoft's claim that Internet Explorer is safer than Mozilla Firefox. Apparently MS has had to release fewer bug fixes than Firefox in the same time frame, which according to MS logic, equates to a safer...

Tags: tech, firefox, mozilla firefox, safer

7 December 2007, 8:37

Firefox 2 Bon Echo: Hands-on

Crave While the Mozilla Foundation tweaks the hotly anticipated Firefox 2 Web browser, Crave has been getting its hands dirty by taking the second alpha release for a test drive. Like previous Firefox development code, this release has been named after a...

Tags: mozilla, session, places, firefox

18 July 2006, 10:29

What to expect from Fennec, Firefox's mobile browser

Crave Don't expect a complete replica of Firefox 3's Awesome Bar to show up on your mobile phone, but do expect something close enough to save you typing time. Mozilla's release of the Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, grants that wish to...

Tags: mobile phones, extensions, ons, add ons

20 October 2008, 10:12

Firefox 3: Reviewed

Crave After months of testing, Firefox 3 is available for download -- here. Following Firefox 3 comes early word of Firefox 3.1. As with any new browser, some plug-ins created for Firefox 2 may not work, but give them time.

Tags: add ons, star, ons, places

18 June 2008, 14:39

Firefox 3 download day: 5 million downloads in 24 hours?

Crave Here at Crave, most of us are already using Firefox 3, even though it launches today. In total, at the time of writing, over 1.5 million people have officially pledged to download the browser, but the Firefox team will be hoping many more will...

Tags: mozilla, firefox, million downloads, places

17 June 2008, 10:49

Firefox Mobile concept video: It's a tear-jerker

Crave One of the strongest contenders for mobile Internet dominance should be Mozilla, which develops the much-loved Firefox browser. Recently though, Aza Raskin, head of user experience for Mozilla Labs, uploaded a video (below) to Vimeo showing off a...

Tags: mozilla, firefox, concept, user experience

16 June 2008, 10:08

Internet Explorer 7 vs Firefox 2: battle of the browsers

Crave It's time to put Internet Explorer 7 up against Firefox 2 in a bloody fight to the death. Winner: Firefox 2 Advanced users will appreciate the wealth of links in IE7, but not when they're chosen by Microsoft.

Tags: microsoft, mozilla, favorites, tab

25 October 2006, 12:34

CNET.co.uk Firefox Search plugin: Get tech reviews faster

Crave Firefox user by any chance? If your answer to the above is yes, you owe it to yourself to install the CNET.co.uk Firefox plugin. This useful tool allows you to search for news, reviews, previews, photos, videos and editorial -- not to mention Crave...

Tags: install, firefox, plugin, intelligent

22 August 2007, 11:00

What's the best beta? IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3

Crave We do like the lower memory and CPU overheads though -- IE 8 was less resource-intensive than Firefox in our tests, so new computer users or those with less capable machines may be perfect candidates for IE 8.

17 March 2008, 10:47

Best plug-ins for Firefox 3

Crave Extensions, plug-ins, add-ons, whatever you want to call 'em, Firefox 3 has got 'em. For the rest of us, IE Tab eliminates all the other reasons by forcing Firefox to render a page using the Internet Explorer engine.

Tags: bookmarks, downloading, add ons, ons

18 June 2008, 11:30

Crave Podcast 42: Is Firefox the best browser?

Crave How on Earth the prosecution and defence passed the breathalyser test and were allowed to put the open-source browser Firefox on trial, no-one knows -- the judge must have been off his head. This week's episode of the Crave Podcast is brought to...

Tags: crave, fi, wi fi, podcast

20 July 2007, 11:43

Polar Rose: Photo tagging for the whole Web

Crave With Internet Explorer 7 now offering add-ons and Firefox's extensions expanding to bigger and better things, Internet browsers are becoming more powerful and influential by the day. Currently in beta, and available for Firefox only, Polar Rose...

Tags: person, beta, firefox, rose

9 August 2007, 10:22

Wikipedia to host videos and larger pics

Crave Vibber told me the new video support is being designed first to run in Firefox 3.1, because this open-source browser has native support for the open-source Ogg Theora codec. I'm sure that will make for a good experience in Firefox, but philosophy...

Tags: edit, source, open source, servers

20 November 2008, 9:52