Firefox 1.5 Adoption Rising as Browser Garners Acclaim
CNET, PC Magazine, PC Pro and PC Professionell award Mozilla's
Firefox top honors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - January 24, 2006 - Firefox 1.5 is off to a
blazing start. Since its release on November 29, 2005, over twenty
million
people have chosen the better
Web experience Firefox 1.5 delivers, featuring enhanced speed,
security and simplicity. Demand has been strong, with hundreds
of thousands of
people downloading the new
version of Firefox each and every day since its release. Firefox
is quickly spreading worldwide, with over 35 local language
versions available as free downloads from
www.getfirefox.com.
CNET has awarded Firefox 1.5 its Editors Choice award, which
recognizes outstanding computing and electronics products that CNET
editors have determined represent the highest quality, design, and
service to users. Firefox has received two awards from PC Magazine:
the Technical Excellence Award and the Best of 2005 Award. Firefox
also garnered recognition from UK-based PC Pro and received the
publications Real World Computing Award, and was chosen as the
Editors Choice from German-based PC Professionell.
Not just a pretty interface
Laptop Battery Firefox 1.5 users enjoy a sleek user interface, automated update
system, enhanced tabbed-browsing and privacy options, as well as
access to more than 900 extensions that enable users to customize
the browser to fit their needs.
Why is that my KML files are not downloading properly from the web server Web servers must be told what type of file they are providing. There are browsers such as the Firefox browser, which makes guesses on the type of file. The internet explorer and other browsers completely depend on MIME type settings of web server. If you are managing your web server then you must modify your own configuration. Or else you will have to contact the concerned website hosting service to make those changes.
Thinkpad We are extremely pleased to see strong worldwide demand for
Firefox 1.5, said Christopher Beard, vice president of products, at
Mozilla Corp. The recognition Firefox has received from such highly
respected outlets as CNET, PC Magazine, PC Pro, and PC
Professionell is a huge compliment to our worldwide
community of open source
contributors and consumer advocates who make Firefox
possible.
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Microsoft To accelerate the adoption of Firefox, Mozilla has recently
unveiled the second phase of Firefox Flicks, its community-driven
marketing campaign for the browser. The Firefox Flicks Ad Contest
encourages professionals, students, and aspiring creatives in film
and TV production, Web design, advertising and animation to submit
high-quality 30-second ads about the browser. This contest builds
on the first phase of the campaign, which encouraged Firefox users
worldwide to submit video testimonials about their experience with
Firefox. The Firefox Flicks campaign continues the innovative
approach to grassroots marketing that began with the user-driven
two page New York Times ad in Nov. 2004 for the launch of Firefox
1.0. Information about Firefox Flicks is available online at
www.firefoxflicks.com.
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www.getfirefox.com.
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is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, and
continues to further the mission of the Mozilla project to preserve
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