Posts Tagged ‘firefox’

If You Haven’t Taken To Chrome Yet, Try The New Beta

For years now, my browser of choice has been Firefox, an open source success story that now commands 25 percent of the browser market, according to data from Net Applications . The primary reason I use Firefox is that the extensions available for it are tremendously useful and keep annoyances to a minimum. From AdBlock Plus to iMacros , extensions help make the case for Firefox.

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If You Haven’t Taken To Chrome Yet, Try The New Beta

Open Source Browsers Continue to Grab Market Share

We’ve made the point many times that open source browsers are leading the way in terms of innovation, and that has had a big impact on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, which used to have over 80 percent share of the browser market. Now, new Net Applications data shows that Internet Explorer has less than 60 percent of the browser market. Meanwhile, Google’s Chrome browser–while it doesn’t yet command a huge part of the market–continues to see adoption grow at a swift rate.

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Open Source Browsers Continue to Grab Market Share

Mozilla Eyes Your Online Identity

Mozilla is stepping up its effort to take charge of your online identity, reports GigaOM . The company says it will add identity-management features to its browser, and hopes to build recommendation services into it as well

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A Bushel of Free FOSS Tutorials

You can’t knock a good FOSS tutorial. While documentation, including tutorials, is often a weakness with open source applications–even very established ones–the good news is that there are some outstanding free tutorials on the web

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A Bushel of Free FOSS Tutorials