So let me know what about your thought in Firefox 3.5 — code-named Shiretoko  changes and it’s advantage . Source

At present I am using Internet Explorer for my PDA. And I must say that I am not that satisfied. I like Opera Mini, but since my trial period is finished , I was not able to purchase one.

So it is good to know that Mozilla is now thinking for Mobile users.

They following points italized have discussed and my comments follows :

The design will consider two scenarios : touch screen enabled devices like most PDAs and smart phones and those were screen navigation is performed with a keyboard or similar, like most cell phones.

This is great since we must admit that not all phone user uses PDA, still the majority of the users are using the smart Phones. and in reality smart phone is more affordable.

The main window looks very clean with a thin title bar, a main toolbar that can be hidden by tapping on the title bar and features a refresh/stop button, a location/search bar and Firefox 3-style star/bookmarks button.

Above mentioned feature is nice. Even the interface is great.

A tap in the location/search bar calls the device on-screen keyboard to enter either a web address or search terms.The press the Go button to visit the web address, the search button to perform a search or cancel.

The star button displays the list of bookmarks on a single tap. Double tap to bookmark the current page.

Another good features since in Internet explorer one has to got to favorites in the below part of the navigation.

Zoom-In and Zoom-Out buttons do a full page zooming (images included) just like Firefox 3 will do. You can then pan a web page by tapping and dragging around.

This is cool since Internet explorer does not have this feature

Mozilla is also providing XUL prototypes, (I used the touch screen enabled one for the screenshots ), so you can try the proposed interface on a working prototype with a few limitations though.

Make sure to read the complete specifications.

This is a great move for Mozilla. I have been asking for this feature since last year. I like the screen capture shown above. the elegance it has. It is just good.

However will it be paid or free ?

With those changes in the mobile world. I believe you should be thinking now of making your blog a mobile ready site and enrolling to Admob for monetizing your site. The decision is your be left behind ? or be on track ?

Thanks to Migs

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Do you want to know some interesting facts about your browser ( protocol Links ) ? Well I think mozillaZine could help you with regards to this things. You can see their post here,

And for ease of reading I have copied their post below :

There are a few special URLs, which begin with about:, that you can type into the Location Bar.

• about: — The same page as “Help -> About”.
• about:about — Lists all these about: URLs (Mozilla Suite only).
• about:blank — A blank page. Useful for setting as your homepage.
• about:bloat — Displays BloatView output (disabled in release builds).
  • about:bloat?new
  • about:bloat?clear
• about:buildconfig — Reveals details about your Mozilla build options.
• about:cache — Displays cache statistics and disk cache directory location.
  • about:cache?device=memory — Lists memory cache entries.
  • about:cache?device=disk — Lists disk cache entries.
• about:cache-entry — Shows information about a cache entry. Used in about:cache links. Requires parameters.
• about:config — GUI for modifying user preferences (prefs.js).
• about:credits — The list of contributors to the Mozilla projects.
• about:logo — Displays the Mozilla logo (Mozilla Suite only).
• about:kitchensink — Was never included in Mozilla for the reasons listed in Bug 122411 (“Mozilla does not have a kitchen sink”). You can install an extension that adds it though
• about:license — shows the Mozilla Public License and the Netscape Public License for the piece of software. ( Only in products based on Gecko 1.8 )
• about:mozilla — The famous Book of Mozilla.
• about:plugins — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information.

Today I am using “about:blank” as my default page. It is cool to see, only white screen when I open my browser.

After 15 days of Firefox Update 2.0.0.8, today Firefox has made the  update 2.0.0.9 this is in response problems that were found during the last update. 

This is why I like Firefox rather than Iexplore.I feel more secure.

You can see more details of their updates here

I am referring to the use of Ctrl D ( Making a bookmark ). By Pressing Ctrl D it will bookmark the websites you like. Just follow the following steps:

1. Go to your favorite Site
2. Press Ctrl D
3. Then Press Bookmark at Menu bar and look for the Website you have bookmark.
4. Right click then select ” properties “
5. then at the keyword put 2 or 3 letter word that you easily remember then presto.
6. When ever you want to visit the site just enter the 3 letter word that you have input and you can immediately go to the site.

Nice tip huh.. Thanks to Amit .

• Release Date: July 30, 2007
• Security Update: The following security issues have been fixed.
• Earlier Changes: For information about previous changes, please see the Firefox 2.0.0.5 Release Notes
• Firefox 2 Features: For an overview, please see Firefox 2 Features

I love Firefox compare to Iexplore. For me Firepox is more secured. The only problem I have with Firefox if for Bank website since mnost of the bank has been encrypted to use Iexpore.

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These Release Notes cover what’s new, download and installation instructions, known issues and frequently asked questions for Firefox 2. Please read these notes and the bug filing instructions before reporting any bugs to Bugzilla.

Give us your feedback through this feedback form.

What’s New in Firefox 2.0.0.5

• Release Date: July 17, 2007

• Security Update: The following security issues have been fixed.

• Earlier Changes: For information about previous changes, please see the Firefox 2.0.0.4 Release Notes

• Firefox 2 Features: For an overview, please see Firefox 2 Features.

Good work for the Firepox Team.

The Smart Digg Button extension for Firefox places a button in your status bar. It uses the newly released Digg API to determine if the web page you are currently viewing has been submitted to Digg.

If the page you are viewing has been submitted to Digg, it displays the current number of Diggs the page has. Pressing the button takes you to the submission.

If the page you are viewing has not been submitted, pressing it takes you to Digg’s submission form where you can submit the page to Digg.

Compatibility: Firefox version 1.5 – 2.0.0.*

Install Extension Here

Note: When installing, be sure to click “Edit Options…” if it pops up to allow neothoughts.com to install add-ons for Firefox.

If you are a fan of Digg I think this will be of great help to you.

Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t…

Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed aggregator extension for Mozilla Firefox. It’s got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don’t.
* Reads RSS (2.0, 1.0, 0.9x) and Atom feeds
* Feed Discovery
* Integrates with Firefox’s bookmark storage and Live Bookmarks
* Imports and exports OPML feed lists
* Newspaper feed rendering customizable via style sheets
* Technorati and RSS search engine integration
* Support for the following locales: Argentine Spanish, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish

Works with:

Firefox: 1.0 – 2.0.0.* ( It also works with Firefox 2.0.0.3 )

Based on my usage it is almost same as netvibes but the best thing here is you will not be required to put any password in order to view the feeds. The feeds will then be exported temporarily at your hard disk c: . But ofcourse before using this extension you should be able to download the Firefox Toolbar.

Download Extension hereusu