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Make Firefox Use Native Linux Notifications in Unity, XFCE And GNOME Shell

Want to make Firefox use Ubuntu system notifications instead of its own pop-up bubbles? This free Firefox add-on offers exactly that.

3 February 2014
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Thunderbird 15 Beta 1 Adds New Look, Ubuntu One Support

Thunderbird 15 Beta 1 left the hatchery last week, bringing with it the first iteration of Mozilla's new theme (codenamed 'australis') and Ubuntu One support for file attachement.

23 July 2012

Firefox OS Powered Smartphones Launching Early Next Year

Mobile phones using Firefox OS will be available to buy early next year, Mozilla have today announced. Network carriers supporting the first batch of mobile phones in 2013 will include Sprint, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Telenor.

2 July 2012
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[How To] Try Firefox’s New Speed Dial Page in Ubuntu

It's been a long time coming but Mozilla are prepping the release of 'new tab speed-dial' to ship in Firefox 13. The feature has been in nightly builds of the browser for a few weeks but has just been pushed to the 'Aurora channel' builds so that wider feedback can be sought.

12 February 2012
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Firefox 11 Alpha to Land December 20th; Will Bring Speed-Dial, Chrome Migration

The first alpha release of Firefox 11 has been set for December 20th. Arriving just in time for xmas, the alpha release could see the debut of a number of goodies scheduled to ship in […]

15 November 2011
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Firefox 8 Officially Released

Firefox 8 might have been 'out in the wild' for a few days, but today marks its official release. Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 will automatically upgrade to Firefox 8 at some point in the coming days - no PPAs or downloads necessary.

8 November 2011
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Firefox 7 Released

The latest stable release of Firefox 7 has been pushed out to the masses.

27 September 2011
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Mozilla Introduces WebAPI

Mozilla have today announced WebAPI - a new project tasked with standardising access to mobile specific features.

23 August 2011
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Firefox 5 released; faster release cycle and fewer features

It was only a few weeks ago that Firefox 4 was finally released after a development cycle lasting over a year. While Firefox 4 added features and speed, Mozilla believe more should be done to keep up with Google's increasingly popular browser, Chrome.

22 June 2011
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Thunderbird 5 hits beta, gets PPA

The first beta release of Thunderbird 5, the next version of Mozilla's desktop e-mail application, has been made available for testing.

7 June 2011
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Prototype of browser-based Shell ‘Webian’ available for download

Webian Shell is a full screen web browser aimed at devices that don't need a traditional desktop. Webian is, much like Google's Chrome OS, designed around the concept that much of the traditional user desktop has been made redundant thanks to the capabilities of new web-based technologies.

31 May 2011
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Thunderbird Unity extension for Natty ready for testing

Thunderbird fans: Do remember we shared news of Mike Conley’s neat Unity Launcher + Thunderbird integration a few days back?

14 March 2011