Make web browsing a whole new experience with Firefox!

Firefox is the new name in the world of web browsing! And, undoubtedly, it has set technology on fire! Mozilla Firefox, the graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation, has become the major product of the Mozilla project. The website, www.firefox.com, allows the user to download the most recent versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform browser, which offers support for different versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The source code is freely available under the terms of the Mozilla tri-license as free and open source software. The Firefox project has had many different versions. The Mozilla Foundation released its first major updated Firefox version 1.5 on November 2005 and Firefox 2 in 2006. The new and advanced features of Mozilla Firefox mainly include tabbed browsing, incremental find, Live bookmarking, an integrated download manager, and a search system. The user is able to customize Firefox with the support of downloadable extensions, themes, and advanced preferences. Firefox provides an ideal platform for web developers to conveniently use built-in tools or extensions which include the JavaScript Console and the DOM Inspector.

Mozilla Firefox supports several software standards which include HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, ECMAScript (JavaScript), DOM, MathML, DTD, XSLT, XPath, SVG, and PNG images with alpha transparency. Improved security is mainly regarded as the reason to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird has numerous advanced features; management of multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts, supports multiple identities within accounts, quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, and labels which helps to manage and find messages. Thunderbird has an in-built Bayesian spam filter which helps keep junk mail out of your inbox and operates on different kinds of platforms such as Microsoft Windows, 98, 98SE, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, Mac OS X, Unix-based operating systems.

Thunderbird provides protection against the commonly popular email scam, known as "phishing". As for security features, it offers S/MIME, digital signing, message encryption, support for certificates and other security devices. The Software Update feature enables the latest security and feature updates. You can even customize Thunderbird by installing extensions to add new features, or change the look of your browser with themes.

Besides the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird, mozilla.com also features a broad range of add-ons which help to enhance the quality of browsing experience. If you want any solutions for problems related with Mozilla products and projects, do seek user support in community run message boards, newsgroups, guidebooks and chat rooms and Third Party support. Visit the Mozilla Developer Center to learn all you need about Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird - Technologies, Application & Component Framework and Mozilla internals. And do visit the Mozilla Developer Centre Blogs for Mozilla News and MDC Webwatch!

Nayanathara. S

Hi-Tech Editorial Division