Take a good hard look at the picture above, and when you’re done rubbing your eyes; you’ll have to believe that you’re actually seeing Mozilla’s Firefox running on a Palm Pre. that is the work of Dave Townsend, a developer for Mozilla that works on Firefox (amongst other projects). The Firefox version in question here was ported from the Linux version, though there aren’t any detailed directions on how you can do that yourself, which is more or less understandable, since it’s currently still a hobby project, and you can be certain that there are bugs to be ironed out. That being said, there is some rather detailed data on the port on his website. Are webOS users out there praying hard that that becomes an official project in the future?

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While graphics cards aren’t the first thing you think about for computers that don’t focus on gaming or media playback, it might become more relevant to the casual Net surfer in the future. Mozilla is currently busy working on coming up with a new Direct2D feature for Firefox, which would offer the popular browser hardware acceleration. In plain English, it could mean that your web browser could use some of the graphics crunch of your graphics card to load media a little quicker. While it certainly won’t turn a sluggish Web connection into a speedy one, it could help a little bit, and that’d be great whether you already have a nice graphics card, right? The downside is that Direct2D is currently slated for an alpha build, so it probably won’t compose it into the release schedule of Gecko 1.9.3, meaning we won’t see it in seem anytime soon.

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This is probably a bit of poor news to folks who run Windows Mobile out there. It seems that Mozilla is officially killing the development of its Windows Mobile version of Firefox, which actually shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, considering the fact the Windows Phone 7 Series is a whole new ball game. That being said, the poor news continues, as Mozilla doesn’t plan to come up with a Windows Phone 7 Series offering until Microsoft opens its platform up to native apps, which means that whether Microsoft doesn’t come up with a Native Development Kit, there will be no Firefox for Windows Phone 7 Series. Of course, there are alternatives for Firefox on Windows Mobile, most notably, Opera Mini, which should be a lot less troublesome to get running on Windows Mobile than it is on the iPhone.

Official blog post.

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Considering the open source nature of Firefox, it’s always fairly easy to guess and check out the new features that Mozilla is working on. Now it seems that Mozilla is planning a rather useful account manager, which should be particularly helpful to users who are logged into many sites at once. Initially, the support should include sites such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo!, not to mention 3 other Mozilla sites (Addons, Personas, and Bugzilla). With that in place, you’ll notice a key icon on your Firefox toolbar, and when you go on it, you’ll be able to check out the variety of sites that you’re currently logged into, and disconnect from any of them. Looks like you won’t have much of an excuse to post something weird on your partner’s Facebook detail anymore.

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Mozilla has officially launched the first beta of Thunderbird 3 today, codenamed Lanikai. It’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux, so compatibility shouldn’t be much of an issue. The goal of that release is to smooth out the problems created by upgrading the Gecko engine that powers the program, and that is the first semi-stable release of Mozilla’s mail client to use Gecko 1.9.2. The final version of Thunderbird 3.1 is expected to be available sometime in June, though the moment hasn’t been set in stone yet, so there is still a possibility the release term to be changed.

Lanikai Beta 1 download page.

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Firefox Mobile for the Android operating system could very well be the next big thing in terms of mobile software, but it might take some day for the final release to roll out considering a very different cipher base, as Android is built on Java while Firefox Mobile is developed in the C and C++ languages. Since the Open Handset Alliance offers support for native C and C++ cipher in the NDK, Mozilla is able to take the next step and roll out a committed version of Firefox Mobile for Android. When the date comes though, do you think Android-powered phone owners will move on to Firefox Mobile instead of sticking to the default Google-powered browser?

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We’ve been pining for it for so faraway, and after the faraway wait, Mozilla has officially announced that Firefox is now available for Nokia’s Maemo platform. that means that all you Nokia N900 owners out there can have Firefox on your N900. whether you’re wondering what makes Firefox for mobile different from the usual third-party browser that you cram on your cell phone, check out some of the features, such as:

• Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
• Weave Sync – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords amidst your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
• Add-ons – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help manufacture the mobile Web browser your own
• Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and data relevant to your location
• Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and choose the Web page you’d like to go to next
• Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit shield settings
• Available in more than 30 languages and counting

The Add-ons support in specific might be a game changer. After all, it certainly is a big contributing factor to Firefox’s popularity today.

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It seems that Fennec, Mozilla’s mobile version of its very popular Firefox browser, is just a few days away from release. The browser will initially be enabled for the Nokia N900, and since it kind of functions and looks similar to Safari Mobile, you can be pretty certain that it won’t be appearing on the Apple’s AppStore anytime soon. Some of the more interesting features include the fact that it will be support add-ons, though it isn’t entirely clear whether we’ll be able to use the desktop add-ons for Fennec. Those of you who own a N900, are you planning to install Fennec the moment it’s released?

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Mozilla hopes that Fennec, the mobile version of their web browser Firefox, will be popular suitable to render mobile applications that you purchase off the iTunes App Store unnecessary. First to see action on the Nokia N900, Fennec boasts of having the fastest Javascript engine of any mobile device. One of its main advantages would be making it easier to develop a mobile application, particularly when it comes to cross-platform support. Sounds like they have high hopes for Fennec, and so do we.

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Many folks out there are getting used to Microsoft’s Bing search engine as an alternative to Google’s search offering, but it seems that now Bing might have some unexpected support. In light of recent remarks from Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, regarding privacy issues, Mozilla director of community development, Asa Dotzler, has reminded folks that they can easily install Microsoft’s Bing search engine as the default search engine in Firefox, in case they decide that a change of scenery is essential. So whether you’re the type who worries about privacy and how much data search companies keep about you, Microsoft’s Bing might be a viable alternative to Google, though you’ll certainly want to check out its privacy policy too.

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