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Does the tech world need another web browser? Tim Howes and Eric Vishria think that it does, and that is one of the reasons why two years ago, in November 2008, they started Mountain View, Calif.-based RockMelt.
It raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Marc Andreessen (you know, that guy who invented Netscape) and hired away some of the best design and browser talent. Their socially aware browser will finally see the light of day today and will be made available as a beta version.
So, if you are going to create a new browser from scratch and go up against the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome, you might as well make it really different.
“Today’s Web users need a browser that does more than just navigate pages. RockMelt helps people do the things they do every single day – keep up with their friends, share, get updates, and search,” said Eric Vishria, RockMelt’s co-founder and CEO.
He continued: “We are very excited to begin offering early access to the RockMelt beta as we begin the race to our first million users.”
The company has re-imagined the browser for modern Web users, building in the Web’s most popular services. RockMelt enables you to interact and share with friends on Facebook, Twitter and other sites instantly from anywhere on the Web.
Rockmelt’s blog gives quite a few more details about the new browser. In particular, it turns out that it’s not so new, at least under the hood. In fact, it’s based on the same Chromium project that is the basis for Google’s Chrome browser, making it fast, secure, and reliable.
RockMelt has re-imagined the browser experience around how people use the Web today. Logging into RockMelt, through Facebook Platform, unlocks your personal Web experience, where you’ll find Facebook, Twitter, and other popular social and Web services directly integrated into the browser.
And there is a big “Share” button up top, which lets you share any webpage, along with images and a preview, on Facebook. You could call it a Facebook browser, but it really is more than that.
Your friends, feeds, and favorite services are always available, wherever you are online. And because RockMelt is the first browser backed by a cloud service, the experience can go wherever you go.
“RockMelt is onto something huge. They’ve rethought the browser around the massive shifts in user behavior that will drive the Web over the next decade,” said Marc Andreessen, general partner, Andreessen Horowitz.
He continued: “RockMelt is the freshest, most innovative take on browsing since browsers were created. Eric and Tim have built a stellar team that will continue delivering breakthrough innovations.”
http://www.theblogismine.com/2010/11/08/are-you-tired-of-firefox-ie-or-chrome-meet-rockmelt/Does the tech world need another web browser? Tim Howes and Eric Vishria think that it... more
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Mozilla has at long last released the first Beta version of Firefox for Android. So what are you waiting for? Go grab it.Mozilla has at long last released the first Beta version of Firefox for Android. So... more
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Dell has launched the web browser Mozilla Firefox versions of virtualization. The browser is designed to keep PC users stay safe while browsing on the internet. Kace Dell Secure Browser, a browser, has been developed jointly by Kace, company management application system. The browser is able to isolate suspicious files while browsing the web and keep it there in the browser, not out into the OS. This can prevent many attacks before they went into action. Browser based on Firefox version 6.3 comes with plug ins such as Adobe Reader and Flash. It also has the ability to create a list of ‘black’ and ‘white’ from the processes that may be running when users surf the Internet and also create a safe list of sites visited. Kace Dell Secure Browser, which can be downloaded here, also has a reset button feature that will restore the browser to the original condition if discovered malware. The user can use this browser is the owner of the Windows XP operating system, Vista, and Windows 7. The planning is the browser will be presented at end of this year.Dell has launched the web browser Mozilla Firefox versions of virtualization. The... more
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After the new rupee symbol India got another stuff to cheer, an Indian software company launched first Indian made open source web browser called Epic browser.After the new rupee symbol India got another stuff to cheer, an Indian software... more
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While it’s not the mobile version itself, Firefox has appeared on the Nexus One offering a glimpse of what it will look like on an Android phone.While it’s not the mobile version itself, Firefox has appeared on the Nexus One... more
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I heard Sarah Lane is bragging about Chrome. I know I am a slow tech mover (slow to adapt new techs). Btw, read the article about how the browser war proceeds....
http://mashable.com/2009/09/21/web-browser-faceoff/I heard Sarah Lane is bragging about Chrome. I know I am a slow tech mover (slow to... more
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Mozilla is very close to releasing their first version of their popular internet browser, Firefox, for mobile phones.Mozilla is very close to releasing their first version of their popular internet... more
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If you are into online and digital learning, and you want to make full use of Google Chrome, it can help
to be aware of some of the interesting capabilities of Chrome, and how to tap into them.If you are into online and digital learning, and you want to make full use of Google... more
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Look for Firefox 4.0 late next year, likely around October, according to a draft roadmap Mozilla updated on its wiki.
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According to the wiki, this is what users should expect:
Process separation for chrome and content, new extensibility mechanism through APIs, revised UI on all platforms
* platform enhancements
- content and chrome in separate process
- binary component versioning
- new extensibility platform (JetPack)
* end user feature enhancements
- browser sync (Weave)
- new UI on all platforms
* speed and responsiveness improvements
o tracemonkey engine improvements
That all means, like Chrome, Firefox 4.0 will have each tab functioning separately, so a browser crash won't necessarily mean you'll lose all your tabs.
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What 4.0 improvement will you be looking forward to the most?
Personally I am eagerly awaiting the page loading progress bar and the separate functioning tabs.Look for Firefox 4.0 late next year, likely around October, according to a draft... more
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One thing that often perturbs me is the slowness of this browser to load pages.For several weeks i was in search for ways to speed-up Firefox.One thing that often perturbs me is the slowness of this browser to load pages.For... more
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The current release schedule is just in draft status, which means we have to take it with a grain of salt. But the guys over at Mozilla are surely busy getting two new versions of Firefox out by mid 2010 and apparently a completely new browser by the end of 2010.The current release schedule is just in draft status, which means we have to take it... more
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All signs point to Mozilla’s Firefox hitting 1 billion downloads tomorrow which should further the notion that Internet Explorer is out of style.All signs point to Mozilla’s Firefox hitting 1 billion downloads tomorrow which... more
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Ever wondered the origin of the Firefox logo?
Well, a picture in designer Daniel Burka's childhood Bible could be where the famous Firefox logo came from.Ever wondered the origin of the Firefox logo?
Well, a picture in designer Daniel... more
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Internet Explorer is apparently not the only browser this week that's the subject of preventative measures, as Mozilla revealed this morning that the real reason for issuing Firefox 3.0.5 was to prevent a possible wave of page hijacks.
While version 3.0.5 of Mozilla's Firefox browser was, for the most part, perceived as a bug fix, security bulletins released this morning by the organization warn that the update addresses new vulnerabilities that are awaiting official classification. Two of those cases involve violations of the company's same-origin policy, in which any script being run by a site or attachment sent by a site must derive from the same DNS address as the source page that refers to it.
It's this policy that's designed to prevent hijacking of a site by a malicious impostor. This morning, Mozilla is crediting one of its most prolific bug finders through the years -- who only identifies himself/herself as moz_bug_r_a4 -- for locating the flaws.
One of these cases involves XBL binding -- a newer and more modular way for developers to associate an element on an HTML page with functionality, templates, and stylesheet instructions, based on a standard from W3C. Some of that functionality may include JavaScript; and as moz_bug_r_a4 apparently discovered, if the XBL element is bound to a page that has not yet loaded, conceivably that JavaScript could come from anywhere. In other words, the same-origin policy only appears to apply when there is a page that sets the origin; without it, the script could hail from a malicious site.
The other moz_bug_r_a4 discovery reported this morning is an apparently clever way to inject Web page addresses into the automatic session restoration feature of the browser. If a malicious user can trigger the browser to crash, session restore could pull up an unwanted page among all the others, as it tries to restore the user's previous browsing session.
The third critical vulnerability reported this morning appears to be an umbrella case for several JavaScript integrity problems, in which browser crashes could lead to the execution of leftover code in memory, without privilege. No further details are known about these problems at this time.
This week's slate of bug fixes also triggered one more release of the venerable Firefox 2 series browser -- this time, version 2.0.0.19. The organization had made indications earlier that version 2.0.0.18 -- which removed a phishing filter feature that ended up being incompatible with Google's current list standards -- would be the last in that series.Internet Explorer is apparently not the only browser this week that's the subject... more
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