Mountain View, CA (openPR) 18 June 2004

The Mozilla Foundation today announced the immediate availability of Mozilla 1.7, Internet application suite that includes a Web browser, e-mail and newsgroup client, HTML editor, and Internet chat client.

Mozilla 1.7 provides an integrated web experience safer and faster, giving users more control over the Web through key features such as tabbed browsing (which allows users to web pages in one window), a built-in pop-up blocker, and junk mail controls. Mozilla 1.7 is targeted search at enterprise customers to deploy a stable, safe and proven technology and the tens of millions from existing users who are using earlier versions of the Mozilla Suite Internet.

“The release of Mozilla 1.7 to our continued support for businesses and existing implementations of our software displays,” said Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation. “Mozilla 1.7 also sets in motion a series of product releases, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which we have planned for this year, pushing the industry forward.”

Highlights of the new features in Mozilla 1.7 are:

8-10% faster than Mozilla 1.6 in the application responsiveness, web browsing and e-mail ad.
Better popup blocker that stops even more pop-ups.
Improvements to the mail and news, including vCard support and Palm synchronization.
New intuitive dialogs for managing bookmarks and cookies alert.

Mozilla 1.7 also includes numerous bug fixes and incremental improvements that 1.7 is the most stable version of Mozilla do to date.

technologies in Mozilla 1.7 will also power the next generation of the Mozilla Foundation software products, the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Thunderbird, the Mozilla project, the new e-mail application. Technology Previews of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird were released earlier this week with 1.0 releases, due later this year. Millions of users are already in Firefox and Thunderbird, which converted to a wave of industry, media and consumer praise for their innovation and quality.

GETTING Mozilla 1.7

Mozilla 1.7 is available for free under

be downloaded

www.mozilla.org. Users can also create a CD series with the Mozilla 1.7 Guidebook from the Mozilla Foundation’s web site. The new Mozilla 1.7 Guide makes it easy to learn how to use all the powerful features of Mozilla.

Mozilla applications run on a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and are translated into dozens of languages. The source code and documentation for all Mozilla applications is freely available under the open source Mozilla Public License.

supporting Mozilla

individuals and companies around the world

support the Mozilla Foundation through voluntary contributions of time, money and resources. To find out how you or your company can participate and help Mozilla Take Back the Web, send email to donations@mozilla.org.

ABOUT The Mozilla Foundation

Founded in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online Netscape division, the Mozilla Foundation, organizational, legal and financial support exists for the Mozilla open source software to provide project.

The Foundation is based in Mountain View, California and is the heir to the great legacy and tradition of the first Internet-distributed

browser Netscape.

Mozilla and the Mozilla logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation.

PRESS

Bart Decrem, (650) 387-0625
Catherine Corre, (650) 814-1356
E-mail: press@mozilla.org

The latest Mozilla news and commentary, support and discussion, please visit MozillaZine, http://www.mozillazine.org to find the largest independent Mozilla news and support site.

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