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MOZILLA FOUNDATION RELEASES THUNDERBIRD 0.7 Latest release of open source email app helps users reclaim their Inbox

Posted by admin on November 13th, 2010

Mountain View, CA (openPR) 16 June 2004

The Mozilla Foundation today announced the release of its next generation of e-mail client, Mozilla Thunderbird version 0.7. Thunderbird makes e-mail safer, faster and easier than ever with the industry’s best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in spell checker, extension support, and much more.

“This version, with our small download size and performance improvements, a huge step forward in our efforts to make Thunderbird easy to get and even easier to use,” said Scott MacGregor, lead engineer for Mozilla Thunderbird ” Together with our adaptive junk mail controls and powerful tools like quick search, allowing users to your Thunderbird Inbox. “

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new in Thunderbird 0.7 include:


Smaller Download: The Windows version of Thunderbird is now only a 5.9 MB download, so downloading Firefox a breeze for dial-up and broadband users alike.
Faster: Significant performance improvements on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Extension / Theme Manager: New Extension and Theme Managers provide a convenient and secure way to manage and update the many add-ons, Thunderbird apart from other e-mail clients.
Improved support for IMAP protocol extensions makes Thunderbird the perfect solution for enterprise users, who are already using Thunderbird on up to 50,000 users.

Thunderbird also includes numerous bug fixes and incremental improvements that make 0.7, the use and stable version of Thunderbird to date.

The release of Thunderbird 0.7 follows yesterday’s release of Firefox 0.9, the Mozilla Foundation, the next generation web browser.

GETTING THUNDERBIRD

Thunderbird 0.7 can be downloaded free from www.mozilla.org. Users can also affordable CD edition of the Mozilla project on the site. Mozilla applications run on a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and are translated into dozens of languages. All source code and documentation is freely available under the open source Mozilla Public License.

supporting Mozilla

individuals and companies from 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 support Mozilla, please send mail to donations@mozilla.org.

ABOUT The Mozilla Foundation

in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online Netscape division set up 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 Internet’s first widely used browser, Netscape.

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

Press contact:

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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Firefox Preview Release and Thunderbird 0.8 Released – Mozilla Foundation Adds New Features to Firefox and Thunderbird as New Apps Near 1.0 Launch

Posted by admin on November 10th, 2010

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (openPR) 14 September 2004

The Mozilla Foundation today released a preview release of its new Mozilla Firefox web browser and version 0.8 of Mozilla Thunderbird email client. Mozilla Firefox Preview Release is an innovative, reliable and lightning-fast Web browser that is drawing criticism. Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 is the Mozilla Foundation’s next generation e-mail client. These releases bring Firefox and Thunderbird one step closer to its much-anticipated 1.0 release, scheduled for later this fall.

Together with the new releases, the Mozilla Foundation announced today the launch of Spreadfirefox.com site that will be the hub for the Firefox marketing effort, starting with a push to reach one million downloads of the Firefox Preview Release over the next 10 days. The Foundation also announced the first awards in its new Security Bug Bounty Program, which has already resulted in a number of security enhancements in Mozilla software.

“We are pleased to announce these milestones for Firefox and Thunderbird known,” said Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation. “These new versions together with the introduction of the Spreadfirefox.com site and the success of our Security Bug Bounty Program, the power of open source to demonstrate the creative energies of volunteers from around the world to harness.”

New features in the Firefox preview release includes:

Improved pop-up blocker: new pop-up blocker blocks even more pop-ups while at the same time easy to view pop-ups when needed.
Security improvements: The new version offers additional protection to users against spoofing attacks, the practice of tricking users into believing they are on a trusted site when they are not. When a user visits a secure site, Firefox now highlights the website address and clearly shows the name of the site. Firefox also includes a number of other security improvements and bug fixes, several of them as part of the new Security Bug Bounty Program of the Mozilla Foundation have been identified.
Live Bookmarks help the users to explore to find a new dimension by the favorites that dynamically display content such as news headlines to create updated. Live Bookmarks allow users to create RSS feeds, a technology that web content providers to easily and spread to use headlines and summaries. RSS feeds are available from thousands of websites, including Yahoo News, BBC.co.uk, CNET News.com and most weblogs.
Plugin Finder Service: Firefox now a plugin finder service, making it a breeze to install plugins, starting with the Macromedia Flash Player for Windows. Additional plugins will be added in the coming weeks.
Improved search in Web pages: Firefox now highlights search terms when the user search for key words within a page.

new in Thunderbird 0.8 include:

Global inbox: POP3 users can now connect all of their POP3 accounts into a single global inbox.
Comprehensive data migration: is switching to Firefox has never been easier since Thunderbird can now migrate all of a user e-mail data, including settings, mail folders and address book data from common mail applications such as the Mozilla 1.x Suite, Outlook Express, Outlook and Eudora.
RSS integration: Thunderbird now allows a built-in RSS reader, you can easily subscribe to and read news and weblogs RSS support.
Improved Quick Search: This makes a new version of Thunderbird it even easier to manage your e-mail. Quick Search now supports many different types of search criteria including the ability to search message body text. Thunderbird can also highlight the quick search terms in the message body.
Many safety and performance improvements and bug fixes.

The Mozilla Foundation also released an update to the Mozilla 1.7 suite, the security enhancements in the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

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The Mozilla Foundation is riding a wave of users and industry support. Mozilla Firefox 0.9 was downloaded almost 5 million times over the past two months. In August, Firefox received the Best In Show Award at LinuxWorld. In its September issue, Wired Magazine declared Firefox officially “Wired” (and labeled Internet Explorer “expired”), while last week called on both the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, security-conscious users try Firefox.

GETTING FIREFOX Preview Release and Thunderbird 0.8

Firefox Preview Release, Thunderbird 0.8, Mozilla 1.7.3 and can be downloaded for free at www.mozilla.org. Users can also create a CD edition of the Mozilla Foundation’s web site.

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 from around the world support the Mozilla Foundation through voluntary contributions of time, money and resources. To find out how you or your company can spread the word about Mozilla Firefox, please visit http://www.spreadfirefox.com.

ABOUT The Mozilla Foundation

in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online Netscape division set up 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 with affiliate foundations in Europe and Japan. The Mozilla Foundation is a 501 (c) nonprofit organization. Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and their respective logos are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation.

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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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NEW ROUND OF RELEASES EXTENDS MOZILLA PROJECT

Posted by admin on November 2nd, 2010

(openPR) 9 February 2004

(openPR) 9 February 2004 The Mozilla Foundation today announced the immediate availability of a new pre-release version of next-generation Web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox 0.8 represents the very latest Internet technology and raises the bar for usability, performance, robustness and standards compliance.

The new release is an important milestone on the development roadmap towards the highly anticipated version 1.0 of Mozilla projectÂÂ? Next-generation Web browser. New in this version include:


A powerful new download manager that makes tracking multiple downloads;
Numerous improvements to bookmarks handling, making it easier than ever to keep the track of your favorite websites;
Improved handling of extensions – small, light browserÂÂ to download applications that can be installed with a few simple mouse clicks and extend the functionality of S?. Community members have more than 200 such extensions, including add-ons to remove banners, add spell checking functionality, and add the possibility, Amazon.com, eBay or other popular sites from the Firefox search toolbar created;
An easy to use installer for Microsoft Windows users;
A new default theme for Mac OS X users that integrates seamlessly with the OS X desktop environment.
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Firefox 0.8 continues to build capacity and stability in the browser. Hundreds of volunteer developers and testers contributed numerous bug fixes, new features and improvements in security in the development cycle again demonstrate the strength of the open source communityÂÂ? S commitment to powerful, stable and secure applications.

The new release also marks a name change for the new browser that was previously known as Mozilla Firebird. AA? We look forward to a new preview version of Mozilla Firefox, AA release? commented Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation. AA? To avoid overlap with other open-source project, we have also decided to change the name of this product from Mozilla Firebird, Mozilla Firefox.ÂÂ?

Together with the new name, Firefox sports a new logo and the Mozilla Foundation is beginning to spread a grass-roots campaign to get word about the new Firefox browser.

Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5: Enterprise-Class E-Mail

The Mozilla Foundation also announced

the latest pre-release version of the new e-mail application, Mozilla Thunderbird.

response to strong interest in Thunderbird between companies and educational institutions, Thunderbird 0.5 includes numerous improvements aimed at enterprise level users:

The ability to synchronize address books with Palm devices;
IMAP improvements in performance and interoperability;
Secure Password Authentication Using SSPI NTLM for SMTP and POP3;
Improved support for LDAP;
Improved migration from Netscape 4.x;
Improved spelling checker and English dictionary;
Numerous other improvements and bug fixes.
Mozilla 1.6

: 1,000 reasons to buy IT; is approaching 1 million downloads in 20 days

While Mozilla Firefox 0.8 and Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 preview releases of Mozilla are projectÂÂ? s next-generation stand-alone Web browser and email application, Mozilla 1.6 is a mature Internet suite that provides a Web browser, e-mail client connects to easily find use page editor and Internet Chat software. In the 20 days since its release, Mozilla 1.6, almost a million times, downloaded a new record for the Mozilla project was AA? a powerful testament to the pent-up user demand for an evolutionary, feature-rich, stable and secure web browser suite. Mozilla 1.6 has received rave reviews from users and media alike and includes nearly 1000 bug fixes, new features and performance improvements.

GETTING Mozilla software

Firefox 0.8, Thunderbird 0.5 and Mozilla 1.6 can be downloaded from the Mozilla FoundationÂÂ? s web site at www.mozilla.org. All source code and documentation is freely available under the open source Mozilla Public License.

SUPPORT Mozilla Foundation

individuals and companies from around the world support the Mozilla Foundation through voluntary contributions of time, money and resources. To find out how you or your company can join in and contribute to the Mozilla project, please go to http://www.mozilla.org/about/get-involved.html.

ABOUT The Mozilla Foundation

in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online Netscape division set up 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 InternetÂÂ? First widely used browser, Netscape.

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

Press contact:

Bart Decrem, (650) 387-0625

Catherine Corre, (650) 814-1356

E-mail: press@mozilla.org

The latest Mozilla news and commentary, as well as support and discussion, please visit MozillaZine, http://www.mozillazine.org to find the largest independent Mozilla news and support site. This press release was written with the help of Sean Michael Kerner.



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Drinks and Downloads: StomperNet Celebrates Firefox 3 Release with Free Software Release & Happy Hour

Posted by admin on October 22nd, 2010

Atlanta, GA (Business Wire) 17 June 2008

If you can update them to be come her.

StomperNet, the leading online marketing training organization is to celebrate not one but two upgrades. And they all want to Atlantans online “browsers” to join them.

StomperNet just finished her new ranking tool cool, StomperNet Ranker that works released in Firefox. Ranker monitors can use the “search engine rankings and offers a large surface area, the user easily compare their rankings between different search engines.

Since Ranker is free to download and go into the Firefox browser, what better time to try the same day as another free download to make history is to be published? Firefox attempts a Guinness world record for downloads in a day set with the release of version 3.0.

The Mozilla Foundation is on Firefox, an alternative browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer, has been working for almost a decade. According to Mozilla “Spread Firefox” Web site, millions of international Firefox users willing to press the “Install Now” Button.

In connection with these two versions of StomperNet and Appcelerator, a top local Atlanta Rich Internet Application software tool developers are co-sponsoring a get-together at the Park Tavern. Ages 7 and ends at 9, it is sure to be a unique techno-fun affair.

host the festivities Park Tavern is StomperNet’s Chief Scientist Andy Edmonds. Edmonds organized in 2001 Firefox 1.0 browser release party in Boston and is now the spearhead of the 17th June burden for StomperNet.

Edmonds said: “This release is an excellent example of how we” Move the Free Line ‘. We do this in our marketplace about search engine rankings, educate, and it’s great to do this using the open-source framework for Firefox. “

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Mozilla Foundation Launches Mozilla 1.7 Latest milestone release of award winning Internet application suite lays groundwork for next generation Web

Posted by admin on October 20th, 2010

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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