“Mozilla announced last week the availability of Firefox for Maemo 1.0, the first official release of Firefox Mobile for Nokia’s Linux-based smartphone operating system. It offers adequate browsing performance, support for add-ons, and a finger-friendly user interface that includes popular Firefox features like the AwesomeBar.
This Firefox variant is based on the Fennec project, which was [...]

“The Nokia N900 has the best web browser of any mobile phone. This statement was made about the default web browser and now we have a final version of an alternative web browser that works amazingly well. Firefox for Mobile version 1.0 is now available for the Nokia N900 and if you have a [...]

“Five years ago, an open-source browser called Firefox—one that didn’t ship with your computer—was available as a 1.0 download. To say it’s changed the world’s web experience is understatement. Here’s a look back at five years of the ‘fox.”
Happy Birthday: A Look Back at Five Years of Firefox (via lifehacker.com)

“Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, like every other browser, makes a claim to being “faster.” We took Firefox and all the other latest browsers, put them on Windows 7, and ran them through our human-measured speed tests to vet the bragging.”
Browser Speed Tests: The Windows 7 Results (via lifehacker.com)

“Your netbook’s screen is tiny and processor less than mighty, so you want to maximize the web page viewing area without any performance-killing Firefox extensions. Here’s how to consolidate Firefox 3.5’s chrome for your Windows or Linux-based netbook.”
Maximize Firefox 3.5’s Viewing Area for Your Netbook (via lifehacker.com)

“Before that, however, there will be 3.6, which will include Windows 7 integration, “awesomeformcomplete” and optimizations for session restore and startup. That’s due any time now – scheduled for anytime from the end of the month through November.”
Firefox 4.0 Coming Late Next Year (via hothardware.com)

The Mozilla team has just released early concept screenshots for Firefox 4.0. These screenshots depict a number of different designs that they seem to be working on. One important change that Mozilla seems to be considering is placement of the tab bar. They have two different designs that show the tab bar in different locations. [...]

Firefox 3.5 was only officially released late last month, but the Mozilla team has already introduced its initial Windows theme mockups for Firefox 3.7, featuring glossy, translucent buttons and a host of other potential new features.
Screenshots and information are here! (via lifehacker.com)

“Unless you’re a Firefox power user, you may not be familiar with the about:config page. The Firefox about:config page is not so much a page as it is a somewhat hidden configuration section. It’s hidden because it’s fairly powerful and not nearly as simple to use as the standard Preferences window. In the about:config page, [...]

Here is a small Javascript that I wrote to hide the advertisements in Ask.com search results. Ask.com shows textual advertisements and lately a “Nascar toolbar’ advertisement. This Greasemonkey (firefox addon) script will hide these. You can visit this page on userscripts.org to view and install the script or use this Javascript code: