Bespin, a web based code editing framework, is the newest experiment from Mozilla labs. Currently at 0.1, the initial prototype framework includes a lot of common code editing features – like syntax highlight and import/exporting projects. The proposed set of features are quite exhaustive, and it could very well become an editor of choice for many. [Continue]
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ifacethoughtsYour Concept Of The Web
Mozilla Labs is getting creative, and calling for contributions from you, and me, and he, and she, anyone and everyone for future directions of the Web. It is good that Mozilla wants to pay attention to us, but I think it is going to be difficult for the common man to even understand what Mozilla is expecting out of this, and what should we expect out of this. This query seems to be about interacting with the Web instead of the Web itself. [Continue]
Mozilla Messaging And It Is Thunderbird 3
Mozilla Messaging is a new subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, and as the name says, focusing on messaging (via Ars Technica). The plans, as David Ascher explains, are to build a great product on the existing Thunderbird 2 base. We’ve started defining what Thunderbird 3 will be, because we think that there is enough consensus to make some of the first decisions on the most important changes to tackle first. [Continue]
Weave – Taking Mozilla Beyond The Browser
Mozilla has announced Weave, which I think is the first true step by Mozilla to go beyond the browser. One important area for exploration is the blending of the desktop and the Web through deeper integration of the browser with online services. We’re now launching a new project within Mozilla Labs to formally explore this integration. [Continue]
Mozilla Prism
Mozilla has announced Prism, an effort to bridge the gap between the Web and the desktop. Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur. WebRunner has been picked up as the first candidate for the experiments. [Continue]
Mobile Firefox – Browser Or Platform?
Mozila has decided to make Firefox mobile. I was waiting to check the response to this, as nowadays I get as skeptical as excited about news from Mozilla. I think even others are wary of some of the disadvantages of today’s Firefox. [Continue]
Action In Messaging And Online Office Space
Yahoo! has acquired Zimbra, a leader in email and collaboration software. Zimbra also provides a product for offline access called Zimbra Desktop. [Continue]
Reclaim Your Thunderbird
The Mozilla Corporation wants to give away Thunderbird or donate it or do away with it. Whatever it gets called, the CEO Mitchell Baker says it is for its own good. But somehow it is not very convincing, and so much can be read between the lines. [Continue]
Mozilla Desktop Environment
What do you think of a Mozilla Desktop Environment? If you already use Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and some more of its applications, you might like the idea that the entire desktop is based on that. This was proposed in one of the Mozilla discussion lists. [Continue]
Firefox 3 To Understand
Alex Faaborg illustrates one of the best uses of the Semantic Web. Mozilla Firefox 3 might identify microformats and associating them with specific applications. As an example, how about if you can export a contact from the HTML page to an application. [Continue]
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