As reported, in Firefox for Windows 10 Mozilla developers will use the new approach to designing applications, which has been named as the «Great or Dead», which translated into Russian means about “greatness or death.” The principle of this approach is that any browser functionality will be worked out to perfect or it should not be administered at all. Mozilla also waives the development cycle lasting 18 weeks, so Firefox for Windows 10 will receive the latest features much more often.

The beginning of work on a new Firefox for Windows 10, the company announced last week. However, yesterday was presented the first design concepts that give us an idea of how Firefox will look like in Windows 10. As expected, the difference between an ordinary PC Firefox and Firefox for Windows 10 will be minimal, but Mozilla says confidently about that its new browser will be able to fully compete with and surpass the standard Web browser in Windows 10, that is, Microsoft Edge, shown in January, named Project Spartan.

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Web technology WebRTC (Web with Real Time Communications) moves Google, Mozilla and Opera with one purpose – to make possible video conferencing on mobile devices and websites directly in the browser, without the need to install any add-ons for this. Unfortunately, the recent development of WebRTC stalled due to the contradiction between the two companies, which were divided into two camps: one in every way promote an open standard free Google VP8, while others, thus pushing for more support H.264. Cisco may help the two camps to reach a compromise.

It became known that Cisco has decided to open its own implementation for the H.264 codec is licensed under BSD. In the near future OpenH264 video codec will be available for free download in the form of binaries for all popular platforms possible. In other words, any project or application, including WebRTC, will be able to use ready-made modules H.264 from Cisco. At the same time pay royalties MPEG LA does not have to. It is worth noting that the pay is not got to do is for the use of ready-made modules, while the source code for the application of the codec will have to pay royalties.

Mozilla community in the face of technical director Brendan Ike supported the initiative and promised to implement a Cisco support module from Cisco H.264 in Firefox at the beginning of 2014. The report said that the Firefox browser will automatically install the OS is compatible with the version of the module OpenH264, if this feature will not be disabled by the user in the settings. H.264 Support Firefox users to provide access to content without the need for H.264 decode it.

On November 7, the Internet Engineering Council (IETF), engaged in the development of protocols and the architecture of the Internet, is going to decide on the video codec standardized for use in WebRTC. At the moment, there is no guarantee that their decision is closely linked with the plans Cisco. True, H.264 is now one of the most popular video codecs and its application in WebRTC along with VP8 will allow users to think less about the devices and software that they use for video conferencing.

We recall not so long ago, Google and Mozilla had a chat with browsers with support for WebRTC .

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Community Mozilla announced the launch of a pilot service Mozilla Location Service.

The essence of the new initiative is to collect geo-location data via public Wi-Fi networks and cell towers. The service will allow smartphones, despite the weak signal GPS, and mobile devices without GPS satellite receiver to pinpoint the location. At the moment the project is at an early stage of development and the number of areas in which the service is working correctly is quite small.

For owners of Android-devices, which are eager to help the community in the development of geolocation service available special application MozStumbler . All that is required – is the collection and sending of data. In other words, the content database. On the version of the application for owners of iOS-devices as long as nothing is said. In the near future, the developer promises to pay more attention to the problems of security and data privacy.

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Mozilla company prepared to release a new version of the Firefox browser at number 24 for the platforms Windows, Mac and Linux.

In Firefox 24 adds support for the new style scrollbars for Mac OS X 10.7 and later and added function “Close tabs to the right.” It will speed up the process of closing unnecessary tabs. The chat window can now be placed in any location by simply moving the mouse. It also reported on the improvement of the browser with the tabs attached, the fragmentation and scaling images. Has been refined and unified console browser, which will simplify troubleshooting. In addition, support has been implemented WebRTC, added the ability to share your open tabs between different devices with support for NFC, improved illumination for night reading.

Version of Firefox 24 will be available for download from the official site of the project in the near future. Now it can be downloaded from the FTP-server . Users of previous versions will be updated automatically.

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, Mozilla said that the development version of Firefox for the new (plate) of the interface of Windows 8 is not as fast as previously planned. Because release the final version of the program is delayed.

Previously, Mozilla had planned to release the Firefox browser for the new interface of Windows 8 to December 10 this year. Now, as an example the term exit program is called the end of January 2014. However, on Tuesday is expected to appear pre-release – Preview Release. The main goal of releasing this version – collecting feedback and identifying errors. On the basis of these data, developers will be able to improve the program for the final release.

It should be noted that the output of the Firefox browser for the new interface of Windows 8 is postponed is not the first time. First as an exit date of the program was called in January 2013. But in May of this year, developers said that the release will take place in the time interval between 2 October 2013 and 20 March 2014. The most likely period was called in November 2013. Later, the date was announced on December 10.

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