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Monday, February 09, 2004

Mozilla Firebird evolves into Firefox 0.8; Thunderbird 0.5 released

Big news today from Mozilla.org: "The Mozilla Foundation today announced the immediate availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser, Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox 0.8 represents the bleeding edge of Internet technology and raises the bar for ease of use, performance, robustness and standards compliance ... The Mozilla Foundation also announced the latest preview release of its new email application, Mozilla Thunderbird. Responding to strong interest in Thunderbird among enterprises and educational institutions, Thunderbird 0.5 includes numerous improvements aimed at enterprise users."

New features in Firefox 0.8 include:

* A powerful new download manager that makes tracking multiple downloads easier;
* Numerous improvements to bookmarks handling, making it easier than ever to keep track of your favorite sites;
* Improved handling of extensions - small, easy to download applications that can be installed with a few simple mouse clicks and extend the browser’s functionality. Community members have created more than 200 such extensions, including add-ons that remove ad banners, add spell-checker functionality, and add the ability to search Amazon.com, eBay or other popular sites from the Firefox toolbar;
* 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.

New features in Thunderbird 0.5 include:

* The ability to synchronize address books with Palm devices;
* IMAP performance and interoperability improvements;
* Secure password authentication using SSPI NTLM for SMTP and POP3;
* Improved LDAP support;
* Improved migration from Netscape 4.x;
* Improved spell checker and English dictionary;
* Numerous other bug fixes and improvements.

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