모질라 파이어폭스 1.5 (Deer Park) 출시

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (Deer Park)

파이어폭스 1.5 출시를 기념하여 파이어폭스 팬들로 하여금 자신들이 좋아하는 브라우저 사용 현황 등을 가정에서 비디오로 촬영하여 커뮤니티 마케팅 사이트인 스프레드 파이어폭스(http://www.spreadfirefox.com)에 업로드하여 우수 작품을 시상하며 홍보하는 마케팅 캠페인을 시행할 계획이며 비디오가 촬영된 지역을 지도상에 표시해주는 서비스도 제공할 계획

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New and Improved Features
Firefox 1.5 has been enhanced in several key areas:

User Experience

    * New "drag and drop" feature for tabbed browsing helps to better organize page viewing.
    * Improved pop-up blocker screens users from more unwanted pop-up ads.
    * New reference search engine Answers.com is now included in the integrated Search box.
    * Improved Live Bookmarks feature enables easier discovery of and subscription to RSS feeds.
    * Improved Options interface makes it easier to adjust browser settings.

Security and Privacy

    * New Automatic Update system alerts users and prompts them to act when security and functionality updates become available, allowing users to have the most up-to-date browser at any time. With Automatic Updates, Firefox 1.5 is ready for even the newest Web surfer or computer user, because it essentially makes Firefox an “install once and forget it” application. Firefox takes care of security updates for you.
    * New Clear Private Data tool simplifies maintaining privacy. Users can clear all private information, such as history and form entries, via one easily accessible settings window.

Performance and Accessibility

    * Improved performance with a next-generation rendering and layout engine that speeds navigation between previously viewed Web pages through intelligent caching and displays complex Web pages more accurately.
    * New capabilities contributed by IBM that make it easier for the aged or mobility and sight-impaired to navigate the Web. The browser can now be used with technology that reads Web content aloud; allow users to navigate with keystrokes rather than mouseclicks; and reduce the tabbing required to navigate documents such as spreadsheets.

Extensibility/Customization

    * The browser remains easy to use, in part by not loading it down with a “jack of all trades, master of none” approach to features and functionality. Instead, Firefox integrates the most used technologies into the browser itself, while allowing users to add specific functionality through third-party extensions to the browser.
    * Developers have already created more than 700 extensions for Firefox, with many more expected in the weeks following today’s release.

Support for Firefox 1.5 from Yahoo! and Google

With Firefox 1.5, Mozilla continues its search partnership with Google in the Americas and in Europe and begins a new search relationship with Yahoo! in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

"Yahoo! is very pleased to enter into a strategic relationship with Mozilla that enables us to offer Firefox to further extend our network of products and services in four of the most rapidly-growing Internet markets in the world," said Farzad Nazem, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Yahoo! Inc. "By combining Yahoo!'s global Internet leadership with Mozilla's innovative, easy-to-use, open source Firefox Web browser and our shared commitment to end users, we will deliver an enhanced Web experience for millions of users worldwide, beginning with China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan."

“Firefox has connected with the global community of Web users because it delivers a fast, easy, modern browsing experience”, said Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google. “Google continues to support the growth of Firefox because of the strong alignment between our mission to organize the world’s information and make it useful, and Mozilla’s principled approach to developing great software.”

“Firefox 1.5 represents the tireless efforts of our global community of developers and consumer advocates, who continue to work to make the Web experience better for everyone,” said Baker.

Firefox 1.5 is now available as a free download from www.getfirefox.com.

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