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Firefox Achieves 20% World Wide Market Share
According to Net Applications, a service that tracks browser usage from web sites all over the world, Firefox world wide market share has topped 20% for the first time during October. Firefox usage varies quite a bit depending on the country. For example, Xiti Monitor, which tracks usage numbers in Europe, indicated in a recent report that Firefox has a 30% market share on the European continent. However, the Net Applications report is the first time that Firefox has shown more than 20% usage across the entire globe. For more information, see the Mozilla Metrics blog.

Add-ons for Fennec
Fennec, the code name for the Firefox mobile browser, has its first add-on. Chris Finke has added Fennec compatibility to his URL Fixer add-on. Madhava Enros has screenshots of the add-on running on Fennec in a post in his weblog.

Mark Finkle also writes that add-ons.mozilla.org has added support for Fennec. This means you can search for add-ons from inside of Fennec and that add-on authors can include compatibility for Fennec when they are uploading and updating add-ons.

Private Browsing for Firefox 3.1
Ehsan Akhgari has written a post that gives a walk through of one of Firefox 3.1’s new features: private browsing. Private browsing allows you to turn off Firefox’s recording of history and cookie information as you browse the web. This feature will be included for the first time in Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. See his post for more information and screenshots of the feature.

Mozilla Camp Europe 2008
On October 25th and 26th, about 150 Mozilla contributors got together in Barcelona, Spain. People came from all over Europe and the US to talk about everything from Firefox to localization, add-ons, community development and many other topics. Jane Finette, Tristan Nitot and Brian King all have posts up about the event. Mark Surman, the new Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, also has a post up that also talks about the Mozilla 2010 goals discussion at the event.

Concept Series Design Jams
The Mozilla Labs Concept Series is continuing at the University of Michigan. Human Computer Interaction students have been brainstorming on creating a better browser, including looking at tabs, history, automation and web applications. There are links to the ideas generated in a post on the Mozilla Labs weblog.

Firefox Recognized by ISDA
Nicole Loux writes in the Above the Fold weblog that “Mike Beltzner and the Firefox 2 team were announced as finalists in the 2008 ISDA International Design Excellence Awards in the Interactive Product Experiences category. The ISDA is the voice of the industrial design profession, advancing the quality and positive impact of design.” Congratulations to Mike and the entire Firefox team.

Original Article from Mozilla

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