With one set of code, HAWHAW provides appropriate markup language automatically according to the browser used by user, Tera-WURFL can be used optionally for improved device detection.

The new version PHP library hawhaw.inc V5.24 supports the Apple iPad. HAWHAW output for the iPad is the same as for the already supported iPhone.

A simple Hello World would look like this:<?php
require("hawhaw.inc");
$myPage = new HAW_deck("Welcome");
$myText = new HAW_text("Hello World!");
$myPage->add_text($myText);
$myPage->create_page();
?>


HAWHAW supports the following browsers (list is not complete):

• Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, Lynx
• Cellphone browsers (WAP)
• Smartphone browsers (WAP 2.0)
• PDA browsers
• Opera Mini
• AvantGo
• iPhone
• Android
• Minimo
• PIE
• Blackberry
• Nintendo DS

HAWHAW automatically send the correct mime-types in the HTTP response headers and creates the following markup languages for a wide range of mobile devices according the browser used:

• HTML
• WML 1.x
• XHTML Mobile Profile (WAP 2.0)
• iMode (cHTML)
• HDML
• MML
• VoiceXML

The HAWHAW PHP class library is free software; it is licensed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

A demo is available, access it with PC and different mobile devices to see the output.

PHP library hawhaw.inc V5.24 (20 April 2010) is available for download at HAWHAW website.

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The process-isolation feature has been in Google’s Chrome from the beginning. Chrome sandboxes individual tabs, crashes of one tab does not affect the running of the rest of Chrome browser. Firefox currently isolate only Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight, but will eventually isolate all plugins running on a page.

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A beta of the Firefox “Lorentz” project is now available for download and public testing. Firefox “Lorentz” takes the out of process plugins work from Mozilla Developer Previews and builds it on top of Firefox 3.6.3. Users can submit a plugin crash report, and then reload the page to restart the plugin and try again.

Mozilla encourages users to test Firefox “Lorentz” on their favorite websites, and give them feedback by filing a bug or filling out this form. Help from the community in evaluating these beta releases is important. Users who install Firefox “Lorentz” will eventually be automatically updated to a future version of Firefox 3.6 in which this feature is included.

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Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview has also been released for download.

There are some interesting Speed, HTML5 and Graphics demos available in the site as well.

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• Issue 2868: ajax response is not shown in the answer tab
• Issue 2872: Inspect Element context menu shows different tab markup
• Issue 2878: High Firefox memory with Firebug 1.5.2
• Issue 2882: console.dir() broken in firebug 1.5.2 and firefox 3.6

In particular, this release works around a large memory leak. Mozilla will update the Firebug addon at addon.mozilla.org later today.

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Firebug is a Mozilla Firefox extension. It allows the debugging, editing, and monitoring of any website’s CSS, HTML, DOM, and JavaScript, and provides other Web development tools. It also has a JavaScript console for logging errors and watching values, as well as a “Net” feature which monitors the amount of time in milliseconds it takes to load and execute scripts and images on the page.

Being a Firefox extension, Firebug itself has its own extensions, there are over 30 of them.

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Rock Your Firefox, the website created by Mozilla to feature reviews, feedback, and insights from people around the Web who are using Firefox Add-ons to make their online experience better. New highlights, relevant and helpful Firefox Add-ons will be added every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

The one “Featured Add-on” on launch day, 11 March 2010, is Yoono, a social networking add-on with over 3.8M downloads. Yoono Add-on put popular social networking and IM (Instant Messaging), such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Friendfeed, AIM and Yahoo IM, on Firefox sidebar. There is also a desktop version of Yoono.

According to Mozilla regarding the new website:

• Why Rock Your Firefox: Over a hundred million people worldwide have downloaded nearly 2 billion add-ons. We created Rock Your Firefox as a way to showcase the amazing depth, breadth, and power of Firefox Add-ons in a simple and friendly way that even my mom would understand.
• How it began: Rock Your Firefox was originally a Facebook application launched by Mozilla in 2007 to let add-on fans share their favorite add-ons with their friends and discover new ways to customize Firefox. Although we retired this application several months ago, we liked its strong branding so much that we decided to revive it for this exciting new site.

The success of Firefox undoubtedly linked to its vast array of quality add-ons. When Firefox first came into the scene, it was promoted as a simple and fast browser, unlike the bloated Mozilla browser at that time. Then came the add-ons, which became one of the major reasons for many of the people switching from Microsoft IE (Internet Explorer).

People who use Firefox are generally more technologically aware and willing to try something new something better, that is what made them switched from IE in the first place. When Google’s Chrome first appeared, it was fast but too basic for practical use. Then it had gotten more polished, a small number of people started to switched. One of the major reasons that kept Firefox users from switching to Chrome was the Firefox add-ons. But now, the number and the quality of Google Chrome Extensions has improved so dramatically, Mozilla should start to worry.

Firefox is no long the lean mean browsing machine that it was famous for. Its gecko rendering engine is getting old and bloated. In many speed tests, Chrome has consistently out run Firefox in many areas.

Mozilla’s Add-on for Firefox is already a well established website. It already has some Featured, Recommended, Popular lists on the front page. Is this “Rock Your Firefox” a duplicated effort?

Is this new Rock Your Firefox website a desperate attempt to raise interests of Firefox by highlighting popular and essential add-ons, which Chrome do not yet have, to make as many users as possible hook on Firefox and its add-ons before they switch over to Chrome?

Speed of browser has always been important. In the past it was the issue with internet connection speed, though now broadband has become a normal, speed remain a major issue, because the content itself has became so much more complicated, with Ajax and Flash and Videos streaming etc; and people open multiple tabs at one time. While Firefox is still a very good browser, it should put more efforts into its fundamentals first, security and speed.

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Below are some of the ideas:

Spotlight

Borrow a projector and shine the Firefox logo on the wall during your party, or make a logo stencil and place it in front of a flashlight for a cool effect. Or, go crazy and get a searchlight to create your very own Firefox “bat signal”!

Mash-Up

Think of the most interesting way you can combine Firefox and light. For example, create the logo out of candles on a birthday cake or program your very own lite brite! The more creative, the better.

Mobile

Get the Firefox logo on your phone and take a picture holding it in front of a local landmark. Or, organize a bunch of friends for a big group photo with the logo on everyone’s phones.

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