Mozilla Sri Lanka community launches brand new Firefox browser
Thursday, 29 May 2014 00:00
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The latest version of the popular web browser Mozilla Firefox was launched on 10 May in Colombo by the Mozilla Sri Lanka community, at a festive event held at the National School of Business Management (NSBM). Great interest was shown by students from various universities and higher education institutes all across the island, many of whom attended the launch.
The Firefox browser, first launched in 2004, over the years has built up quite the following, with users from almost every country, and is popularly known as being a ‘stable’ browser. The latest launch debuted a Firefox with a brand new look, completely redesigned from its previous versions.
At the launch, the Mozilla Sri Lanka community showcased the new features incorporated into the new Firefox and narrated the successful journey that the Mozilla Foundation has enjoyed since its inception, presenting a few of the milestones achieved by the Foundation as well. A fact stressed on during the presentation was that Mozilla is not merely concerned with being the speediest browser around, but about making it the safest browser available. It was this focus that saw Mozilla Firefox being named ‘The Most Trusted Internet Company In Privacy’ in 2013.
Additionally, the launch included a session on the Firefox OS, which gave the eager audience an opportunity of experiencing Firefox mobile devices. It showed the interested onlookers how to build web apps and the presenters also spoke of the frameworks used in the industry to facilitate these.
It was a highly useful knowledge-sharing session as cutting-edge technology and upcoming frameworks were all part of the interactive discussions. The presenters also demonstrated a few web apps that have already been implemented, which made a great impression on many of the students present who showed a keen interest in developing web apps for Firefox mobile.
A cake was cut in celebration of the new Firefox launch in the presence of the Mozilla fans and the event also featured a Twitter challenge, with winners being rewarded with Mozilla souvenirs.
Those interested in being a part of the Mozilla Sri Lanka community and for regular updates on news and other events, visit the official webpage, http://mozilla.lk, or follow the community via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mozillalk) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/MozillaLK). Pix by Dinitha Senarath and Gayan Tharaka
