Social
sites are a key part of online life and with Firefox we want to make it
easier to use the Web the way you want. Mozilla developed the Social
API to enable social providers to integrate directly into Firefox to
make your browsing experience more social, customizable and personal.
The Social API makes it easy for your favorite social providers to add a
sidebar with your content to Firefox or notification buttons directly
on the Firefox toolbar.
Last year we launched with Facebook as the first social
integration partner in Firefox. Today, we are adding multiple new social
providers Cliqz, Mixi and msnNOW to Firefox, in addition to Facebook
Messenger for Firefox, to help you stay connected to your social
networks, no matter where you go on the Web.
The new social providers in Firefox make it even easier for
you to keep up with friends, family, news and events while you surf the
Web. You can get real time updates about news activity, entertainment
or your personal network while you browse the Web.
New providers you can now add to your Firefox include:
Cliqz:
Cliqz delivers a real-time stream of the most relevant
articles, stories, and videos based on your interests directly to
Firefox. In the upper left of the sidebar, you can personalize your news
feed by selecting categories, keywords, websites, and specific people
you want to follow. Share links across your social networks or by email;
preview Twitter commentary; and save articles for later without ever
leaving Firefox.
To activate, visit the Cliqz activation page and click “Activate Cliqz.”
Mixi:
The Mixi sidebar let’s you easily stay in touch with your friends on the Mixi social network in Japan. It provides a real-time activity stream of all comments and photo shares from your personal social network directly to your Firefox browser. Mixi for Firefox is only available to users in Japan.
msnNOW:
msnNOW makes it easy to stay up to date on the things
people are talking about, searching for and sharing the most on Web. MSN
scours the most interesting trends from real-time sources like
Facebook, Twitter, Bing, and BreakingNews.com, so you’ll always know
what’s happening and get the jump on what everyone is talking about. You
can customize the activity stream to watch for particular types of
trending content from the sidebar dropdown menu.
To activate, go to the msnNOW page and click “Turn it On.”
The Social API has endless potential for integrating social
networks, e-mail, finance, music, cloud possibilities, services, to-do
lists, sports, news and other applications into your Firefox experience.
We designed the Social API to make it easier and more convenient to
use the Web the way you want. Soon we’ll add even more ways to
integrate your favorite Web services into your Firefox Web experience.
For more information:
- Download Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux Release Notes
- More information on Firefox Health Report