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Speakeasy Embraces Firefox

Posted by timothy on from the when-free-is-valuable dept.

xdavexxx writes " Speakeasy, one of the largest DSL providers in the United States, recently announced that it will begin offering a specialized version of Mozilla Firefox to its customers. In doing so, they are one of the first internet companies to offer an official customized version of Firefox to its customers. This custom version of Firefox will keep the Firefox Google home page, but have the Speakeasy logo and feature a Speakeasy toolbar filled with links recommended by Speakeasy. No money was exchanged between the Mozilla Foundation and Speakeasy, as Firefox is open source and is freely available for use by anyone. Speakeasy's reasoning for this is simple; to increase the reliability and speed of its internet service." It should be pointed that Slashdot (and OSTG) have a partnership with Speakeasy.

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  1. Re:Branded by Misch · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the download page, it looks like they're just offering a plugin that handles all the customization. Their download page points to here, and their plugin resides here.

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  2. It's a plugin by j2brown · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, I actaully followed one of the links. It's a plugin. The FF download it right from mozilla.org

    http://www.speakeasy.net/software/firefox/

    jeff
    sdg

  3. Good job, Timothy by justdisguyyaknow · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thanks for disclosing the fact that OSTG has a relationship with the vendor it's promoting.

  4. Re:SWEET! (or shinola?) by swv3752 · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you had RTFA, you would see that all Speakeasy has done is created a plugin. You still have to install the regular version of Firefox.

    And the Plugin just adds some bookmarks and change an icon or two (at least that is what they tell us).

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