Mozilla Firefox
A customized version of Mozilla Firefox 2 running on Ubuntu
Developed by	Mozilla Corporation / Mozilla Foundation
Initial release	November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
Stable release	2.0.0.14  (April 16, 2008 (2008-04-16); 59 days ago) [+/−]
Preview release	3.0 RC3  (June 11, 2008 (2008-06-11); 3 days ago) [+/−]
Written in	C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript
OS	Cross-platform
Platform	Gecko
Available in	over 40 languages
Genre	Web browser, FTP client, gopher client
License	MPL/GPL/LGPL/Mozilla EULA (for binary redistribution)
Website	www.firefox.com

Mozilla Firefox (abbreviated officially as Fx, but also commonly as FF), is a web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu --> Ubuntu A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of The Mozilla Corporation (abbreviated MoCo) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A programming language is an Artificial language that can be used to write programs which control the behavior of a machine particularly a Computer. C++ (" C Plus Plus " ˌsiːˌplʌsˈplʌs is a general-purpose Programming language. XUL (pronounced zool ( the XML User Interface Language, an XML User interface markup language developed by the Mozilla project XBL ( XML Binding Language) is an XML -based Markup language used to declare the Behavior and look of XUL - widgets JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows Gecko is a Layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation, known as the layout engine of the Firefox web browser Mozilla Application A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a For other uses see Gopher. Gopher is a distributed Document search and retrieval Network protocol designed A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software The Mozilla Public License (MPL is a free and Open source Software license. The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform The Mozilla Corporation (abbreviated MoCo) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates and integrates the development of Internet Firefox had 18. 41% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of May 2008, making it the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide, after Internet Explorer. Usage share, in Web browser statistics is the percentage of visitors to a group of web sites that use a particular browser Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical ^[1]

Firefox uses the open source Gecko layout engine, which implements some current web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Gecko is a Layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation, known as the layout engine of the Firefox web browser Mozilla Application A layout engine, or rendering engine, is software that takes marked up content (such as HTML, XML, image files etc Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical Specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. In the area of Graphical user interfaces a tabbed document interface ( TDI) is one that allows multiple Documents to be contained within a single window In Computing, a spell checker is an applications program that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly In Computing, incremental find is a User interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text Livemark, commonly known as " Live Bookmark " was first introduced by Firefox. A download manager is a Computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and Functions can be added through around 2,000 add-ons created by third-party developers,^[2] the most popular of which include NoScript (script blocker), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools). This is a list of some of the many available Firefox extensions, software Add-ons designed for A third-party developer is a developer not directly tied to the primary product that a consumer is using NoScript is a free open source extension for Mozilla Firefox, Flock, SeaMonkey, and other Mozilla based Browsers. FoxyTunes is a Firefox extension and Internet Explorer add-on which allows the user to control the selected media player from the browser window Adblock is a content-filtering extension for the Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Application Suite web browsers DownThemAll (DTA is a Download manager /accelerator extension for Mozilla Firefox, licensed under the GPL. Web Developer is an extension for Mozilla -based Web browsers which adds powerful editing and debugging tools for web developers ^[3]

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks A Unix-like (sometimes shortened to *nix) Operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system while not necessarily conforming Its current stable release is version 2. 0. 0. 14, released on April 16, 2008. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[4] Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL. In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified Dual-licensing is the practice of distributing Software under two different sets of terms and conditions The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software The Mozilla Public License (MPL is a free and Open source Software license. ^[5]

History

Main article: History of Mozilla Firefox

Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross began working on the Firefox project as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project. The Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project The features of Mozilla Firefox distinguish it from other Web browsers such as Internet Explorer. Since its initial release in 2004 market adoption of Mozilla Firefox has increased rapidly Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Netscape Navigator and Netscape are the names for the proprietary Web browser popular in the 1990s and the Flagship product of the Netscape Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform The Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project Dave Hyatt is an American Software developer currently employed by Apple Inc Blake Aaron Ross (born June 12, 1985) is an American Software developer who is known for his work on the Mozilla Web browser They believed the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser. Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Feature creep (or feeping creaturism) is the proliferation of features in a product such as Computer software. ^[6] To combat what they saw as the Mozilla Suite's software bloat, they created a stand-alone browser, with which they intended to replace the Mozilla Suite. The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform Software bloat, also known as bloatware or elephantware, is a term used in both a neutral and disparaging sense to describe the tendency of newer Computer On April 3, 2003, the Mozilla Organization announced that they planned to change their focus from the Mozilla Suite to Firefox and Thunderbird. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, Open source, Cross-platform e-mail and News client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. ^[7]

The Firefox project has undergone several name changes. Originally titled Phoenix, it was renamed because of trademark issues with Phoenix Technologies. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Phoenix Technologies Ltd ( is a creator of computer BIOS software The replacement name, Firebird, provoked an intense response from the Firebird free database software project. Firebird (sometimes erroneously called FirebirdSQL is a Relational database management system offering many ANSI features ^[8][9][10] In response, the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion with the database software. Continuing pressure from the database server's development community forced another change; on February 9, 2004, Mozilla Firebird became Mozilla Firefox,^[11] often referred to as simply Firefox. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Mozilla prefers Firefox to be abbreviated as Fx or fx, though it is often abbreviated as FF. ^[12]

The Firefox project went through many versions before 1. 0 was released on November 9, 2004. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " After a series of stability and security fixes, the Mozilla Foundation released its first major update, Firefox version 1. 5, on November 29, 2005. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On October 24, 2006, Mozilla released Firefox 2. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This version includes updates to the tabbed browsing environment, the extensions manager, the GUI, and the find, search and software update engines; a new session restore feature; inline spell checking; and an anti-phishing feature which was implemented by Google as an extension,^[13][14] and later merged into the program itself. The features of Mozilla Firefox distinguish it from other Web browsers such as Internet Explorer. In the field of computer security phishing is the Criminally Fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames Passwords Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online ^[15] In December 2007, Firefox Live Chat was launched. It allows users to ask volunteers questions through a system powered by Jive Software, with guaranteed hours of operation and the possibility of help after hours. ^[16]

Release history

Features

Main article: Features of Mozilla Firefox

Features included with Firefox are tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, an integrated download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. The features of Mozilla Firefox distinguish it from other Web browsers such as Internet Explorer. In the area of Graphical user interfaces a tabbed document interface ( TDI) is one that allows multiple Documents to be contained within a single window In Computing, a spell checker is an applications program that flags words in a document that may not be spelled correctly In Computing, incremental find is a User interface interaction method to progressively search for and filter through text The features of Mozilla Firefox distinguish it from other Web browsers such as Internet Explorer. A download manager is a Computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and The developers of Firefox aimed to produce a browser that "just surfs the web"^[25] and delivers the "best possible browsing experience to the widest possible set of people. "^[26]

Users can customize Firefox with extensions and themes. Mozilla maintains an add-on repository at addons.mozilla.org with nearly 2000 add-ons in it as of September 2007. September 2007 is the ninth month of that year It began on a Saturday ^[27]

Firefox provides an environment for web developers in which they can use built-in tools, such as the Error Console or the DOM Inspector, or extensions, such as Firebug. DOM Inspector (DOMi is one of the web developer tools included in Mozilla Application Suite and Mozilla Firefox (although it is not included in Firefox since The Firebug extension for Mozilla Firefox allows the debugging editing and monitoring of any website's CSS HTML DOM and JavaScript and provides other web development tools

Standards support

Mozilla Firefox supports many web standards, including HTML, XML, XHTML, SVG 1. Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical Specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure Don't change "Extensible" The Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, or XHTML, is a 1 (partial),^[28] CSS (with extensions^[29]), ECMAScript (JavaScript), DOM, MathML, DTD, XSLT, XPath, and PNG images with alpha transparency. ECMAScript is a Scripting language, standardized by Ecma International in the ECMA-262 specification. JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development The Document Object Model ( DOM) is a platform- and language -independent standard Object model for representing HTML or XML and related Mathematical Markup Language ( MathML) is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content Document Type Definition ( DTD) is one of several SGML and XML schema languages and is also the term used to describe a document or portion thereof that Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations ( XSLT) is an XML -based language used for the transformation of XML documents into other XML or "human-readable" XPath (XML Path Language is a language for selecting nodes from an XML document Portable Network Graphics ( PNG) is a bitmapped image format that employs Lossless data compression. In Computer graphics, alpha compositing is the process of combining an image with a background to create the appearance of partial transparency ^[30] Firefox also supports standards proposals created by the WHATWG such as client-side storage,^[31][32] and canvas element. The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, or WHATWG, is a community of people interested in evolving HTML and related technologies The canvas element is part of HTML5 and allows for dynamic scriptable rendering of Bitmap images ^[33]

Although Firefox 2 does not pass the Acid2 standards-compliance test, all releases since Firefox 3. Acid2 is a test page published and promoted by the Web Standards Project to identify Web page rendering flaws in Web browsers and other applications 0 Beta 2 do. ^[34]

Security

Firefox uses a sandbox security model,^[35] and limits scripts from accessing data from other web sites based on the same origin policy. This article is about the Computer security mechanism For the Wikipedia feature where newcomers can experiment with editing or established editors can experiment with In Computing, the same origin policy is an important security measure for Client-side scripting (mostly JavaScript) ^[36] It uses SSL/TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the https protocol. Transport Layer Security ( TLS) and its predecessor Secure Sockets Layer ( SSL) are Cryptographic protocols that provide secure Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek grc κρυπτός kryptos, "hidden secret" and grc γράφω gráphō, "I write" ^[37] It also provides support for web applications to use smartcards for authentication purposes. A smart card, chip card, or Integrated circuit card ( ICC) is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated ^[38]

The Mozilla Foundation offers a "bug bounty" to researchers who discover severe security holes in Firefox. ^[39] Official guidelines for handling security vulnerabilities discourage early disclosure of vulnerabilities so as not to give potential attackers an advantage in creating exploits. In Computer security, full disclosure means to disclose all the details of a security problem which are known ^[40]

Because Firefox has fewer and less severe publicly known unpatched security vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer (see Comparison of web browsers), improved security is often cited as a reason to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Web browsers Please see the individual products' articles for further information ^{[41][42][43][44]} The Washington Post reports that exploit code for critical unpatched security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer was available for 284 days in 2006. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D In comparison, exploit code for critical security vulnerabilities in Firefox was available for 9 days before Mozilla shipped a patch to remedy the problem. ^[45]

A 2006 Symantec study showed that although Firefox had surpassed other browsers in the number of vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities that year through September, these vulnerabilities were patched far more quickly than those found in other browsers. Symantec Corporation, founded in 1982 is an International Corporation which sells Computer Software, particularly in the realms of security ^[46] Symantec later clarified their statement, saying that Firefox still had fewer security vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer, as counted by security researchers. ^[47] As of June 7, 2008, Firefox 2 has three security vulnerabilities unpatched, the most severe of which was rated "less critical" by Secunia. Secunia is a Danish Computer security service provider best known for tracking vulnerabilities in more than 12400 pieces of software and Operating ^[48] Internet Explorer 7 has ten security vulnerabilities unpatched, the most severe of which was rated "Moderately critical" by Secunia. ^[49]

Licensing

Firefox is free and open source software, and is tri-licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), GNU General Public License (GPL), and the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Free software or software libre is Software that can be used studied and modified without restriction and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified Open source software (OSS began as a marketing campaign for Free software. Dual-licensing is the practice of distributing Software under two different sets of terms and conditions The Mozilla Public License (MPL is a free and Open source Software license. The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) or LGPL is a Free software license published by the Free Software ^[5] These licenses permit anyone to view, modify and/or redistribute the source code, and several publicly released applications have been built on it; for example, Netscape, Flock, Miro, and Songbird make use of code from Firefox. Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. Flock is a Web browser built on Mozilla’s Firefox Codebase that specializes in providing social networking and Web 2 Miro (previously known as Democracy Player and DTV) is an Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation. Songbird is a Free software media player and Web browser developed by a group known as Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously

The official end-user builds of Firefox distributed from mozilla. com are licensed under the Mozilla EULA. ^[50] Several elements do not fall under the scope of the tri-license and have their use restricted by the EULA, including the trademarked Firefox name and artwork, and the proprietary closed-source Talkback crash reporter. Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. A crash reporter is an application whose function is to report crash data to a third party usually to the party responsible for the crashed program Because of this and the clickwrap agreement included in the Windows version, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) consider these builds proprietary software. A clickwrap Agreement (also known as a "clickthrough" agreement or clickwrap license is a common type of agreement (often used in connection with Software The Free Software Foundation ( FSF) is a Non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the Free software movement Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. ^[51] However, BreakPad, an open source crash reporting system, is expected to replace Talkback and is planned for Firefox 3. A crash reporter is an application whose function is to report crash data to a third party usually to the party responsible for the crashed program 0. ^[52] According to plans, Firefox 3. 0 will be the first version of Firefox that is fully open source. ^[53]

In the past, Firefox was licensed solely under the MPL,^[54] which the FSF criticizes for being weak copyleft; the license permits, in limited ways, proprietary derivative works. Copyleft is a play on the word Copyright and describes the practice of using copyright law to remove restrictions on distributing copies and modified versions In Copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major basic copyrighted aspects of an original previously created first work Additionally, code under the MPL cannot legally be linked with code under the GPL or the LGPL. ^[55][56] To address these concerns, Mozilla re-licensed Firefox under the tri-license scheme of MPL, GPL, and LGPL. Since the re-licensing, developers have been free to choose the license under which they will receive the code, to suit their intended use: GPL or LGPL linking and derivative works when one of those licenses is chosen, or MPL use (including the possibility of proprietary derivative works) if they choose the MPL. ^[54]

Trademark and logo issues

The generic globe logo used when Firefox is compiled without the official branding

The name "Mozilla Firefox" is a registered trademark; along with the official Firefox logo, it may only be used under certain terms and conditions. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Anyone may redistribute the official binaries in unmodified form and use the Firefox name and branding for such distribution, but restrictions are placed on distributions which modify the underlying source code. ^[57]

There has been some controversy over the Mozilla Foundation's intentions in stopping certain open source distributions from using the "Firefox" trademark. Former Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker explained in an interview in 2007 that distributions could freely use the Firefox trademark if they did not modify source-code, and that the Mozilla Foundation's only concern was with users getting a consistent experience when they used "Firefox". Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker is the Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer ^[58]

To allow distributions of the code without using the official branding, the Firefox source code contains a "branding switch". In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable This switch allows the code to be compiled without the official logo and name, for example to produce a derivative work unencumbered by restrictions on the Firefox trademark (this is also often used for betas and alphas of future Firefox versions). In the unbranded compilation the trademarked logo and name are replaced with a freely distributable generic globe logo and the name of the release series from which the modified version was derived. The name "Deer Park" is used for derivatives of Firefox 1. 5, "Bon Echo" for derivatives of Firefox 2. 0, and "Gran Paradiso" is used for derivatives of Firefox 3. 0. The codename Minefield and a modified version of the generic logo stylised to look like a bomb is used for nightly trunk builds.

Outside of certain exceptions made for "community editions", distributing modified versions of Firefox under the "Firefox" name requires explicit approval from Mozilla for the changes made to the underlying code, and requires the use of all of the official branding. For example, it is not permissible to use the name "Firefox" without also using the official logo. When the Debian project decided to stop using the official Firefox logo in 2006 (because of copyright and trademark restrictions on its use incompatible with the project's guidelines), they were told by a representative of the Mozilla Foundation that this was not acceptable, and were asked to either comply with the published trademark guidelines or cease using the "Firefox" name in their distribution. Debian ( pronounced) is a computer Operating system composed entirely of Free and open source software. The Debian Free Software Guidelines ( DFSG) is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is a Free software license ^[59] Ultimately, Debian switched to branding their modified version of Firefox "Iceweasel".

Advertising

The rapid adoption of Firefox, 100 million downloads in its first year of availability,^[60] followed a series of aggressive marketing campaigns starting in 2004 with a series of events Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler called "marketing weeks". Blake Aaron Ross (born June 12, 1985) is an American Software developer who is known for his work on the Mozilla Web browser Asa Dotzler (ˈeɪsə ˈdɒtslɚ born in Summertown Tennessee on June 5, 1974, is best known for his work as community coordinator for several Mozilla ^[61]

On September 12, 2004,^[62] a marketing portal dubbed "Spread Firefox" (SFX) debuted along with the Firefox Preview Release, creating a centralized space for the discussion of various marketing techniques. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The portal enhanced the "Get Firefox" button program, giving users "referrer points" as an incentive. The site lists the top 250 referrers. From time to time, the SFX team or SFX members launch marketing events organized at the Spread Firefox website. As a part of the Spread Firefox campaign, there is an attempt to break the world download record with the release of Firefox 3. The idea is to have the newest version downloaded by as many people as possible within a 24 hour time period. ^[63]

The "World Firefox Day" campaign started on July 15, 2006,^[64] the third anniversary of the founding of the Mozilla Foundation,^[65] and ran until September 15, 2006. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[66] Participants registered themselves and a friend on the website for nomination to have their names displayed on the Firefox Friends Wall, a digital wall that will be displayed at the headquarters of the Mozilla Foundation.

On February 21, 2008 in honor of reaching 500 million downloads, the Firefox community celebrated by visiting FreeRice to earn 500 million grains of rice. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common FreeRice is a charity website where users play a various educational multiple-choice games in order to raise money to fight world hunger. ^[67]

Some of Firefox's contributors made a crop circle of the Firefox logo,^[68] which can be seen on Google Earth at coordinates 45. Crop circles are patterns created by the flattening of crops such as Wheat, Barley, Rapeseed (also called "canola" Rye Google Earth is a Virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004 1237,-123. 1138.

Market adoption

Usage share of alternative web browsers (non-IE browsers):^[69]

Firefox

Safari

Opera

Netscape

Mozilla

Other

Main article: Market adoption of Mozilla Firefox

See also: Usage share of web browsers

Mozilla Firefox's market share has grown for each growth period since inception, mostly at the expense of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has seen a steady decline of its usage share since Firefox's release. By early 2008, Firefox had approximately 15% global usage share of web browsers. ^[72][73] Market shares break down as following: 43% for Internet Explorer 7, 32% for Internet Explorer 6, 16% for Firefox 2. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (commonly abbreviated to IE6 is a graphical Web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft 0, 4% for Safari 3.0, and less than half a percent for both Firefox 1. Safari is a Web browser developed by Apple Inc and included in Mac OS X. x and Internet Explorer 5. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical Web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows x versions. ^{[74][75][76][77]}

As one article noted after the release of Firefox 2. 0 in October 2006, "IE6 had the lion's share of the browser market with 77. 22%. Internet Explorer 7 had climbed to 3. 18%, while Firefox 2. 0 was at 0. 69%. "^[77]

A Softpedia article, however, noted in July 2007 that "Firefox 2. 0 has been also expanding its share constantly in spite of IE7. From just 0. 69% in October 2006, Firefox 2. 0 is now accounting for 11. 07% of the market. Mozilla has even sacrificed version 1. 5 of its open source browser for Firefox 2. 0. With support cut at the end of June, Firefox 1. 5 dropped to just 2. 85%. "^[78]

Downloads have continued at an increasing rate since Firefox 1. 0 was released in November 2004, and as of February 21, 2008 Firefox has been downloaded over 500 million times. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[79] This number does not include downloads using software updates or those from third-party websites. ^[80] They do not represent a user count, as one download may be installed on many machines, one person may download the software multiple times, or the software may be obtained from a third party. According to Mozilla CEO John Lilly, Firefox had about 140 million users as of February 2008. PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove ^[81]

Critical reaction

Forbes.com called Firefox the best browser in a 2004 commentary piece. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly ^[82] PC World named Firefox "Product of the Year" in 2005 on their "100 Best Products of 2005" list. PC World is a global Computer magazine published monthly by IDG. ^[83] After the release of Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, PC World reviewed both and declared that Firefox was the better browser. ^[84] Which? Magazine named Firefox its "Best Buy" web browser. Which? is a product-testing and campaigning charity with a Magazine and Website run by Which? Ltd (formerly known as the Consumers' ^[85].

Like other browsers, Firefox has had a number of vulnerabilities that have affected its security, although according to CERT, not as many as Internet Explorer.

Performance

In December 2005 Internet Week ran an article in which many readers reported high memory usage in Firefox 1. 5. ^[86] Mozilla developers said that the higher memory use of Firefox 1. 5 was at least partially due to the new fast backwards-and-forwards (FastBack) feature. ^[87] Other known causes of memory problems were malfunctioning extensions such as Google Toolbar and some older versions of Adblock^[88], or plug-ins, such as older versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Google Toolbar is an Internet browser Toolbar available for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Adblock is a content-filtering extension for the Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Application Suite web browsers ^[89] When PC Magazine compared memory usage of Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer, they found that Firefox used approximately as much memory as the other two browsers. Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company ^[90].

Softpedia also noted that Firefox 1. Softpedia is a site that indexes information and provides downloads for many games drivers mobile phones and software for the Windows Macintosh and Linux platforms as well as 5 took longer to start up than other browsers,^[91] which was confirmed by browser speed tests. IE 6 launches faster than Firefox 1. 5 on Microsoft Windows since many of its components are built into Windows and are loaded during system startup. As a workaround for the issue, a preloader application was created that loads components of Firefox on startup, similar to Internet Explorer. ^[92] A Windows Vista feature called SuperFetch performs a similar task of preloading Firefox if it is used often enough. Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops Windows Vista, Microsoft 's current Windows Operating system as of 2008 includes a number of new I/O functions

Tests performed by PC World and Zimbra indicate that Firefox 2 uses less memory than Internet Explorer 7. PC World is a global Computer magazine published monthly by IDG. ^[84][93] Firefox 3 uses less memory than Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, and Firefox 2 in tests performed by Mozilla, CyberNet, and The Browser World. ^[94][95][96]

Relationship with Google

The Mozilla Corporation's relationship with Google has been noted in the media,^[97][98] especially with regards to their paid referral agreement. Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online The release of the anti-phishing protection in Firefox 2 in particular raised considerable controversy^[99]: anti-phishing protection enabled by default is based on a list updated by twice-hourly downloads to the user's computer from Google's server. In the field of computer security phishing is the Criminally Fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames Passwords ^[100] The user cannot change the data provider within the GUI,^[101] and is not informed who the default data provider is. The browser also sends Google's cookie with each update request. HTTP cookies, or more commonly referred to as Web cookies tracking cookies or just cookies are parcels of text sent by a server to a Web client (usually ^[102] An additional, explicitly opt-in security feature has been added to recent builds by the Mozilla Foundation. This anti-phishing feature provides live protection by checking each visited URL with Google. In the field of computer security phishing is the Criminally Fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames Passwords Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it ^[103] Some Internet privacy advocacy groups have expressed concerns surrounding Google's possible uses of this data, though Firefox's privacy policy states that Google may not use personal information for any purposes other than the anti-phishing protection feature. Internet privacy consists of Privacy over the media of the Internet: the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet and to control ^[100]

In 2005, the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation had a combined revenue of US$52. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 9 million, with approximately 95 percent derived from search engine royalties. ^[104][105] In 2006, the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation had a combined revenue of US$66. 9 million, with approximately 90 percent derived from search engine royalties. ^[104][106]

Response from Microsoft

Microsoft's head of Australian operations, Steve Vamos, stated in late 2004 that he did not see Firefox as a threat and that there was not significant demand for the feature set of Firefox among Microsoft's users. ^[107] Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has used Firefox, but he has commented "so much software gets downloaded all the time, but do people actually use it?"^[108]

A Microsoft SEC filing on June 30, 2005 acknowledged that "competitors such as Mozilla offer software that competes with the Internet Explorer Web browsing capabilities of our Windows operating system products. If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "^[109] The release of Internet Explorer 7 was fast tracked, and included functionality that was previously available in Firefox and other browsers, such as tabbed browsing and RSS feeds. ^[110]

Despite the cold reception from Microsoft's top management, the Internet Explorer development maintains a relationship with Mozilla. They meet regularly to discuss web standards such as extended validation certificates. Extended Validation Certificates (EV are a special type of X509 certificate which require more extensive investigation of the requesting entity by the Certificate Authority ^[111] In 2005 Mozilla agreed to allow Microsoft to use its Web feed logo in the interest of common graphical representation of the Web feeds feature. A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content ^[112]

In August 2006, Microsoft offered to help Mozilla integrate Firefox with the then-forthcoming Windows Vista,^[113] which Mozilla accepted. Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops ^[114]

In October 2006, as congratulations for a successful ship of Firefox 2, the Internet Explorer 7 development team sent a cake to Mozilla. ^[115][116] As a nod to the browser wars, some readers joked about the cake being poisoned, while others jokingly suggested that Mozilla send a cake back along with the recipe, in reference to the open-source software movement. Open source software (OSS began as a marketing campaign for Free software. ^[117]

In November 2007, Microsoft employee Jeff Jones criticized Firefox, claiming that Internet Explorer experienced fewer vulnerabilities and fewer higher severity vulnerabilities than Firefox in typical enterprise scenarios. ^[118] Mozilla developer Mike Shaver discounted the study, citing Microsoft's bundling of security fixes and the study's focus on fixes, rather than vulnerabilities, as crucial flaws. Mike Shaver (born February 17, 1977 in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada) is the VP Engineering for the Mozilla ^[119]

Future developments

Development of Firefox after version 2. 0 is split over two milestones: version 3. 0 and version 4. 0. Firefox 3. 0 is now in the development stage and is expected to be released on June 17, 2008^[120]. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Development for the 3. 0 releases takes place on the Mozilla trunk, with releases and pre-release nightly builds coming from the Mozilla 1. 8. 1 branch (2. 0) and the Mozilla 1.9 branch (3. 0). Development for 4. 0 will be based on Mozilla 2.

Version 3. 0

The development name for Mozilla Firefox 3 is Gran Paradiso. ^[121] The precursory releases are codenamed "Minefield", as this is the name of the trunk builds. The trunk refers to the unnamed branch (version of a file tree under Revision control. "Gran Paradiso", like other Firefox development names, is an actual place; in this case the second-highest mountain group in the Graian Alps. The Gran Paradiso (Grand Paradis the 7th highest Mountain in the Graian Alps with Mont Blanc being the highest is located in the Aosta Valley The Graian Alps (Italian Alpi Graie; French Alpes Grées) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

In 2006, the development team asked users to submit feature requests that they wish to be included in Firefox 3. ^[122]

The Mozilla Foundation released the first beta on 19 November 2007,^[123] the second beta on 18 December 2007,^[123] the third beta on 12 February 2008, the fourth beta on 10 March 2008 and the fifth and final beta on 2 April 2008. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[124] The first release candidate was released on 16 May 2008. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The second release candidate was released on 4 June 2008 followed by a third release candidate (differing from the second release candidate only in that it corrected a serious bug for Mac users) on 11 June 2008. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Mozilla engineers are planning to ship the final release on June 17, 2008. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[125][126] Mozilla is planning to set a new world record by getting the largest software download of Firefox 3 on June 17. People can now make pledges that say that they will download Firefox 3 at this link http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord.

NetApplications notes that the use of Firefox 3 beta has been increasing rapidly up to a usage share of 0. 62% in May 2008. They interpret this increase to mean that Firefox 3 betas are stable and that users are using it as their primary browser. ^[127]

Guinness World Record

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Firefox will be aiming to set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours. People can now make pledges that say that they will download Firefox 3 at this link http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord.

Backend changes

One of the big changes in Firefox 3 is the implementation of Gecko 1. Gecko is a Layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation, known as the layout engine of the Firefox web browser Mozilla Application 9, an updated layout engine. A layout engine, or rendering engine, is software that takes marked up content (such as HTML, XML, image files etc The new version fixes many bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web APIs. ^[128] In particular, it will make Firefox 3 the first official release of a Mozilla browser to pass the Acid2 test, a standards-compliance test for web-page rendering. Acid2 is a test page published and promoted by the Web Standards Project to identify Web page rendering flaws in Web browsers and other applications It also gets a better score on the Acid3 test than Firefox 2. Acid3 is a test page from the Web Standards Project that checks how well a Web browser follows certain Web standards, especially relating to the Document

There are regular XULRunner-based builds being generated daily, but Firefox 3 is very unlikely to use this delivery mechanism. XULRunner is a Runtime environment developed by the Mozilla Foundation for providing a common back-end for XUL applications

Some of the new features are defined in the WHATWG HTML 5 specification,^[128] such as support for web-based protocol handlers, the native implementation of getElementsByClassName method, support for safe message-passing with postMessage, and support for offline web applications. The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, or WHATWG, is a community of people interested in evolving HTML and related technologies HTML 5 ( HyperText Markup Language 5) is planned to be the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. Other new features include APNG support, and EXSLT support. EXSLT is a community initiative to provide extensions to XSLT, which are broken down into a number of modules listed below ^[128]

A new internal memory allocator, jemalloc,^[129] is used rather than the default libc one. In Computing, malloc is a Subroutine provided in the C and C++ programming language 's standard libraries for performing The C standard library (also known as libc) is a now-standardized collection of Header files and library routines used to implement common operations such ^[130]

Gecko 1. 9 uses Cairo as a graphics backend,^[131] allowing for improved graphics performance and better consistency of look and feel on various operating systems. Cairo is a Software library used to provide a Vector graphics -based device-independent API for Software developers It is designed to provide Because of cairo's lack of support for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows NT (versions 4.0 and below), and because Microsoft ended support for Windows 98 and Windows Me on July 11, 2006, Firefox 3 will not run on those operating systems. Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95 Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (IPA pronunciation, iː is a hybrid 16-bit / 32-bit graphical Operating system released on 14 September Windows NT is a family of Operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993 Windows NT 40 is a preemptive, graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with either Uniprocessor or symmetric Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Similarly, the Mac version of Firefox 3 will only run on Mac OS X 10. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently 4 or higher,^[132] but, unlike previous versions, will have a native Cocoa widget interface. Cocoa is Apple Inc 's native Object-oriented application program environment for the Mac OS X Operating system In computer programming a widget (or control) is an element of a Graphical user interface (GUI that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user ^[133]

Frontend changes

New Firefox 3 Download Manager in Windows XP. Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and

Work is currently in progress to make new default themes for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, giving Firefox a more native look and feel on different operating systems. ^[134] As of Firefox 3 Beta 4, themes have been created for Mac OS X, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Vista. When running on the K Desktop Environment or GNOME, Firefox 3 gets the icons from the environment; thus, when the desktop environment icon theme changes, Firefox follows suit. KDE ( K Desktop Environment) (ˌkeɪdiːˈiː is a Free software project which aims to be a powerful system for an easy-to-use Desktop environment. A gnome is a Mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean lifestyle Additionally, the GTK version has replaced the non-native tab bar that was implemented in Firefox 2. 0 and instead uses the native GTK+ tab style.

As for the frontend changes, Firefox will feature a redesigned download manager with built-in search and the ability to resume downloads. Front-end and back-end are generalized terms that refer to the initial and the end stages of a process ^[135] Also, a new plug-in manager is included in the add-ons window^[136] and extensions can be installed with a package manager. A package management system is a collection of tools to automate the process of installing upgrading configuring and removing software packages from a Computer Microformats are supported for use by software that can understand their use in documents to store data in a machine-readable form. A microformat is a web-based approach to semantic markup that seeks to re-use existing XHTML and HTML tags to convey Metadata and other ^[137]

New location bar auto-complete feature in Firefox 3.

The password manager in Firefox 3 will now ask the user if they would like it to remember the password after the log on attempt rather than before. By doing this users are able to avoid storing an incorrect password in the password manager after a bad log on attempt. ^[138]

Firefox 3 will use the new Places system for storing bookmarks and history in an SQLite backend. SQLite is a mostly ACID -compliant Relational database management system contained in a relatively small (~500 kB) C programming library ^[139] The new system stores more information about user's history and bookmarks, in particular letting the user tag the pages. A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image or Computer file) It is also used to implement an improved algorithm for the new location bar auto-complete feature. ^[140][141]

The Mac version of Firefox 3 will support Growl notifications, the OS X spell check, and Aqua-style form controls. Growl is a global Notification system for the Mac OS X Operating system. Aqua is the Graphical user interface and primary visual theme of Apple Inc

The default icons and icon layout for Firefox 3 will also change dramatically, and Firefox 3 will take on a keyhole shape for the forward and back buttons by default on two of the three platforms. ^[142] However, the keyhole shape does not take effect in Linux or in the small-icon mode. The Iconfactory is creating the icons for the Microsoft Windows platform. The Iconfactory is a small Software and graphic design company that specializes in creating icons and software for creating and using icons In addition, separate icons sets were planned for Windows XP and Vista.

Themes

Microsoft Windows Vista "Strata[143]" visual style. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops	Microsoft Windows XP "Strata[143]" visual style. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and
Mac OS X "Firelight[143]" visual style. Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently	Linux "Tango[143]" theme on Ubuntu. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu --> Ubuntu

Mozilla Firefox with Glasser addon

Version 3. 1

Version 3. 1, codenamed Shiretoko^[144], will include support for the <video> tag as defined in the HTML 5 specification. covers most of the Shiretoko Peninsula at the northeastern tip of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. HTML 5 ( HyperText Markup Language 5) is planned to be the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. It will also support cross-site XMLHttpRequests (XHR) which would allow more powerful web applications and an easier way to implement mashup. XMLHttpRequest ( XHR) is an API that can be used by JavaScript and other Web browser Scripting languages to transfer XML Native JSON DOM binding, a powerful feature for web developers ^[145] will also be included, along with full CSS 3 selector support. ^[146]

Version 4. 0

On October 13, 2006, Brendan Eich, Mozilla's Chief Technology Officer, wrote about the plans for Mozilla 2, the platform on which Firefox 4. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Brendan Eich (born 1961 is a Computer programmer and creator of the JavaScript Programming language. A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within 0 is likely to be based. These changes include improving and removing XPCOM APIs, switching to standard C++ features, just-in-time compilation with JavaScript 2 (known as the Tamarin project), tool-time and runtime security checks. XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model is a Cross platform component model from Mozilla. C++ (" C Plus Plus " ˌsiːˌplʌsˈplʌs is a general-purpose Programming language. In Computing, just-in-time compilation ( JIT) also known as dynamic translation, is a technique for improving the runtime performance of a Computer JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development Tamarin is a free Virtual machine and just-in-time (JIT Compiler intended to implement the fourth edition of the ECMAScript standard ^[147][148] It has also been announced that support for the Gopher protocol will be removed by default. For other uses see Gopher. Gopher is a distributed Document search and retrieval Network protocol designed

Future features

Open-source, in-browser video playback is intended to be included in Firefox, according to Mitchell Baker, Mozilla's former Chief Executive Officer. Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker is the Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator The goal is to do video playback without being encumbered by patent issues that are associated with so many video technologies. ^[149]

Baker also discussed the Mozilla Foundation's project to create a version of Firefox that will run reliably on mobile phones, as well as a strategy for syncing content downloaded on a PC with mobile handsets. ^[149]

Meanwhile, offline application support technology — similar to Google Gears — is also being built as part of Firefox. Gears, formerly Google Gears, is software offered by Google that "enables more powerful web applications by adding new features to your web browser Baker said in an interview that given so much investment has now been made in the web as a platform, in order to take it to the next step, applications must continue to work when a computer's internet connection is offline. ^[149]

Awards

Mozilla Firefox has been given a number of awards by various organizations. These awards include:

• Webware 100 winner, April 2008^[150]
• Webware 100 winner, June 2007^[151]
• PC World 100 Best Products of 2007, May 2007^[152]
• PC Magazine Editors' Choice, October 2006^[153]
• CNET Editors' Choice, October 2006^[154]
• PC World's 100 Best Products of 2006, July 2006^[155]
• PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award, Software and Development Tools category, January 2006^[156]
• PC Magazine Best of the Year Award, December 27, 2005^[157]
• PC Pro Real World Award (Mozilla Foundation), December 8, 2005^[158]
• CNET Editors' Choice, November 2005^[159]
• UK Usability Professionals' Association Award Best Software Application 2005, November 2005^[160]
• Macworld Editor's Choice with a 4. 5 Mice Rating, November 2005^[161]
• Softpedia User’s Choice Award, September 2005^[162]
• TUX 2005 Readers' Choice Award, September 2005^[163]
• PC World Product of the Year, June 2005^[164]
• Forbes Best of the Web, May 2005^[165]
• PC Magazine Editor’s Choice Award, May 2005^[166]

See also

References

Further reading

External links

• Mozilla Firefox homepage for end-users
• Mozilla Firefox project page for developers
• Mozilla EULA
• Mozilla Firefox at the Open Directory Project
• Secunia.com − Vulnerability report for Mozilla Firefox 2

Related projects

• Weave
• Personas for Firefox
• Flock - The Social Web Browser