![]() It was then that they created a separate browser, which aimed to replace the Mozilla suite. ĭave Hyatt, Joe Hewitt and Blake Ross, who started the Firefox project, said they believed that the usefulness of the Mozilla browser was compromised with the commercial interests of Netscape (which sponsored them), as well as the inclusion of underused functions. According to the StatCounter, currently about 3.65% of Internet users use Firefox, being the third most used browser in the world, behind Google Chrome and Safari. ![]() įirefox stood out as an alternative to Internet Explorer and reactivated the so-called browser war. With about 17 000 extensions available in 26 of July of 2012, the extensions exceeded the mark of 3 billion downloads. The 100 million download mark was reached on October 19, 2005, before completing the first year of version 1.0. With more than 25 million downloads in the first 99 days after version 1.0 was released, Firefox has become one of the most widely used open source applications by home users. About 40% of the program’s code was written entirely by volunteers. ![]() Based on the navigation component of the Mozilla Application Suite, Firefox has become the primary goal of the Mozilla Foundation. ![]() The foundation’s intention is to develop a lightweight, secure, intuitive and highly extensible browser. Mozilla Firefox is a free, multiplatform browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation with the help of hundreds of contributors.
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