Mozilla Firefox

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Mozilla Firefox
A customized version of Mozilla Firefox 2 running on Ubuntu

Developed by
Mozilla Corporation / Mozilla Foundation
Initial release
November 9, 2004
Stable release
2.0.0.14 (April 16, 2008; 39 days ago) [+/]
Preview release 3.0 RC1 (May 16, 2008; 9 days ago) [+/]
Written in
OS
Platform
Available in
Genre
License
C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript

Cross-platform
Gecko
over 40 languages
Web browser, FTP client, gopher client
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. Firefox had 17.76% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of
April 2008, making it the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide,
after Internet Explorer.[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.
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. Functions can be added through around 2,000 addons created by third-party developers;[2] the most popular include NoScript (script
blocker), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker),
StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web
Developer (web tools).[3]
Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many
other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 2.0.0.14,
released on April 16, 2008.[4] Firefox's source code is free software, released under
a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL.[5]
Contents
[hide]
1 History
1.1 Release history

2 Features
2.1 Standards support
2.2 Security
3 Licensing
3.1 Trademark and logo issues
4 Advertising
5 Market adoption
6 Critical reaction
6.1 Relationship with Google
6.2 Response from Microsoft

7 Future developments
7.1 Version 3.0
7.1.1 Backend changes
7.1.2 Frontend changes

7.1.2.1 Themes
7.2 Version 4.0
7.3 Future features

8 Awards
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
12.1 Related projects
[edit]
History
Firefox (category)
Mozilla
Foundation Corporation
Community / Customization
Features Extensions (category)
Spread Firefox Adoption Firemonger
Forks and Related Projects
Flock Gnuzilla GNU IceCat IceApe
IceDove Iceweasel Netscape 9
Portable Ed. Swiftfox Swiftweasel
Miro Songbird XeroBank
Origins and Lineage
Mozilla Application Suite
Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communications Corp.
The Book of Mozilla
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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. They believed the commercial
requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep
compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser.[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. On April 3, 2003, the Mozilla
Organization announced that they planned to change their focus from the
Mozilla Suite to Firefox and Thunderbird.[7]
The Firefox project has undergone several name changes. Originally titled
Phoenix, it was renamed because of trademark issues with Phoenix
Technologies. The replacement name, Firebird, provoked an intense response
from the Firebird free database software project.[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. 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. After a series of stability and security fixes, the Mozilla
Foundation released its first major update, Firefox version 1.5, on November 29,
2005. On October 24, 2006, Mozilla released Firefox 2. 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.[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]
[edit]
Release history
Main article: History of Mozilla Firefox#Release history

Colour
Meaning
Red
Old release; not supported
Yellow
Old release; supported
Green
Current release; supported
Purple
Test release; supported
Blue
Browser
name
Future release; supported
Gecko
Version
version
Phoenix
1.2
Codename
Release date
Significant changes
0.1
Pescadero
September 23, 2002
First release; customizable

toolbar, quicksearch.
0.2
Santa Cruz
October 1, 2002
Sidebar, extension
management.
0.3
Lucia
October 14, 2002
Image blocking, pop-up

blocking whitelist, tabbed
browsing.
0.4
Oceano
October 19, 2002
Themes, pop-up blocking

improvements, toolbar
customization.
0.5
Naples
December 7, 2002
Multiple homepages, sidebar

and accessibility
improvements, history
1.3
Mozilla
Firebird
0.6
Glendale
May 17, 2003
New default theme (Qute),

bookmark and privacy
improvements, smooth
scrolling, automatic image
resizing.
0.7
Indio
October 15, 2003
Automatic scrolling, password

manager, preferences panel
improvements.
0.8
Royal Oak
February 9, 2004
1.5
Mozilla
Firefox
1.6
Windows installer, offline

working, bookmarks and
download manager
improvements, rebranded with
new logo.
June 15, 2004
New default theme (Winstripe),

comprehensive data migration,
new extension/theme manager,
reduced download size, new
help system, Linux installer,
mail icon (Windows only).
November 9, 2004
Official version 1.0 release.

Added new features such as
RSS/Atom feed support, find
toolbar, plugin finder. Reached
its end of life on April 13, 2006
with the release of version
1.0.8.[17] (support for older
versions of Firefox typically
ends six months after a new
major version is available).[18]
November 29, 2005

Added support for SVG and
canvas, UI adjustments and
improvements in JavaScript 1.5
and CSS 2/3. Reached its end
of life on May 30, 2007 with the
release of Firefox 1.5.0.12.[19]
October 24, 2006

Added new features such as
session restoration after a
browser crash, search
suggestion for Google and
Yahoo!, new search plugin
manager and add-on manager,
web feed previewing,
bookmark microsummaries and
anti-phishing protection.
Winstripe theme refresh.
Included support for JavaScript
1.7.
2.0.0.14
April 17, 2008
Current stable version. Stability

and security fixes.
3.0rc1
May 16, 2008[20]
0.9
One Tree Hill
1.7
1.0
1.8
1.5
Phoenix
Deer Park
Mozilla
Firefox 2
2.0
Bon Echo
1.8.1
Mozilla
1.9
Cairo used as a graphics

backend. Cocoa Widgets
included in OS X builds. API's
Firefox 3
implemented from WHATWG

specs. Changes to how DOM
events are dispatched, how
HTML object elements are
loaded, and how web pages
are rendered. New SVG
elements and filters, and
improved SVG specification
compliance. Acid2 test
compliant. New UI
improvements, including
default themes for different
operating systems and new
download manager. Windows
95, 98, ME, Mac OS X v10.3.9
[21]
and lower, and GTK+ 2.8 and
lower[citation needed] are no longer
supported. Addons.mozilla.org
integration in the Add-ons
window.
3.0
Mozilla
2.0
Firefox 4
[edit]
Gran Paradiso
4.0
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 developers of Firefox aimed to produce a browser that
"just surfs the web"[22] and delivers the "best possible browsing
experience to the widest possible set of people."[23]
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.[24]
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.
[edit]
Standards support
Mozilla Firefox supports many web standards, including HTML, XML,

XHTML, SVG 1.1 (partial),[25] CSS (with extensions[26]), ECMAScript
(JavaScript), DOM, MathML, DTD, XSLT, XPath, and PNG images with
alpha transparency.[27] Firefox also supports standards proposals
created by the WHATWG such as client-side storage,[28][29] and canvas
element.[30]
Although Firefox 2 does not pass the Acid2 standards-compliance test,
all releases since Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 do.[31]
[edit]
Security
Firefox uses a sandbox security model,[32] and limits scripts from

accessing data from other web sites based on the same origin policy.[33]
It uses SSL/TLS to protect communications with web servers using
strong cryptography when using the https protocol.[34] It also provides
support for web applications to use smartcards for authentication
purposes.[35]
The Mozilla Foundation offers a "bug bounty" to researchers who
discover severe security holes in Firefox.[36] Official guidelines for
handling security vulnerabilities discourage early disclosure of
vulnerabilities so as not to give potential attackers an advantage in
creating exploits.[37]
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.[38][39][40][41] The Washington Post reports that
exploit code for critical unpatched security vulnerabilities in Internet
Explorer was available for 284 days in 2006. In comparison, exploit
code for critical security vulnerabilities in Firefox was available for 9
days before Mozilla shipped a patch to remedy the problem. [42]
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.[43] Symantec later clarified
their statement, saying that Firefox still had fewer security

vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer, as counted by security
researchers.[44] As of March 26, 2008, Firefox 2 has four security
vulnerabilities unpatched, the most severe of which was rated "less
critical" by Secunia.[45] Internet Explorer 7 has eight security
vulnerabilities unpatched, the most severe of which was rated
"Moderately critical" by Secunia.[46]
[edit]
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).[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 and Songbird make use of code from
Firefox.
The official end-user builds of Firefox distributed from mozilla.com are
licensed under the Mozilla EULA.[47] 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. Because of this and
the clickwrap agreement included in the Windows version, the Free
Software Foundation (FSF) consider these builds proprietary software.
[48]
However, BreakPad, an open source crash reporting system, is
expected to replace Talkback and is planned for Firefox 3.0. [49]
According to plans, Firefox 3.0 will be the first version of Firefox that is
fully open source.[50]
In the past, Firefox was licensed solely under the MPL, [51] which the
FSF criticizes for being weak copyleft; the license permits, in limited
ways, proprietary derivative works. Additionally, code under the MPL
cannot legally be linked with code under the GPL or the LGPL. [52][53] To
address these concerns, Mozilla re-licensed Firefox under the trilicense 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.[51]
[edit]
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. 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.[54]
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".[55]
To allow distributions of the code without using the official branding, the
Firefox source code contains a "branding switch". 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.[56] Ultimately, Debian switched to branding their modified
version of Firefox "Iceweasel".
[edit]
Advertising
The rapid adoption of Firefox, 100 million downloads in its first year of
availability,[57] followed a series of aggressive marketing campaigns
starting in 2004 with a series of events Blake Ross and Asa Dotzler
called "marketing weeks".[58]
On September 12, 2004,[59] 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.
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.
The "World Firefox Day" campaign started on July 15, 2006,[60] the third
anniversary of the founding of the Mozilla Foundation,[61] and ran until
September 15, 2006.[62] 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.[63]
Some of Firefox's contributors made a crop circle of the Firefox logo,[64]
which can be seen on Google Earth.
[edit]
Market adoption
Usage share of alternative web browsers (non-IE browsers):[65]

Firefox
Safari
Opera
Netscape
Mozilla
Other
Main article: Market adoption of Mozilla Firefox

See also: Usage share of web browsers
Firefox market share by version
NetApplications.com, April 2008[66]
Firefox 0.1
0.01%
Firefox 1.0
0.24%
Firefox 1.5
0.42%
Firefox 2.0
16.69%
Firefox 3.0 (beta)
0.39%
All versions[67]
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.
[68][69]
Market shares break down as following: 43% for Internet
Explorer 7, 32% for Internet Explorer 6, 16% for Firefox 2.0,
4% for Safari 3.0, and less than half a percent for both Firefox
1.x and Internet Explorer 5.x versions.[70][71][72][73]
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%."[73]
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%."[74]
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. [75]
This number does not include downloads using software
updates or those from third-party websites.[76] They do not
represent a user count, as one download may be installed on
many machines, one person may download the software
17.76%
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.[77]
[edit]
Critical reaction
Forbes.com called Firefox the best browser in a 2004

commentary piece.[78] PC World named Firefox "Product of the
Year" in 2005 on their "100 Best Products of 2005" list. [79] After
the release of Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, PC
World reviewed both and declared that Firefox was the better
browser.[80] Which? Magazine named Firefox its "Best Buy"
web browser.[81]
In December 2005 Internet Week ran an article in which many
readers reported high memory usage in Firefox 1.5. [82] 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.[83] Other known causes of memory
problems were malfunctioning extensions such as Google
Toolbar and some older versions of Adblock[84], or plug-ins,
such as older versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader.[85] 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.[86] Tests
performed by PC World and Zimbra indicate that Firefox 2
uses less memory than Internet Explorer 7.[80][87] Firefox 3, in
testing of beta 1 version, did not use less memory than version
2, although it still used less memory than Internet Explorer 7.[88]
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.
Softpedia notes that Firefox takes longer to start up than other
browsers,[89] which was confirmed by browser speed tests. IE 6
launches slightly faster than Firefox 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.[90] A Windows
Vista feature called SuperFetch performs a similar task of
preloading Firefox if it is used often enough.
[edit]
Relationship with Google
The Mozilla Corporation's relationship with Google has been

noted in the media,[91][92] especially with regards to their paid
referral agreement. The release of the anti-phishing protection
in Firefox 2 in particular raised considerable controversy [93]:
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.[94] The user cannot change the data
provider within the GUI,[95] and is not informed who the default
data provider is. The browser also sends Google's cookie with
each update request.[96] 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.[97] 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 antiphishing protection feature.[94]
In 2005, the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation had a
combined revenue of US$52.9 million, with approximately 95
percent derived from search engine royalties. [98][99] 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.[98][100]
[edit]
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.[101] 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?" [102]
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."[103] 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. [104]
Despite the cold reception from Microsoft's top management,
the Internet Explorer development team does have a healthy
relationship with Mozilla. They meet regularly to discuss web
standards such as extended validation certificates.[105] 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.[106]
In August 2006, Microsoft offered to help Mozilla integrate
Firefox with the then-forthcoming Windows Vista,[107] which
Mozilla accepted.[108]
In October 2006, as congratulations for a successful ship of
Firefox 2, the Internet Explorer 7 development team sent a
cake to Mozilla.[109][110] 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.[111]
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.[112] 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.[113]
[edit]
Future developments
This section contains information about computer software currently in
development.
The content may change as the software development progresses.
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 in mid
2008. 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.
[edit]
Version 3.0
The development name for Mozilla Firefox 3 is Gran

Paradiso.[114] The precursory releases are codenamed
"Minefield", as this is the name of the trunk builds. "Gran
Paradiso", like other Firefox development names, is an actual
place; in this case the highest mountain group in the Graian
Alps.
In 2006, the development team asked users to submit feature
requests that they wish to be included in Firefox 3.[115]
The Mozilla Foundation released the first beta on 19
November 2007[116], the second beta on 18 December 2007[116],
the third beta on 12 February 2008, the fourth beta on 10
March 2008 and the fifth and final beta on 2 April 2008. [117] The
first release candidate was released on 16 May 2008. Mozilla
engineers expect to ship the final release by the end of June
2008.[118]
NetApplications notes that the use of Firefox 3 beta has been
increasing rapidly up to a usage share of 0.39% in April 2008.
They interpret this increase to mean that Firefox 3 betas are
stable and that users are using it as their primary browser.[119]
[edit] Backend changes
One of the big changes in Firefox 3 is the implementation of

Gecko 1.9, an updated layout engine. The new version fixes
many bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements
new web APIs.[120] 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. It also gets
a better score on the Acid3 test than Firefox 2.
There are regular XULRunner-based builds being generated
daily, but Firefox 3 is very unlikely to use this delivery
mechanism.[citation needed]
Some of the new features are defined in the WHATWG HTML
5 specification[120], such as support for web-based protocol
handlers, the native implementation of getElementsByClassName
method, support for safe message-passing with postMessage,
support for offline web applications. Other new features
include APNG support, and EXSLT support.[120]
A new internal memory allocator, jemalloc,[121] is used rather
than the default libc one.[122]
Gecko 1.9 uses Cairo as a graphics backend,[123] allowing for
improved graphics performance and better consistency of look
and feel on various operating systems. 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.
Similarly, the Mac version of Firefox 3 will only run on Mac OS
X 10.4 or higher,[124] but, unlike previous versions, will have a
native Cocoa widget interface.[125]
[edit] Frontend changes
New unfinished Firefox 3 Download Manager in Debian GNU/Linux.
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.[126] 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.
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.[127] Also, a new plug-in manager is
included in the add-ons window[128] and extensions can be
installed with a package manager. Microformats are supported
for use by software that can understand their use in
documents to store data in a machine-readable form. [129]
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.[130]
Firefox 3 will use the new Places system for storing
bookmarks and history in an SQLite backend.[131] The new
system stores more information about user's history and
bookmarks, in particular letting the user tag the pages. It is
also used to implement an improved algorithm for the new
location bar auto-complete feature.[132][133]
The Mac version of Firefox 3 will support Growl notifications,
the OS X spell check, and Aqua-style form controls.
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.[134] 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. In addition,
separate icons sets were planned for Windows XP and Vista.
[edit] Themes
Microsoft Windows Vista "Strata[135]" visual style.

Microsoft Windows XP "Strata[135]" visual
Microsoft Windows 2000 "Strata[135]" visual style.
Mac OS X "Firelight[135]" visual style.
Linux "Tango[135]" theme on Ubuntu.
[edit]
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 4.0 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.[136][137] It has also been announced
that support for the Gopher protocol will be removed by
default.
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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. The goal is to do video

playback without being encumbered by patent issues that are
associated with so many video technologies.[138]
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.[138]
Meanwhile, offline application support technology similar to
Google Gears is also being built as part of Firefox. 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.[138]
[edit]
Awards
Mozilla Firefox has been given a number of awards by various

organizations. These awards include:
Webware 100 winner, April 2008[139]
Webware 100 winner, June 2007[140]
PC World 100 Best Products of 2007, May 2007[141]
PC Magazine Editors' Choice, October 2006[142]
CNET Editors' Choice, October 2006[143]
PC World's 100 Best Products of 2006, July 2006[144]
PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award, Software and
Development Tools category, January 2006[145]
PC Magazine Best of the Year Award, December 27,
2005[146]
PC Pro Real World Award (Mozilla Foundation), December

8, 2005[147]
CNET Editors' Choice, November 2005[148]
UK Usability Professionals' Association Award Best
Software Application 2005, November 2005[149]
Macworld Editor's Choice with a 4.5 Mice Rating,
November 2005[150]
Softpedia Users Choice Award, September 2005[151]
TUX 2005 Readers' Choice Award, September 2005[152]
PC World Product of the Year, June 2005[153]
Forbes Best of the Web, May 2005[154]
PC Magazine Editors Choice Award, May 2005[155]
[edit]
See also
Free software Portal
Browser timeline
Browser wars
Comparison of web browsers
List of Firefox extensions
List of web browsers
Swiftfox
GNU IceCat, a fork of Firefox which is made of entirely free
software
The Book of Mozilla

Mozilla Prism
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Further reading
Granneman, Scott (2005). Don't Click on the Blue e!:
Switching to Firefox. O'Reilly. ISBN 0-596-00939-9.
Hofmann, Chris; Marcia Knous, & John Hedtke (2005).
Firefox and Thunderbird Garage. Prentice Hall PTR. ISBN 013-187004-1.
McFarlane, Nigel (2005). Firefox Hacks. O'Reilly. ISBN 0596-00928-3.
Reyes, Mel (2005). Hacking Firefox: More Than 150 Hacks,
Mods, and Customizations. Wiley. ISBN 0-7645-9650-0.
Ross, Blake (2006). Firefox for Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 0-47174899-4.
Cheah, Chu Yeow (2005). Firefox Secrets: A Need-To-Know
Guide. O'Reilly. ISBN 0-9752402-4-2.
Feldt, Kenneth C. (2007). Programming Firefox. O'Reilly.
ISBN 0-596-10243-7.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Firefox" redirects here. For other uses, see Firefox (disambiguation).

A customized version of Mozilla Firefox 2 running on Ubuntu

Mozilla Corporation / Mozilla Foundation

2.0.0.14 (April 16, 2008; 39 days ago) [+/]

C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript

1.1 Release history

2.1 Standards support

6.1 Relationship with Google

6.2 Response from Microsoft

7.1.1 Backend changes

7.1.2 Frontend changes

7.2 Version 4.0

7.3 Future features

12.1 Related projects

Main article: History of Mozilla Firefox

Main article: History of Mozilla Firefox#Release history

Old release; not supported

Old release; supported

Current release; supported

Test release; supported

Future release; supported

September 23, 2002

First release; customizable

October 14, 2002

Image blocking, pop-up

October 19, 2002

Themes, pop-up blocking

Multiple homepages, sidebar

May 17, 2003

New default theme (Qute),

October 15, 2003

Automatic scrolling, password

Windows installer, offline

June 15, 2004

New default theme (Winstripe),

Official version 1.0 release.

November 29, 2005

Official version 1.5 release.

October 24, 2006

Official version 2.0 release.

April 17, 2008

Current stable version. Stability

May 16, 2008[20]

One Tree Hill

Cairo used as a graphics

implemented from WHATWG

Main article: Features of Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox supports many web standards, including HTML, XML,

Firefox uses a sandbox security model,[32] and limits scripts from

their statement, saying that Firefox still had fewer security

derivative works when one of those licenses is chosen, or MPL use

Trademark and logo issues

The name "Mozilla Firefox" is a registered trademark; along with the

Firefox Friends Wall, a digital wall that will be displayed at the

Usage share of alternative web browsers (non-IE browsers):[65]

Main article: Market adoption of Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 3.0 (beta)

Mozilla Firefox's market share has grown for each growth

multiple times, or the software may be obtained from a third

Forbes.com called Firefox the best browser in a 2004

loaded during system startup. As a workaround for the issue, a

Relationship with Google