Mozilla Firefox turns 20

One of the big names when it comes to internet browsers, Mozilla Firefox completed 20 years in a day 23 September, last Friday. Despite the official launch version 1.0 were in November 9first appearance of the software, still in it version 0.1that was almost two months ago!

His first codename was “Pescadero“, the city of California (USA). During this period, those responsible for the application sought to honor cities around the world. from version 2.0 started making references to national parks until eventually they changed to bird names after version 4.0undergoing other changes over the years.

Firefox looks back on its 20-year trajectory

As available on the website Android controlto commemorate the special day, some remarkable events have been highlighted that tell important passages from the history of the famous navigator, which began at a time when Internet Explorer still reigns on many computers.

• Mozilla was founded in 1998 when Netscape released its source code. Versions 6 and 7 of Netscape were based on the Mozilla Application Suite, while Netscape 8 was based directly on Firefox. The Netscape browser remained based on Firefox until its end in 2008;
• The first version of the Firefox browser was released on September 23, 2002, 20 years ago. Firefox and Netscape competed in the same space for years with the same code base. It’s not too different from how Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge currently compete, with much of the same foundation known as “Chromium”;
• Firefox was the most popular in 2009 when it had a market share of 32.21%. It surpassed one billion downloads in July 2009 and became the world’s most popular open source software, a title it has held ever since;
• It also surpassed Internet Explorer 7 in Europe in 2009, marking the first time Internet Explorer lost a major market to another browser after winning the browser wars. Just a few years later, Chrome surpassed them both;
• It is still the fourth most popular browser behind Chrome, Safari and Edge (in that order) with a market share of just 3.26%;
• It’s completely open source, and also non-commercial, something the other four major browsers can’t be proud of. Some people may mention Chromium, but Chromium is the open source that Chrome is based on. Chrome itself is proprietary;
• Firefox was the first browser with add-ons and themes;
• It was also the first browser to support 3D in-browser games. This is now standard across all major browsers;
• The name Firefox comes from the nickname of the red panda. The animal was Firefox’s oldest mascot, and Mozilla used to host a live page where you could watch the creatures on camera.

During the long journey, its competitors changed more than once, but the popular browser remained until it became a consolidated brand recognized by the world. loyal users. still holds the title one of the most secure and privacy oriented alternatives available, and this aspect is very important at a time when users are increasingly concerned about online security.

The future of Firefox and competition from Edge and Chrome

OUR Mozilla stated that he plans to continue development of the app as usual, and it continues to be its flagship product. However, the loss of participation in recent years is felt by the creators of the project, because. Google Chrome is a favorite so far.

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O chromium unites both Microsoft Edge How many Chromium. These two browsers currently represent 75% of all traffic in the Internet. Despite these obstacles, this is a special anniversary for Firefox, which just turned two decades old. And, not surprisingly, fans and enthusiasts hope that it will be successful for a long time to come.

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Source: Android Control.

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