History Usefulnotes / MozillaFirefox

For more detailed information, see its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox page]] on Website/TheOtherWiki. The browser's official webpage can be found [[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ here]]. In addition to the desktop version, Mozilla has also released a mobile version for the Android and [=iOS=][[note]]Though, as per Apple's requirements, this version uses the [=WebKit=] engine instead of the Gecko Engine like the other versions[[/note]] operating system, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store and Apple App Store, respectively.

With most other browsers abandoning their custom rendering engine in favor of Chromium or started as Chromium-powered browser in the first place, Firefox is the rare browser in the market that use its own engine (Safari's WebKit is the basis for Blink in Chromium, so they also share the same root) which in rare cases can expose website incompatibilities either because the dev never bothered to test using non-Chromium browser or there's a DRM component that Firefox refuse to adopt.

Mozilla Firefox is the second most popular web browser, after Google Chrome (approximately 10% desktop market share as of November 2019), which is quite impressive for an open-source project born from the battered corpse of Netscape after it was defeated by Internet Explorer, then stripped and eaten by AOL.

For more detailed information, see its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox page]] on Wiki/TheOtherWiki. The browser's official webpage can be found [[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ here]]. In addition to the desktop version, Mozilla has also released a mobile version for the Android and [=iOS=][[note]]Though, as per Apple's requirements, this version uses the [=WebKit=] engine instead of the Gecko Engine like the other versions[[/note]] operating system, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store and Apple App Store, respectively.

After almost two years since its initial 0.1 release, Mozilla Firefox, or just Firefox, launched version 1.0 on November 9, 2004. Versions 2, 3, and 4 came out in 2006, 2008, and 2011, after which they changed the criteria for being a new version and started to roll out new releases faster. As of January 15, 2022, Firefox 96.0.1 is the official released version for desktops.

After almost two years since its initial 0.1 release, Mozilla Firefox, or just Firefox, launched version 1.0 on November 9, 2004. Versions 2, 3, and 4 came out in 2006, 2008, and 2011, after which they changed the criteria for being a new version and started to roll out new releases faster. As of January 26, 2021, 85.0 is the official released version for desktops.

In recent years Firefox has attempted to expand beyond its' core browser into other devices powered by their technology, with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS Firefox OS]]'', but ultimately it was discontinued.

In November 2017, a revamped version of the browser known as "Firefox Quantum" was released, intended to streamline the browser for the modern era. However, this did not go without controversy, as many well-loved add-ons were deprecated by the new code.

You don't actually have to be able to think in Russian to use it, though you might think so if you confuse the browser with [[Film/{{Firefox}} the 1977 novel or its 1982 Clint Eastwood film adaptation]].

After almost two years since its initial 0.1 release, Mozilla Firefox, or just Firefox, launched version 1.0 on November 9, 2004. Versions 2, 3, and 4 came out in 2006, 2008, and 2011, after which they changed the criteria for being a new version and started to roll out new releases faster. As of November 20, 2019, 70.0.1 is the official released version for desktops.