Administrator DKT27 Posted September 24, 2012 Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2012 Ten years (and a day) ago, Mozilla launched Phoenix 0.1. After two years of testing, Mozilla changed the name from Phoenix to Firefox, creating one of the most successful browsers to date. Ten years (and a day) ago on the 23rd of September 2002, Phoenix 0.1 was released. Several months later, that name was dropped in favor of Firebird, because BIOS manufacturer Phoenix Technologies didn't like to see its name on Mozilla's open-source browser. The community didn't like Firebird either, because there was and still is a database server carrying the same name. So in the beginning of 2004, Mozilla changed the name to Firefox. By the end of that year, version 1.0 was released together with a full-page advertisement in the New York Times. Firefox became quite popular thanks to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6, which didn't receive significant updates for many years. Firefox however introduced a lot of people to tabs, RSS-feeds in the bookmarks bar, themes and extensions. In February 2008, Firefox had been downloaded 500 million times and established a record with version 3.0 several months later, with the "Most Downloads of a Software Application in 24 Hours," according to Guinness World Records. By the end of 2011, Google Chrome surpassed Firefox in terms of global usage share. Today, approximately 23% of all desktop users browse the internet with Firefox, making it the third most used browser according to StatCounter. Internet Explorer comes in second with 33% and Google Chrome comes in first with 34%. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chlorophyll Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 nice article bro..thanks for da info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Remember participating in firefox downloads day ? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 24, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted September 24, 2012 Remember participating in firefox downloads day ? :D I do. :D One of those times you got yourself to contribute to a world record. :tooth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Remember participating in firefox downloads day ? :DI do. :D One of those times you got yourself to contribute to a world record. :tooth: Hallelujah! :notworthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVoice Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I remember being part of that. Still a proud Firefox user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2ms Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I am also a proud Firefox (well.. waterfox) user. I think their extension platform is unmatched even by chrome. What do I care if the other is some microseconds faster.. HTTPS everywhere, adblock plus.. and great improvements constantly.I remember the first version I used was 0.7b and it kicked the ass of IE6 so hard!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I remember having received a certificate for the participation. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted October 3, 2012 I remember having received a certificate for the participation. :) Nostalgia. :D Damn. I even had the certificate in my archives (email or computer, don't remember), but can't find it. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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