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Main article: History of Firefox
The Firefox project began as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project by Dave Hyatt, Joe Hewitt and Blake Ross. They believed the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser.[19] 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.[20]
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German build of Firefox 1.0.8
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.[21][22][23] In response, the Mozilla Foundation stated that the browser should always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion with the database software. After further pressure from the database server's development community, on February 9, 2004, Mozilla Firebird became Mozilla Firefox,[24] often referred to as simply Firefox. Mozilla prefers that Firefox be abbreviated as Fx or fx, though it is often abbreviated as FF.[25] 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. Firefox 1.5.0.12 is the final version officially supported under Windows 95.
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Main article: Firefox 2
On October 24, 2006, Mozilla released Firefox 2. This version includes updates to the tabbed browsing environment; the extensions manager; the GUI (Graphical User Interface); 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,[26][27] and later merged into the program itself.[28] 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.[29] Firefox 2.0.0.20 is the final version which can run under an unmodified installation of Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, and Windows ME.[citation needed]
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Main article: Firefox 3
Firefox 3 was released on June 17, 2008,[30] by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox 3 uses version 1.9 of the Mozilla Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages. This version fixes many bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web APIs.[31] Other new features include a redesigned download manager, a new "Places" system for storing bookmarks and history, and separate themes for different operating systems. Tabbed browsing was more popularised in this version. The latest version under 3.0 is Firefox 3.0.19.
Development stretches back to the first Firefox 3 beta (under the codename 'Gran Paradiso'[32]) which had been released several months earlier on 19 November 2007,[33] and was followed by several more beta releases in spring 2008 culminating in the June release.[34] Firefox 3 had more than 8 million unique downloads the day it was released, setting a Guinness World Record.[35]
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Main article: Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu
Version 3.5, codenamed Shiretoko,[36] adds a variety of new features to Firefox. Initially numbered Firefox 3.1, Mozilla developers decided to change the numbering of the release to 3.5, in order to reflect a significantly greater scope of changes than originally planned.[37] The final release was on June 30, 2009. The changes included much faster performance thanks to an upgrade to SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine called TraceMonkey and rendering improvements,[38] and support for the <video> and <audio> tags as defined in the HTML 5 specification, with a goal to offer video playback without being encumbered by patent issues associated with many video technologies.[39] Cross-site XMLHttpRequests (XHR), which can allow for more powerful web applications and an easier way to implement mashups, are also implemented in 3.5.[40] A new global JSON object contains native functions to efficiently and safely serialize and deserialize JSON objects, as specified by the ECMAScript 3.1 draft.[41] Full CSS 3 selector support has been added. Firefox 3.5 uses the Gecko 1.9.1 engine, which includes a few features that were not included in the 3.0 release. Multi-touch trackpad support was also added to the release, including gesture support like pinching for zooming and swiping for back and forward.[42] Firefox 3.5 also features an updated logo.[43]
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Main article: Firefox 3.6
Version 3.6 (latest version 3.6.26) is the release codenamed Namoroka.[44] Development for this version started on December 1, 2008,[45] and version 3.6.0 was released on January 21, 2010.[18] This release uses the Gecko 1.9.2 rendering engine.
New features for Firefox 3.6 include built-in support for Personas (toolbar skins), notification of out-of-date plugins,[46] full screen playback of Theora video, support for the WOFF open webfont format,[47] a more secure plugin system, and many performance improvements.[18]
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A crashed Adobe Flash plugin
One minor update to Firefox 3.6, version 3.6.4 (code-named Lorentz) features "Crash Protection"[48] (also called out-of-process plug-ins, or OOPP), which isolates execution of plug-ins into a separate process, preventing a plug-in crash from bringing down the whole browser.
In the initial release only three plug-ins were isolated by default: Adobe Flash Player, Apple Quicktime, and Microsoft Silverlight, and the feature was available only in the Windows and Linux builds. Mac OS X 10.6 support was added in Firefox 4. Firefox 3.6.6 increased the amount of time a plug-in is allowed to be unresponsive to the point before the plug-in would quit.[49]
Starting with Lorentz, Mozilla plans to release non-intrusive changes as minor updates that previously included only stability and security fixes.[50]
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Main article: Firefox 4
Firefox 4.0 displaying Wikipedia on Windows 7.
Released on March 22, 2011,[51][52] Firefox 4 was codenamed "Tumucumaque" after Tumucumaque National Park.
Version 4 brought a new user interface and is said to be faster.[53] Early mockups of the new interface on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux were first made available in July 2009.[54][55][56] Other new features included improved notifications, tab groups, application tabs, a redesigned add-on manager, integration with Firefox Sync, and support for multitouch displays.[57][58][59][60][61]
On October 13, 2006, Brendan Eich, Mozilla's Chief Technology Officer, wrote about the plans for "Mozilla 2", referring to the most comprehensive iteration (since its creation) of the overall platform on which Firefox and other Mozilla products run.[62] Most of the objectives were gradually incorporated into Firefox through versions 3.0, 3.5, and 3.6. The largest changes, however, were planned for Firefox 4.
Firefox 4 was based on the Gecko 2.0 engine, which added or improved support for HTML5, CSS3, WebM, and WebGL.[63][64] It also included a new JavaScript engine (JägerMonkey) and better XPCOM APIs.[65]
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See also: History of Firefox#Rapid release development cycle
The "About Nightly" window from Mozilla Firefox 12 Nightly.
In April 2011, the development process was split into several "channels", each working on a build in a different stage of development. The most recent available build is called "Nightly Builds" and offers the latest, untested features and updates. The "Aurora" build is up to six weeks behind "Nightly" and offers functionality that has undergone basic testing. The "Beta" channel is another six weeks away. It provides improved stability over the nightly builds and is the first development milestone that has the "Firefox" logo. "Release" is the current official version of Firefox. New releases are planned to occur at six week intervals.[66] The aim of this faster-paced process is to get new functions to users faster.[67]
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Firefox 5 was released on June 21, 2011,[68] only three months after the major release of Firefox 4. Firefox 5 is the first release as part of Mozilla's new rapid release plan, matching Google Chrome's rapid release schedule and rapid version number increments.[69]
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Mozilla released its Mozilla Firefox 6.0 on August 16, 2011. The update brought: permissions manager, new address bar highlighting (the domain name is black while the rest of the URL is gray[70]), streamlining the look of the site identity block, quicker startup time and many other new features.
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Firefox 7, released September 27, 2011, uses as much as 50% less memory than Firefox 4 as a result of the MemShrink project to reduce Firefox memory usage.[71][72][73] Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 was released a few days later, fixing a rare but serious issue with add-ons not being detected by the browser.[74] The "http://" does not appear in the URL.[70]
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Firefox 8 was released on November 8, 2011. Firefox 8 verified that users really wanted any previously installed add-ons. Upon installation, a dialog box prompted users to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons installed by third-party programs were disabled by default, but user-installed add-ons were enabled by default. Mozilla judged that third-party-installed add-ons were problematic, taking away user control, lagging behind on compatibility and security updates, slowing down Firefox start-up and page loading time, and cluttering the interface with unused toolbars.[75]
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Firefox 9 was released on December 20, 2011; version 9.0.1 was released a day later. Firefox 9 includes various new features such as Type Inference, which boosts JavaScript performance by up to 30%, improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion, added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion, added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript, added support for font-stretch, improved support for text-overflow, improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS, and finally fixed several security issues. It also features a large list of bug fixes. [76]
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Firefox 10 was released on January 31, 2012. Major updates include a full-screen API for HTML5 videos and largely improved developer tools. Additionally, the forward arrow button is visible only when it is possible to move forward.[77]
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Firefox extended support release is a long-term support version that is a departure from the rapid release schedule. Extended support releases are to be supported with updates for a period of approximately twelve months.[78] Firefox 10 was the first build offered as an extended support release.
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Test builds can be downloaded from the Firefox development channels: "Beta", "Aurora", and "Nightly Builds".
Currently (February 2012), a Firefox 11 beta release is in the "Beta" channel, a Firefox 12 alpha release is in the "Aurora" channel, and a Firefox 13 (32-bit and 64-bit versions) pre-alpha release is in the "Nightly Builds" channel.
Features planned for future versions include silent updating so that version increments will not bother the user, although the user will be able to disable that function.[79] A different looking user-interface called "Australis" is also planned.[80]
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See also: History of Firefox
Browser name
Gecko version
Version
Support status
Codename
Release date
Phoenix
1.2
0.1
N
Pescadero
September 23, 2002
0.2
N
Santa Cruz
October 01, 2002
0.3
N
Lucia
October 14, 2002
1.3
0.4
N
Oceano
October 19, 2002
0.5
N
Naples
December 07, 2002
Firebird
1.5
0.6
N
Glendale
May 17, 2003
0.7
N
Indio
October 15, 2003
Firefox
1.6
0.8
N
Royal Oak
February 09, 2004
1.7
0.9
N
One Tree Hill
June 15, 2004
Firefox 1
1.0
N
Phoenix
November 09, 2004
1.0.8
N
April 13, 2006
Firefox 1.5
1.8
1.5
N
Deer Park
November 29, 2005
1.5.0.12
N
May 30, 2007
Firefox 2
1.8.1
2.0
N
Bon Echo
October 24, 2006
2.0.0.20
N
December 18, 2008
Firefox 3
1.9
3.0[81]
N
Gran Paradiso
June 17, 2008
3.0.19
N
March 30, 2010
Firefox 3.5
1.9.1
3.5[82]
N
Shiretoko[83]
June 30, 2009
3.5.19
N
April 28, 2011
Firefox 3.6
1.9.2
3.6
N
Namoroka[84]
January 21, 2010[18]
3.6.26
Y
January 31, 2012
Firefox 4
2.0
4.0
N
Tumucumaque[85]
March 22, 2011[86]
4.0.1
N
April 28, 2011
Firefox 5
5.0
5.0
N
June 21, 2011[87]
5.0.1
N
July 11, 2011
Firefox 6
6.0
6.0
N
August 16, 2011[88]
6.0.2
N
September 06, 2011[89]
Firefox 7
7.0
7.0
N
September 27, 2011[90]
7.0.1
N
September 29, 2011[91]
Firefox 8
8.0
8.0
N
November 08, 2011[92]
8.0.1
N
November 21, 2011[93]
Firefox 9
9.0
9.0
N
December 20, 2011[94]
9.0.1
N
December 21, 2011[95]
Firefox 10
10.0
10.0.1
Y
February 10, 2012[96]
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Gecko version
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Support status
Codename
Release date
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Browser name
Gecko version
Version
Support status
Codename
Release date
Firefox 11 Beta
11.0
11.0b2
Y
February 9, 2012[97]
Firefox 12 Aurora
12.0
12.0a2
Y
February 3, 2012[98]
Firefox 13 Nightly
13.0
13.0a1
Y
February 1, 2012
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Main article: Features of Firefox
Principal Firefox features[99] include tabbed browsing, spell checking, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, private browsing, location-aware browsing based on a Google service[16] and an integrated search system that uses Google by default in most localizations. Functions can be added through extensions, created by third-party developers,[17] of which there is a wide selection, a feature that has attracted many of Firefox's users.
Additionally, 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.
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The results of the Acid3 test (as of September 2011) on Firefox 7.0
Firefox implements many web standards, including HTML, XML, XHTML, MathML, SVG 1.1 (partial),[100] CSS (with extensions),[101] ECMAScript (JavaScript), DOM, XSLT, XPath, and APNG (Animated PNG) images with alpha transparency.[102] Firefox also implements standards proposals created by the WHATWG such as client-side storage,[103][104] and canvas element.[105]
Firefox passes the Acid2 standards-compliance test from version 3.0.[106] Firefox versions up to and including 6.0.2 did not pass the Acid3 test. Mozilla had originally stated that they did not intend for Firefox to pass the Acid3 test fully because they believed that the SVG fonts part of the test had become outdated and irrelevant, due to WOFF being agreed upon as a standard by all major browser makers.[107] Because the SVG font tests were removed from the Acid3 test in September 2011, Firefox 4 and greater now score 100/100.[108][109]
Firefox also implements[110] a proprietary protocol[111] from Google called "safebrowsing" (used to exchange data related with "phishing and malware protection").
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Firefox uses a sandbox security model,[112] and limits scripts from accessing data from other web sites based on the same origin policy.[113] It uses SSL/TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the HTTPS protocol.[114] It also provides support for web applications to use smartcards for authentication purposes.[115]
The Mozilla Foundation offers a "bug bounty" (up to 3000 USD cash reward and a Mozilla T-shirt) to researchers who discover severe security holes in Firefox.[116] Official guidelines for handling security vulnerabilities discourage early disclosure of vulnerabilities so as not to give potential attackers an advantage in creating exploits.[117]
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