{"id":550637,"date":"2006-10-25T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/550637-new-generation-firefox-web-browser-unleashed.html"},"modified":"2006-10-25T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T11:49:17","slug":"new-generation-firefox-web-browser-unleashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/550637-new-generation-firefox-web-browser-unleashed.html","title":{"rendered":"New generation Firefox web browser unleashed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the two years since its release by the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, the Firefox browser has won millions of devotees worldwide. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Firefox<\/a> Two browser made available for download on Tuesday was heralded by the Mountain View, California, organization as a "major update" developed by an "an international community of contributors." <\/font><\/p>\n

"Firefox 2 delivers the best possible online experience for people today," said Mozilla chief executive Mitchell Baker. <\/font><\/p>\n

"The improvements Mozilla has made to the ease of use, performance, and security in Firefox 2 reflect our ongoing, singular focus on meeting the needs of Web users all over the world." <\/font><\/p>\n

Localised versions of the browser were available in 35 languages\u00a0 and tailored to work with Windows, Macintosh or Linux computer operating systems, according to Mozilla. <\/font><\/p>\n

The browsers could be downloaded at the website www.getfirefox.com. <\/font><\/p>\n

Firefox has 11% of the web browser market, compared to the 86% commanded by Internet Explorer and 1% for Opera software, according to recent figures from Onestat web analytics firm. <\/font><\/p>\n

Firefox simplified working in browsers, the boxes that show website pages on computer screens. <\/font><\/p>\n

A strong advantage of Firefox has been a design that enables users to keep a set of browser windows open simultaneously and click easily between them with index tabs. <\/font><\/p>\n

Microsoft built that coveted feature into its new Internet Explorer Seven software. <\/font><\/p>\n

Both Internet navigation systems allow updated online feeds of news headlines or other information by means of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and boast improved security against online hackers and scammers. <\/font><\/p>\n

They were also designed with functions to check word spellings. <\/font><\/p>\n

Particular safeguards were installed to thwart "phishing", tricking people into entering personal data such as credit card numbers on bogus websites designed to appear legitimate. <\/font><\/p>\n

Mozilla was originally a web navigator code name at defunct Internet firm Netscape when it dominated the Internet browser world\u00a0 more than a decade ago. <\/font><\/p>\n

Netscape fell from glory, its browser eclipsed by Internet Explorer, its company bought in 1998 by America Online and reduced to brand status. <\/font><\/p>\n

The Mozilla Organization was established in 1998 to complete the\u00a0 free, open-source software project and it registered as a nonprofit\u00a0 foundation in July of 2003. <\/font><\/p>\n

The project was so lucrative that the foundation established a for-profit arm, Mozilla Corporation, two years later to handle distribution and sponsorship of the Firefox browser and a Thunderbird e-mail application. <\/font><\/p>\n

Firefox 1.0 was launched in November of 2004 and gained popularity with companies and young computer users. <\/font><\/p>\n

According to Jupiter Research, 44% of US companies with more than 250 workers allow their employees to use Firefox on the job as compared to 26% a year ago. <\/font><\/p>\n

Some youth-oriented websites report that a third of their visitors use Firefox. Mozilla estimated that 350,000 people download its web navigator daily and that Firefox has 70 to 80 million users. <\/font><\/p>\n

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Mozilla on Tuesday released a new version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft’s ubiquitous Internet Explorer software. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}