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Firefox is a free open source web browser made to compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer (now Windows Internet Explorer) starting in late 2003, early 2004 . | Firefox is a free open source web browser made to compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer (now Windows Internet Explorer) starting in late 2003, early 2004 . The latest released version of Firefox is 3.6, and nightly Development builds are being made of 3.7. Firefox has also been in competiton with the new Google Chrome web browser. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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Firefox has always had the ability to use 3rd party add-ons, themes, language packs and plugins. | |||
This functionality has existed in previous Mozilla projects such as the Mozilla Suite as well. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 22 March 2010
Firefox is a free open source web browser made to compete with Microsoft Internet Explorer (now Windows Internet Explorer) starting in late 2003, early 2004 . The latest released version of Firefox is 3.6, and nightly Development builds are being made of 3.7. Firefox has also been in competiton with the new Google Chrome web browser.
Usage
46.5% of people use this browser, which makes it the most popular in the world. 35.3% use Microsoft Internet Explorer (14.7% IE 8, 11% IE 7, 9.6% IE 6). The other 18% use other browsers like Google Chrome or Safari.
Extensibility
Firefox has always had the ability to use 3rd party add-ons, themes, language packs and plugins. This functionality has existed in previous Mozilla projects such as the Mozilla Suite as well.
References
- Browser Statistics: w3schools Browser Statistics.
