Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser that grew from the Netscape browser code released as open source in 1998. A small team led by Blake Ross and Dave Hyatt began a leaner browser in 2002, first called Phoenix, then Firebird, and eventually renamed Firefox after naming disputes. Version 1.0 appeared in November 2004 and drew millions of users with tabbed browsing, a built-in pop-up blocker and add-on support. Firefox broke the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and helped revive competition and web standards. Its market share later fell as Google Chrome grew, but it remains a leading independent browser, developed by the Mozilla community and the Mozilla Foundation.
Before and after
- 2002Construction of Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- 2002Creation of Fedora Linux
- 2002Release of OpenOffice.org
- January 2002Release of Azerbaijani Wikipedia
- 2002Release of Mozilla Firefox
- 20022002 becomes the warmest year on record
- 16 January 2002Release of Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia
- 25 January 2002Release of MediaWiki
- 1 February 2002Discovery of 153P/Ikeya–Zhang
More in Science & technology
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- 1950Discovery of californium
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1976Discovery of bohrium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
The era
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