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The origins of Firefox can be traced directly to Netscape, a company whose Web browser, Netscape Navigator, was the dominant browser before Microsoft developed Internet Explorer. The internal company name for the browser was Mozilla. Eventually, Netscape released the source code for Navigator under an open source license, meaning anyone could see and use the code. A non-profit group was set up to direct the development of browsers using this code. This group became the Mozilla Foundation in 2003. However, Firefox is not the browser the Mozilla group would have released if everything had gone as planned. Like Netscape Navigator before it, the Mozilla software was becoming bigger and bigger as more features were added in -- a problem in software development known as "feature creep" or "bloat." Enter Blake Ross, a computer enthusiast who first started helping out the Mozilla project as a hobby when he was 14. Instead of accepting feature creep, Ross decided to start developing his own Mozilla-based browser, focusing on a streamlined and simple version. Software developer Dave Hyatt also played a major role. Ross was joined by Ben Goodger in 2003, and development progressed rapidly from that point. At first, the browser that would be known as Firefox was known as Phoenix. There were trademark problems, however, so the name was changed to Firebird. Another software company had a project known as Firebird, so the name changed again. Firefox was chosen because it was distinctive, and no one else was using it (although it turned out a European company did own the trademark to the word Firefox, and a deal was reached). When Firefox was still in the beta stage (when a program hasn't been publicly released, but people can download and use it to help find and fix problems), it was already generating a healthy buzz among tech-savvy Web surfers. In just four months after the official release on Nov. 9, 2004, an estimated 23 million people downloaded Firefox. Web tracker OneStat.com reported on Nov. 22, 2004, that Internet Explorer's share of Web browser use had dropped five percent since May of that year. Firefox had a user percentage of 4.5 percent. Current estimates (as of September 2009) have Firefox's market share at nearly 20 percent [source: Net Applications]. Next, learn about the basics of Firefox and how to download it.
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Upravo na današnji dan prije pet godina trenutačno najpopularniji alternativni web preglednik započeo je svoj pohod na tržište Preglednik Firefox nastao je kao eksperimentalni ogranak projekta Mozilla, koji su pokrenuli Dave Hyatt i Blake Ross. Spomenuti dvojac 3. travnja 2003. najavio je organizaciji Mozilla da kreće u razvoj preglednika Firefox i web klijenta Thunderbird. U začetku projekta preglednik nije nosio naziv Firefox. Prvi naziv bio je Phonix, no zbog pravnih zavrzlama s kompanijom Phoenix Tehnologies, naziv je morao biti odbačen. Preglednik je preimenovan u Firebird, no dogodila se istovjetna stvar, budući da je već postojao projekt takvog naziva. Na 9. veljače 2004. konačno je odlučeno da će se preglednik zvati Mozilla Firefox ili pojednostavljeno Firefox. Na današnji dan, 9. studenog 2004. predstavljen je Firefox u inačici 1.0. U proteklih pet godina, Firefox je zadobio povjerenje 330 milijuna korisnika diljem svijeta, a trenutačno ga koristi skoro četvrtina surfera. Preglednik je dostupan na nešto više od 70 svjetskih jezika, a programeri su se pobrinuli za dostupnost i nešto više od 7.000 dodataka, koji Firefoxu daju dodatne mogućnosti. Proslavljajući rođendan, ekipa Mozille pokrenula je kampanju naziva Light The World with Firefox , u sklopu koje korisnici mogu sami promovirati ovaj preglednik. www.firefox.com - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom