2. Firefox
History
• 2003
-‐
became
the
Mozilla
Founda?on
• 2004
-‐
the
official
release
on
Nov.
9
Firefox
is
an
alterna?ve
browser
• 2009
-‐
Firefox's
market
to
Opera,
Safari,
Internet
Explorer
share
at
nearly
20
and
other
Web
browsers.
percent
3. Firefox
Basics
• official
site:
hOp://
www.geRirefox.com
• Awesome
Bar
Screenshot
by
How
Stuff
Works.com
• fully
customizable
• security
4. Firefox
Features
• Tabbed
Browsing
• Built-‐in
Pop-‐up
Blocker
• Cross-‐PlaRorm
Applica?on
• Firefox
Extensions
• Open
Source
Firefox
features
"tabbed
browsing."
8. Firefox
Problems
and
Concerns
• popularity
• hackers
focusing
• based
on
open
source
code
• its
ability
to
block
adver?sements
• less
likely
to
click
on
Web
ads
9. What's
next
for
Firefox
• Another
new
version
of
the
popular
browser
• APNG
• Mul?
touch
refers
to
computer
interfaces
• API
• Firefox
4.0