Although not as popular as before, the first version of Firefox, which still has active users today, was released on September 23, 2002. Mozilla Firefox, one of the oldest browsers compared to today, has grown by 1 year and is now 20 years old. Here are the details…
Mozilla Firefox is 20 years old!
Firefox is developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. While Firefox can be used in Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS operating systems, it was released on September 23, 2002 and thus entered our lives.
Mozilla Firefox turns 20 years old. The browser, which held 32.21% of the market share in 2009, used to be quite popular. Although it is left to its solitude these days, there is still a part of it that uses it. Firefox, which released version 0.1 in September 2002, is currently at version 100.0 as of today.
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Although Mozilla sets Firefox’s birthday as November 9, many users and websites know the date of birth as September 23. The main reason for this is known as the first version of Firefox was released 20 years ago on September 23.
Interesting facts about Firefox
Celebrating its 20th birthday, Mozilla Firefox has continued its life with interesting and entertaining information for a long time. Here are some interesting but also fun facts about Firefox:
- Firefox had its most popular period in 2009. It surpassed 1 billion downloads with a market share of 32.21%. It also holds the title while being the world’s most popular open source software.
- Mozilla began publishing the source code of its first browser, Netspace, in 1998. Netspace versions 6 and 7 were built on Mozilla’s Application Suite technology, while version 8 was developed for Firefox. Thereupon, Netspace gradually lost its popularity and was replaced by Firefox.
- Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to support 3D gaming.
- Firefox became available on September 23, 2002. Firefox and Netspace competed with each other for years with the same infrastructure. The same is happening today. Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge compete with each other with the Chromium infrastructure.
- Firefox has a market share of 3.26% today. It also has the title of fourth most popular browser after Chrome, Edge and Safari.
- Firefox was the first browser to feature add-ons and themes.
- Mozilla was hosting a website where you can watch red pandas through Firefox.
So, what do you guys think of Firefox? Do you think it is still in use? Do not forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments section.