Firefox completes 10 years

(Belated) Happy Birthday Firefox.

I have been using Firefox since version 1.5 (Deer Park) back in 2005. I am glad that they have completed a milestone.

*blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/10/celebrating-choice-control-and-independence-on-the-web/

Ten years ago, we made Firefox to keep the Internet in each of our hands — to create choice and put you in control of your life online.

Today, we invite you to stand with us for an Internet that belongs to everyone. And no one.

Birthdays are a time to reflect on past accomplishments. And ours – yours – was huge: we helped save the Internet. We saved the Internet by not accepting the status quo, by not allowing corporate interests to acquire a stranglehold on our online lives. At the time, Microsoft dominated the Web. It was becoming stagnant, locked down and shaped by the vision of one company rather than the creativity of all. Firefox changed that.

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We focused on promoting choice and opportunity online, we built and advocated for open standards, not proprietary technology. We put people in control of their online experience and strived to preserve the inherent openness of the Web. We didn’t just create a better browser; we created a browser that made a difference. We showed what was possible. That there was a better way. A better future. We sparked competition, energy and innovation that has made the Web what we love today: open, everywhere, and independent.As Mozillians, we’re committed to honoring this legacy. It’s a responsibility we take seriously. And to mark our ten year anniversary, we’re offering you two things: a celebration and a pledge.

First, the celebration. Mozilla is different. We’re not a traditional software company. We’re a global, non-profit community rallying behind a shared mission to promote openness, innovation and opportunity online. Whether you’ve been connected to Mozilla since the beginning, recently started contributing to the project as a volunteer, or just started using Firefox last week, we encourage you to reflect on what this community has achieved, the impact we’ve had on the world, and the friends we’ve all made along the way.
Today Firefox provides independence and opportunity to hundreds of millions of people around the world in more than 90 languages across desktop and mobile platforms.

To celebrate, today we’re also rolling out new products and programs to continue our work to help build a better Internet:

A Firefox anniversary release that’s faster than ever with new features that put more power in more people’s hands. We’re adding DuckDuckGo as a pre-installed search option for our desktop and mobile browsers. And we’re introducing new privacy controls. Johnathan Nightingale has all the details on the Firefox anniversary release and new privacy tools here.

Introducing Polaris, a new strategic initiative to bring together the best and brightest to explore new approaches to enhance privacy controls online. Polaris will bring together our global community with industry experts from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Tor Project, and others, with an open call for participation. Initially we are exploring an experimental tracking protection tool and working closely with Tor to test and strengthen their network. Denelle Dixon-Thayer has all the details on Polaris here.

Tiles and Interest Dashboard as a first demonstration that it’s possible to bring balance to advertising and content recommendations — by building in user respect and control from the start. Darren Herman has more about tiles in Firefox and our experiments and call to the ad industry for a more user-centric approach here.

Firefox Developer Edition as the first browser dedicated to enabling developers with independent tools to supercharge productivity build a better Web. We want to enable developers to build for the Web as a whole, not any one company’s implementation. Dave Camp has all the details on the Firefox Developer Edition here

Technology advances and research explorations to ensure our products are industry leading and that we’re pushing the Web platform forward. Javascript performance that leads the pack, and updates on E10S in Firefox Nightly and 64-bit Windows builds. Advances in 3D gaming, communications, and security. Andreas Gal has all the details and some cool demos here.

And we’ll have more to share in the coming weeks and months.

Now, the pledge: We’re not done. We’re just getting started.

We believe our role in the world is more important today than its ever been. Issues of digital rights, privacy, net neutrality and online safety and security are real and impact our lives daily. The pace and complexity of online life will only accelerate from here. The decisions we make today will fundamentally impact how we live online in the future.

We’re actively fighting for a future where the Web is an engine for innovation, creativity and opportunity for each of us, and for the generations to come. The fight to protect the Web is in the tools we build, the people we reach, and the rules we break. It’s why we continue to fight for your independence by advancing your choice and control online. It’s why we’re committed to providing the best choice for those who value independence in their digital lives.

We pledge to stay focused on the most important issues facing the Internet today — and into the future. We will continue earning your trust, bringing an independent spirit and fiercely unconventional approach to unlock the promise of the Internet for us all.
Happy anniversary!

I remember the days of Phoenix (probably 0.7 or 0.6 when I first checked it out) when while IE was loading the images after they had completely downloaded (never sure when) Phoenix was painting the image line by line as received and gave me something to watch while waiting for the page to load. I have been a faithful ever since.

Firefox Rocks! Tried to switch to chrome. Too many hassles and niggles. Back to the comfy and trusted fox

Firefox is good.
Hope they do something about Firefox on there phones.

I first started using Firefox on Symbian. I didn't even had any idea about PC version at that time. :lol:

Good job by Mozilla, Congrats to them!

Flash said:
I first started using Firefox on Symbian. I didn't even had any idea about PC version at that time.
Good job by Mozilla, Congrats to them!

Never knew there was Firefox for Symbian

sling-shot said:
Never knew there was Firefox for Symbian

This is how it looked like...

*s2.subirimagenes.com/otros/previo/thump_948112firefoxsymbian.jpg

Always with you @firefox....be it on Windows-7/8.1 and on GNU/Linux distros.... :mrgreen:

2nd choice is Opera OR Chrome.

IE used very rarely...never a choice for me. :evil:

I have been using Firefox since many years and quite satisfied. Congrats to the developer for this milestone.

I hope a Firefox version for windows phone 8.1 will be out soon

kg11sgbg said:
Always with you @firefox....be it on Windows-7/8.1 and on GNU/Linux distros....
2nd choice is Opera OR Chrome.

IE used very rarely...never a choice for me.

Opera used to be good. Probably still is fast.

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A very-very happy birthday(Belated) to one who give us rid from terror of internet explorer.
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Firefox Rocks It's SEO friendly.

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I like the friefox the most because it is very helpful in SEO.

Next year , january I will complete a decade using firefox , with opera

DeSmOnD dAvId said:
Opera used to be good. Probably still is fast.

Still now betterthan IE(my personal liking).
Opera Turbo is the condition of its swiftness,but useful only when enabled in slow networks.
Though some features of opera(latest version) are disappointing...

Opera started going downhill since they decided to move to WebKit. I believe that Presto was a much better and faster engine.

^^+1 to this

DeSmOnD dAvId said:
Opera started going downhill since they decided to move to WebKit. I believe that Presto was a much better and faster engine.

Absolutely correct my Friend,Presto gave us the liberty of customizations,which WebKit doesn't.
Obviously much faster than WebKit engine.

Moreover, Google is now forking WebKit to create Blink. Opera announced shortly after that they will move to Blink as well.