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What is
Mozilla Firefox ?
Mozilla
Firefox is a free, open source, cross platform, graphical web
browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and hundreds of
volunteers. Beginning as a fork of the Navigator component of
the Mozilla Application Suite, Mozilla Firefox has since become
the foundation's main development focus (along with the
Thunderbird mail and news client), replacing the Mozilla Suite
as the foundation's official main software release.
Before the 1.0 release, Mozilla Fire fox had already gained
acclaim from numerous media outlets, including Forbes and the
Wall Street Journal. With over 25 million downloads in the 99
days after the initial 1.0 release, Mozilla Firefox became one
of the most downloaded free and open source applications,
especially among home users. On October 19, 2005, Mozilla
Firefox had its 100 millionth download, less than 1 year (just
344 days) after the release of version 1.0. Mozilla Firefox 1.5
was released on November 29, 2005, with more than 2 million
downloads within the first 36 hours. Now Fire Fox version 2.0 is
relaeased.
Download Firefox, which includes an integrated pop up blocker, tabbed
browsing, live bookmarks, support for open standards, and an
extension mechanism for adding functionality. Although other
browsers have some of these features, Fire fox became the
first such browser to include them all and achieve wide
adoption.
Mozilla Firefox has attracted attention as an alternative to
other browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple
Safari, which are included as standard browsers with versions of
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X respectively. This is the main
stumbling block for competing browsers as many novice users are
still unaware of alternatives.
The development of Mozilla Firefox 2.0 is now complete. All Mozilla Firefox branding, including icons, was
removed to discourage end-users from downloading it. The release
timeframe for Firefox 3.0 is first quarter 2007. |
Downloading and Installing..
System Requirements
Before installing, make sure your computer meets the system
requirements. Starting with Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Mac OS X
PowerPC users must have Mac OS X 10.2 or greater.
Downloading Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla.com provides Firefox for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in
a variety of languages. To get Mozilla Firefox download it here.
Installing Mozilla Firefox
Once you have downloaded Firefox,
Double click the Download Firefox Setup installer to start the
install.
Uninstalling Mozilla Firefox..
To uninstall Mozilla Firefox,
Firstly from the Start menu, choose Control Panel. When the Control
Panel appears, double click Add/Remove Programs. Find "Download Firefox" in the list and click Remove to uninstall.
These instructions leave your profile in place in case you
install Firefox again in the future. If you wish to remove your
profile folder, remove the location described below in the
"Profile Folder" section. Note that by doing this you are
destroying all of your Bookmarks, saved passwords, settings and
other information and should you decide to use Fire fox again you
will be starting with a clean profile.
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