Happy Birthday! Firefox Turns Five Years Old Today
Doesn't it seem like Firefox has been part of the Internet landscape for more than five years? Of course, five years in Internet time is more like 10-15 years or more. (-:
Five years ago today, Mozilla launched Firefox 1.0 with belief that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.
In just five years, that number has swelled to over 330 million users worldwide; almost a quarter of Internet users worldwide choose Firefox. Today, Firefox ships in more than 70 languages and offers users more than 7,000 add-ons to help customize their browsing experience.
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To celebrate this milestone, Mozilla communities are hosting parties all over the globe in a special campaign called “Light the World with Firefox” – shining the Firefox logo from Tokyo to Rome, from Paris to San Francisco, and more. For full details on parties in your area or to check out other ways to join in the celebration, head to http://www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/.
Our favorite Firefox feature? That's a tough one. How about the never-ending stream of useful and free add-ons and extensions that help make Firefox more than just a "web browser?" Our favorite add-on at the moment? That's an easy one, Zotero. It's a complete set of tools that, "help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources." We use it to locally capture, annotate and archive web content. More Zotero tools here.
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