Mozilla Firefox

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Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox running on Ubuntu, showing the English Wikipedia main page
Developer:	Mozilla Foundation / Mozilla Corporation
Latest release:	3.0 / June 17 2008
OS:	Cross-platform
Available language(s):	Many languages (41)
Use:	Web browser
License:	GPL/MPL/LGPL/Mozilla EULA
Website:	www.mozilla.com/firefox

Mozilla Firefox is a free open source web browser for the computer, which uses the Gecko rendering engine. It is made by the Mozilla Foundation. It works on many operating systems. The makers tried to make it very modular, efficient, and secure.

1 Version 3.0
- 1.1 Guinness World Record
  - 1.1.1 Themes
2 Features
3 References
4 Other websites

[change] Version 3.0

The development name for Mozilla Firefox 3.0 was Gran Paradiso.^[1] "Gran Paradiso", like other Firefox development names, is an actual place; in this case the second-highest mountain group in the Graian Alps.

In 2006, the development team asked people who use Firefox to submit feature requests that they wish to be included in Firefox 3.^[2]

NetApplications notes that the use of Firefox 3 beta has been increasing rapidly up to a usage share of 0.62% in May 2008. They interpret this increase to mean that Firefox 3 betas are stable and that users are using it as their main browser.^[3]

[change] Guinness World Record

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The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008, named "Download Day 2008." Firefox is aiming to set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours. As of June 18, 2008, more than 6.88 million people have downloaded Firefox 3.^[4] ^[5]

Download Day officially started at 11:16 a.m. PDT on June 17.^[6] With the announced date, the download day is June 18 for almost half of Asia and all of Oceania.

Many people tried to go the Mozilla website on June 17 making it unavailable for at least a few hours. The site was not updated for the download of Firefox 3 until 12:00 PDT.^[7]^[8] "Download Day" ends at 11:16 AM PDT June 18. ^[9]

[change] Themes

Image:Firefox 3 on windows vista.png Microsoft Windows Vista "Strata^[10]" visual style.	Image:Firefox 3 on windows xp.png Microsoft Windows XP "Strata^[10]" visual style.
Image:Firefox 3 Mac OS X.png Mac OS X "Firelight^[10]" visual style.	Linux "Tango^[10]" theme on Ubuntu.

[change] Features

[change] Add-ons

[change] Extensions

Extensions allow a user to change how Firefox does something or add new features to it. They are created by other users. Because extensions are able to access all parts of the computer that Firefox can, extensions that can damage a computer could be made.

[change] Themes

Firefox supports themes/skinning - changing the way the browser looks to the user. Some themes that can make Firefox look like other browsers, like Internet Explorer and Netscape.

[change] Tabs

Tabbed browsing is a feature used in the browser - many webpages can be opened in one window.

[change] Searching

There is a search box in Firefox that can be seen in the top right corner of the window. When someone using Mozilla Firefox types something in the search box and presses enter, the browser will search the Internet using a search engine like Google or Yahoo!. There are "search suggestions" in Firefox 2: when words are typed in the search box, suggested words will appear. For example, if "wiki" is typed, the browser will suggest "Wikipedia" (if it can use "search suggestions" with the selected search engine).

[change] Spell checking

Firefox 2 can use spell checking, if a word is typed badly into a text box, like the one where someone changes a Wikipedia page, the program will underline the word with the wrong spelling with a red line. When the right mouse button over the underlined word is clicked, Mozilla Firefox will list words which use the proper spelling. For example: the badly spelt word "chekc" will have "check" as a suggestion.