The Beginning

Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004. The

launch of version 1.0 was accompanied by "a

Mozilla Firefox project was created

by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross. It
was first released on September

respectable amount of pre-launch fervor"

including a fan-organized campaign to run a full-page
ad in
The New York Times.

-On October 24, 2006, Mozilla released Firefox 2. This

version includes updates to the tabbed browsing
environment; the extensions manager; the GUI
(Graphical User Interface); and the find, search and

23, 2002 (version 0.1. The browser

name is Phoenix.

software update engines

Rapid release: In April 2011, the development

process was split into several
"channels", each working
on a build in a different stage of
development. It has released version 4-9

Firefox 3 was released on

June 17, 2008 by the Mozilla
Corporation. Firefox 3 had
more than 8 million
unique downloads the day
it was released, setting a
Guinness World Record.

In the year 2012, Firefox has released version

10-17. The improvement include: Firefox on Mac
OS X
now has preliminary Voice Over support turned on
by default, Migration of settings from Goggle
Chrome

In the year 2013, Firefox has released

version 17-26. The improvement include :
Faster JavaScript
performance via IonMonkey compiler,
Support for Retina displays on OS X 10.7
and up,

In the year 2015, Firefox has released version 31-43.

The improvement include : Firefox Hello with new
rooms-based conversations model, Pinned tiles on
the new tab page can be synced, Added full support
for HTTP/2

In the year 2016 (Jan-Aug) , Firefox has released

version 43-48 The improvement include: Embedded
YouTube videos now play with HTML5 video if Flash is
not installed, Ability to view and search open tabs
from your smartphone or another computer in a
sidebar

In the year 2014, Firefox has released version

26-31. The improvement include: A new menu
sits in the
right hand corner of Firefox and includes popular
browser controls, New tabs provide an overall
smoother look and fade into the background
when not active,