Mozilla Firefox Browser
Firefox Browser
Firefox Browser, known in Chinese as "火狐浏览器" (Fire Fox Browser), is a free, open-source web browser from Mozilla.
Firefox was released in 2004 and is one of the most popular browsers today.
Firefox runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
Firefox Statistics
The table below details Firefox usage from Browser Statistics:
| 2014 | Total | FF 30 | FF 29 | FF 28 | FF 27 | FF 26 | FF 25 | Older | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 24.9% | 0.1% | 14.2% | 5.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 4.2% | ||||
| April | 25.0% | 1.1% | 18.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 3.6% | |||||
| March | 25.6% | 0.3% | 3.4% | 16.3% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 4.2% | |||||
| February | 26.4% | 0.6% | 11.7% | 8.7% | 0.6% | 4.8% | ||||||
| January | 26.9% | 1.2% | 18.9% | 1.0% | 5.8% | |||||||
| 2013 | Total | FF 26 | FF 25 | FF 24 | FF 23 | FF 22 | FF 21 | FF 20 | FF 19 | FF 18 | FF 17 | Older |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 26.8% | 6.9% | 13.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 3.0% |
| November | 26.8% | 1.0% | 16.2% | 3.5% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| October | 27.2% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 18.4% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.5% |
| September | 27.8% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 3.1% | 17.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
| August | 28.2% | 0.7% | 10.8% | 9.9% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 3.5% | ||
| July | 28.9% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 18.0% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 3.7% | ||
| June | 28.9% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 19.8% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4.0% | |||
| May | 27.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 6.5% | 14.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 4.3% | |||
| April | 27.9% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 12.9% | 7.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 5.9% | ||||
| March | 28.5% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 19.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 6.2% | |||||
| February | 29.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 16.0% | 1.2% | 7.5% | |||||
| January | 30.2% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 12.4% | 8.3% | 8.8% | ||||||
| 2012 | Total | FF 17 | FF 16 | FF 15 | FF 14 | FF 13 | FF 12 | FF 11 | FF 9-10 | FF 4-8 | FF 3.6 | Older |
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| December | 31.1% | 16.3% | 5.6% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| November | 31.2% | 2.5% | 19.4% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| October | 31.8% | 0.4% | 9.5% | 12.4% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| September | 32.2% | 0.8% | 17.7% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |
| August | 32.8% | 1.9% | 20.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.7% | ||
| July | 33.7% | 0.3% | 7.4% | 15.2% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | ||
| June | 34.4% | 0.6% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0.8% | |||
| May | 35.2% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 21.4% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 0.7% | |||
| April | 35.8% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 21.6% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 0.8% | ||||
| March | 36.3% | 0.3% | 9.1% | 17.3% | 5.0% | 3.7% | 0.9% | |||||
| February | 37.1% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 24.2% | 6.5% | 4.3% | 1.4% | |||||
| January | 37.2% | 0.1% | 18.6% | 12.4% | 5.0% | 1.1% | ||||||
| 2011 | Total | FF 9 | FF 8 | FF 7 | FF 6 | FF 5 | FF 4 | FF 3.6 | FF 3.5 | FF 3.0 | Older | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 37.7% | 1.8% | 22.8% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 5.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |
| November | 38.1% | 0.4% | 12.7% | 11.5% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 6.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |
| October | 38.7% | 0.6% | 19.8% | 5.1% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 7.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
| September | 39.7% | 1.5% | 22.2% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 9.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |||
| August | 40.6% | 9.5% | 15.9% | 2.9% | 10.3% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.4% | ||||
| July | 42.0% | 0.6% | 23.2% | 4.6% | 11.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.3% | ||||
| June | 42.2% | 5.6% | 21.5% | 12.3% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||||
| May | 42.4% | 0.3% | 23.4% | 15.6% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||||
| April | 42.9% | 15.7% | 23.8% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 0.2% | ||||||
| March | 42.2% | 5.2% | 32.9% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 0.3% | ||||||
| February | 42.4% | 1.9% | 35.8% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.3% | ||||||
| January | 42.8% | 1.5% | 36.1% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 0.4% | ||||||
| 2010 | Total | FF 4 | FF 3.6 | FF 3.5 | FF 3.0 | Older | ||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 43.5% | 1.1% | 36.5% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 0.4% | ||||||
| November | 44.0% | 0.8% | 36.9% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 0.5% | ||||||
| October | 44.4% | 0.7% | 36.2% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 0.6% | ||||||
| September | 45.1% | 0.8% | 35.3% | 5.6% | 2.9% | 0.5% | ||||||
| August | 45.8% | 0.6% | 35.2% | 6.1% | 3.1% | 0.6% | ||||||
| July | 46.4% | 0.4% | 34.5% | 7.3% | 3.6% | 0.6% | ||||||
| June | 46.6% | 32.7% | 9.1% | 4.0% | 0.8% | |||||||
| May | 46.9% | 31.7% | 10.0% | 4.4% | 0.8% | |||||||
| April | 46.4% | 29.4% | 11.5% | 4.6% | 0.9% | |||||||
| March | 46.2% | 22.1% | 17.6% | 5.6% | 0.9% | |||||||
| February | 46.5% | 10.5% | 28.5% | 6.5% | 1.0% | |||||||
| January | 46.3% | 2.2% | 34.2% | 8.6% | 1.3% | |||||||
| 2009 | Total | FF 3.5 | FF 3.0 | FF 2.0 | Older | |||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 46.4% | 33.3% | 11.2% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |||||||
| November | 47.0% | 31.4% | 13.6% | 1.5% | 0.5% | |||||||
| October | 47.5% | 29.8% | 15.7% | 1.6% | 0.4% | |||||||
| September | 46.6% | 27.3% | 17.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | |||||||
| August | 47.4% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 1.9% | 0.5% | |||||||
| July | 47.9% | 12.1% | 33.3% | 1.9% | 0.6% | |||||||
| June | 47.3% | 1.2% | 43.4% | 2.3% | 0.4% | |||||||
| May | 47.7% | 44.3% | 2.9% | 0.5% | ||||||||
| April | 47.1% | 43.4% | 2.8% | 0.9% | ||||||||
| March | 46.5% | 42.2% | 3.0% | 1.3% | ||||||||
| February | 46.4% | 41.5% | 3.8% | 1.1% | ||||||||
| January | 45.5% | 39.5% | 4.6% | 1.4% | ||||||||
| 2008 | Total | FF 3.0 | FF 2.0 | FF 1.5 | Moz | |||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 44.7% | 38.1% | 6.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | |||||||
| November | 44.6% | 35.9% | 8.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||||||
| October | 44.5% | 34.9% | 8.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |||||||
| September | 43.1% | 31.9% | 10.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||||||
| August | 44.2% | 25.5% | 17.5% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||||||
| July | 43.1% | 20.7% | 21.1% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||||||
| June | 41.5% | 8.9% | 31.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% | |||||||
| May | 40.5% | 2.9% | 35.9% | 1.0% | 0.7% |
The above statistics are based on users from tutorialpro.org.
Firefox 29
Firefox 29 was released on April 29, 2014.
Firefox 29 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Redesigned tools and an updated interface
- Enhanced Firefox Sync service
- Menu moved to the top right corner
- New "Customize Tool" where you can add or move features and add-ons
- Users can create a bookmark with a single click
- Support for CSS box-sizing property (without -moz- prefix)
- Support for HTML5 input type="number"
- Support for HTML5 input type="color"
Firefox 28
Firefox 28 was released on March 18, 2014.
Firefox 28 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Mac OS X: Notification Center support for web notifications
- Horizontal HTML5 audio/video volume controls
- Support for Opus in WebM
- Implementation of VP9 video decoding
- Support for MathML 2.0 'mathvariant' attribute
- Background thread reporting
- Support for multi-line flexbox in layout
Firefox 27
Firefox 27 was released on February 4, 2014.
Firefox 27 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- A major update to the Firefox Social API - now allows users to run multiple services simultaneously
- Support for Google's SPDY 3.1 protocol and Transport Layer Security (TLS) versions 1.1 and 1.2 - these are essentially successors to the famous SSL encryption protocol -Using "all:unset" to reset stylesheets
-Scrollable fieldsets supported
-CSS cursor keywords -moz-grab and -moz-grabbing are now prefix-free
-Support for the Math.hypot() mathematical function
-Dashed lines supported on Canvas
Firefox 26
Firefox 26 was released on December 10, 2013.
Firefox 26 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
-All Java plugins default to "click to play"
-Password manager supports script-generated password fields
-H.264 encoded videos supported on Linux
-MP3 audio supported on Windows XP - This completes MP3 support across Windows OS versions
-Removed prompt when sites request AppCache
-Support for CSS3 image-orientation property
-New App Manager - Allows you to deploy and debug HTML5 apps on Firefox OS phones and Firefox OS simulators
-IndexedDB available as an "optimistic" storage area - Uses LRU eviction strategy, does not require storing any hints and data in the pool, just a temporary ephemeral storage
-Reduced memory usage, improved image processing
Firefox 25
Firefox 25 was released on October 29, 2013.
Firefox 25 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
-Web Audio support
-CSS3 background-attachment:local support
-iframe document content can be specified inline
-Many new ECMAScript 6 functions are available
-Profiler tool can save and import test results
Firefox 24
Firefox 24 was released on September 17, 2013.
Firefox 24 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
-Enabled support for WebRTC (on Android)
-Shared NFC on Android
-Added mass-close tabs to the right feature
-New scrollbar style on OS X 10.7
-Drag chat windows into standalone windows
-Optimized SVG rendering around images when tiling and scaling images
-Improved Browser Console for enhanced debugging experience, replacing the existing Error Console
-No longer supports the Undo Close Tab feature
-No longer supports sherlock files loaded from application or profile directories
Firefox 23
Firefox 23 was released on August 7, 2013.
Firefox 23 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android phone editions.
New Features:
-New logo
-Mixed Content Blocker - Prevents viewing insecure content on the web by completely restricting URLs
-Share button - Allows users to share content with friends/family with just a simple click
-Web Console tool specifically designed for developers - Breaks down website components and notifies developers of load times
Firefox 22
Firefox 22 was released on June 25, 2013.
Firefox 22 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android phone editions.
New Features:
-Fixed 14 security issues
-WebRTC enabled by default
-OdinMonkey - Improved JavaScript performance
-Ability to change HTML5 audio/video playback rate
-New display zoom option, enabled by default - Renders larger text on high-resolution displays
-Text files auto-wrap
Firefox 21
Firefox 21 was released on May 14, 2013.
Firefox 21 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android phone editions.
New Features:
-Firefox Health Report - A tool for tuning the browser
-Improved startup time
-Support for HTML5 <main> element
-Support for scoped stylesheets
-Three "Do Not Track" options: "Track," "Do Not Track," and "Not Set"
-Extended Social API - Added new social services: Cliqz, Mixi, and msnNOW, as well as Firefox's Facebook Messenger (a desktop window chat client)
Firefox 20
Firefox 20 was released on April 2, 2013.
Firefox 20 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android phones.
New Features:
- New download manager
- Private browsing window
- View developer tools in a separate window
- Close hanging plugins without hanging the browser
- <canvas> now supports blend modes
- Various improvements to <audio> and <video>
Firefox 19
Firefox 19 was released on February 20, 2013.
Firefox 19 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New Features:
- New built-in PDF reader - Read PDFs without needing plugins
- @page support for printed documents
- Export canvas content as an image - Canvas element content can be exported as an image via toBlob()
- Implement CSS viewport-percentage length units (vh, vw, vmin, and vmax)
- Support for CSS text-transform:full-width
- Faster startup
- XForms has been removed
Firefox 18
Firefox 18 was released on January 8, 2013.
Firefox 18 can run on Windows, Mac OS X (Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion), Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- IonMonkey - New JavaScript compiler (7% - 26% faster than Firefox 17)
- Support for Retina displays
- Built-in PDF viewer
- Initial support for WebRTC (Web Real Time Communication)
Firefox 17
Firefox 17 was released on November 20, 2012.
Firefox 17 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Updated Awesome Bar - With larger icons
- Tab animations
- Social API - Allows you to log into your social networks (Facebook) through the browser
- Implement click-to-play - To prevent vulnerable plugin versions from running without user permission
- Add new markup panel for HTML/DOM in the page inspector
- Implement HTML5 sandbox attribute (for iframes)
- Support for Mountain Lion's Notification Center
Firefox 16
Firefox 16 was released on October 9, 2012.
Firefox 16 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Native PDF support
- New developer toolbar - Allows you to access the Web Console, Inspector, and Debugger. The toolbar itself supports some commands
- VoiceOver support for OS X
- Support for Web applications - Start using applications from the Mozilla app directory
- Incremental Garbage Collection - Speed up your browser by recycling/reusing memory no longer used by JavaScript programs
- Support for unprefixed CSS3 animations, transitions, transforms, and gradients in Firefox 16
Firefox 15
Firefox 15 was released on August 28, 2012.
Firefox 15 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Seamless background updates
- Stopped most memory leaks caused by add-ons
- Support for SPDY network protocol v3
- WebGL enhancements
- HTML5 - Support for media attribute in <source>
- HTML5 - Support for played attribute in <audio> and <video>
- CSS3 - Support for CSS word-break property
- Faster debugger
- New design tools, allowing web developers to switch between desktop and mobile site views
- Native support for Opus audio codec
Firefox 14
Firefox 14 was released on July 17, 2012. Firefox 14 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Privacy Features - Firefox uses HTTPS to encrypt your Google searches.
- Bug Fixes - Full-screen support for Mac OS X Lion.
- Security Features - You can add frequently visited and trusted sites to a whitelist.
Firefox 13
Firefox 13 was released on June 5, 2012.
Firefox 13 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Default Homepage - Faster access to bookmarks, history, settings, etc.
- New Tab Page - Users can see their most frequently visited web pages when opening a new tab.
- SPDY Protocol Enabled by Default - For faster browsing on supported sites.
- Total 72 Improvements - Including Page Inspector, HTML Panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad, and Style Editor.
- Improved Support for CSS Properties - column-fill, CSS3 background-position.
- Support for :invalid Pseudo-class.
- Support for CSS3 <angle> Type Units.
Firefox 12
Firefox 12 was released on April 24, 2012.
Firefox 12 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Windows: Firefox updates more easily with a small prompt (User Account Control).
- Line Numbers in Page Source Display.
- Line Breaks in Title Attribute.
- Support for text-align-last CSS Property.
Firefox 11
Firefox 11 was released on March 13, 2012.
Firefox 11 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Style Editor - A new style sheet editor. Access any webpage and select the Style Editor from the Web Developer menu.
- "Tilted" 3D Page Structure View - The Inspector tool provides a "3D" button.
- Support for CSS text-size-adjust Property - Controls text size on mobile devices and shows scrollbars when zooming into a webpage.
- Support for outerHTML Property.
- Firefox Can Migrate Bookmarks, History, and Cookies from Google Chrome.
- HTML5 Tags Highlight Correctly When Viewing Source.
- Files Can Be Stored in IndexedDB.
- Removed moz Prefix from Websockets API.
Firefox 10
Firefox 10 was released on January 31, 2012.
Firefox 10 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android.
New Features:
- Page Inspector/CSS Inspector - Allows developers to inspect HTML and CSS.
- Scratchpad - A code editor with syntax highlighting for JavaScript developers.
- New 3D Graphics Capabilities and Anti-Aliasing for WebGL Content.
- Full-Screen API - Enables developers to create full-screen applications and games, delivering full-screen video content.
- Support for CSS 3D Transforms.
Firefox 9
Firefox 9 was released on December 20, 2011.
Firefox 9 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New Features:
- Added Type Inference - Improved JavaScript performance (30% faster than Firefox 8).
- Improved Theme Integration for Mac OS X Lion.
- Two-Finger Swipe Navigation for Mac OS X Lion.
- Added Support for Querying "Do Not Track" Status via JavaScript.
- Added Support for CSS3 font-stretch.
- Improved Support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS.
Firefox 8
Firefox 8 was released on November 8, 2011.
Firefox 8 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New Features:
- Twitter Search Engine Installed by Default.
- Third-Party Plugins Disabled by Default. -A new "Add-on Selection Dialog" allows for add-on verification during upgrades
-Tabs can be loaded "on demand," making it faster to store windows with multiple tabs
-Support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) allows developers to load WebGL textures from other domains in a secure way
-HTML5 context menu support
-Firefox for Android: Mozilla has also added more features to enable Firefox to run on Android devices
Firefox 7
Firefox 7 was released on September 27, 2011.
Firefox 7 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New features:
-Improved memory handling
-Bookmarks and password changes are always instantly synchronized when using Firefox Sync
-"http://" URL prefix is hidden by default (like Chrome)
-Updated the WebSocket protocol from version 7 to version 8
-Added a system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla
Firefox 6
Firefox 6 was released on August 16, 2011.
Firefox 6 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New features:
-Address bar highlights the domain of the website you are visiting
-Streamlined site identity block appearance
-Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets through a prefixed API
-Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
-Added support for window.matchMedia
-Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
-Added a new Web Developer menu item, moving related development items into it
-Improved usability of the Web Console
-Improved discoverability of Firefox Sync
-Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama
Firefox 5
Firefox 5 was released in June 2011.
Firefox 5 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New features:
-Added CSS animation support
-Tuned HTTP idle connection logic for better performance
-Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and network performance
-Improved support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas standards
-Improved spell checking
-Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
-WebGL content no longer loads cross-domain textures
-Background tabs limit setTimeout and setInterval to 1000ms for better performance
Firefox 4
Firefox 4 was released in March 2011.
Firefox 4 can run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
New features:
-Support for over 80 languages!
-The fastest Firefox ever - Firefox is six times faster than previous releases
-App Tabs - A permanent home page that displays frequently visited sites like web mail, Twitter, Pandora, Flickr
-Switch to Tab - Easily find and switch to any open tab on the Awesome Bar
-Panorama - Drag and drop tabs into manageable groups to save time navigating multiple open tabs
-Firefox Sync - Access your Awesome Bar history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords, and data across multiple computers and mobile devices
-New Add-on Manager - Over 200,000 add-ons available to customize Firefox's features, functionality, and appearance
-Do Not Track - Allows users to opt out of tracking for behavioral advertising
-Privacy first - Prevent others from accessing your browser history
-HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) - Establish secure connections to stop "man-in-the-middle" attacks and protect sensitive data
-Content Security Policy (CSP) - Prevent cross-scripting attacks by allowing websites to explicitly tell the browser what content is legitimate
-JIT compiler - Faster page loads and better performance with enhanced existing TraceMonkey JIT and SpiderMonkey interpreter -HTML5 Support - Includes hardware acceleration, high-definition video (WebM), 3D graphics, offline data storage, professional typography, touchscreen interfaces, and the Mozilla Audio API.
-Improved Existing Tools - Such as CSS, Canvas, and SVG.
-Uninterrupted Browsing - Ensures uninterrupted browsing when Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime, or Microsoft Silverlight plugins crash.
Firefox 3.6
Firefox 3.6 was released in January 2011.
Firefox 3.6 is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been in development since early 2009. It includes many improvements for web developers, plugin developers, and users. This version is also faster, more responsive, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems like Maemo.
New Features:
-Persona Themes - Allows users to change the appearance of Firefox with a single click.
-Prevents Installation of Outdated Plugins - Ensures user safety while browsing.
-Local Video Can Be Displayed Full Screen, Supporting Posters
-Improved JavaScript Performance
-Ability for Web Developers to Run Scripts Asynchronously - To speed up page load times.
-Support for Downloadable Web Fonts - Using the new WOFF font format.
-Improved Support for CSS3, DOM, and HTML5
Older Firefox Versions
Firefox 3.5 - Released in June 2009.
Firefox 3.0 - Released in June 2008.
Firefox 2.0 - Released in December 2006.
Firefox 1.5 - Released in November 2005.
Firefox 1.0 - Released in November 2004.