Mozilla Firefox (originally named Phoenix and then for a moment known as Mozilla Firebird) is a web browser for free cross-platform developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers.Version 3.0 was released on June 17, 2008.
Before the release of version 1.0 of its on 9 November 2004, Firefox has gained a very good reception from the media, including Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. With more than 5 million downloads in first 12 days of its release, and 6 million to 24 November 2004, Firefox 1.0 is one of the free software, open-source (open source) is the most widely used among home users.
Through Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation aims to develop a web browser small, fast, simple, and very able to be developed (apart from the Mozilla Suite is the larger). Firefox has become the main focus of the Mozilla development along with the e-mail client Mozilla Thunderbird, and has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the Mozilla Foundation's official browser release.