TrustedReviews: Back to the Future: The Way Ahead for Firefox | Linux Today

TrustedReviews: Back to the Future: The Way Ahead for Firefox

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 23, 2007

“The success of the open-source Firefox browser, which first
appeared in 2002 under the guise of Phoenix, is something of an
Internet phenomenon. We’re very fond of it in the TR offices; so
fond in fact that Internet Explorer is relegated to the not so
taxing task of downloading Firefox and thereafter is ignored. And
with 30 per cent of TrustedReviews readers using the browser, it’s
obviously popular with some of you too.

“That isn’t to say, however, that Firefox is universally known
because Internet Explorer, due in no small part to the continued
domination of Windows, is still the number one Internet browser by
a significant margin. But, with awareness quickly expanding thanks
to hundreds upon thousands of loyal users promoting the browser,
Firefox has been proven to be more than just a passing fad…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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