

The first actual Firefox release came in November 2004, and produced over 60 million new users in less than 9 months. While in the beta phase it generated remarkable acclaim for speed and security, with a series of add-ons directed at users, not developers. The Story Behind Firefoxįirefox started out in 2002 as a standalone browser created by the Mozilla community. In a decade and a half, they have fought their way to become one of the most preferred browser alternatives in the world. In 2002, Mozilla Firefox burst into the web browser wars. Since the mid-1990s, the battle for Internet dominance has been a fight usually won by whomever emerged as the biggest and financially the strongest competitor. Tim Berners-Lee is usually recognized as the creator of web surfing, releasing the WorldWideWeb in 1990. Since the first web browser was released as a software application in the early 1990s, there has been an ongoing battle for cyberspace supremacy.
