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Encyclopedia > Market adoption of Mozilla Firefox

Since its initial release in 2004, market adoption of Mozilla Firefox has increased rapidly. Currently, Firefox is the most used browser worldwide (Internet Explorer has higher market share, but most people have stopped using it after downloading Firefox).

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Usage share

Usage share of Mozilla Firefox over time
A graph of Firefox 1.x and 2.x cumulative downloads in millions
A graph of Firefox 1.x and 2.x download rate in thousands per day
See also: Usage share of web browsers

Web-surfers have adopted Firefox rapidly, despite the availability of Internet Explorer on almost all Microsoft Windows PCs. Internet Explorer has seen a steady decline of its usage share since Firefox's release. According to several sources (as listed in statistics reference), by July 2006, Firefox had around 12% of usage share, and by mid January 2007, 14%.[1] Image File history File links Mozilla-firefox-usage-data. ... Image File history File links Mozilla-firefox-usage-data. ... Image File history File links Firefox_growth_cumulative. ... Image File history File links Firefox_growth_cumulative. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A rough estimation of usage share of layout engines/web browsers This article aims to be an unbiased historical record for the usage share of web browsers, based on statistics and articles published by well-known websites. ... “Windows” redirects here. ... Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE), commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of proprietary graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ...


Europe, according to a study released by the firm XiTi on 2007-07-18, generally had higher percentages of Firefox use, with an average of 28%. The highest usage is in Slovenia (about 47.9% as of July 2007).[2] For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...


Download count

Downloads have continued at an increasing rate since Firefox 1.0 was released in November 2004. No other Mozilla Foundation product has experienced such growth.[3]

Downloads of Firefox 1.x and 2.x since November 9, 2004
Date Number of days Downloads (millions)
November 10, 2004 1 1[4]
February 16, 2005 99 25[5]
April 29, 2005 171 50[6]
July 26, 2005 259 75[7]
October 19, 2005 344 100[8]
March 3, 2006 479 150[9]
July 31, 2006 629 200[10]
November 11, 2006 732 250[11]
February 12, 2007 825 300[12]
September 7, 2007 1032 400[13]

These numbers do not include downloads using software updates or from third-party websites.[14] They do not represent a user count, as one download may be installed on many machines, or one person may download the software multiple times. According to Mozilla employee Asa Dotzler, Firefox had about 110 million users as of August 2007.[15] is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Asa Dotzler   (IPA: ), born in Tennessee on June 5, 1974, is best known for his work as community coordinator for several Mozilla projects. ...


Industry adoption

Since the pre-1.0 stages, several well-known websites and web applications, including Gmail, have supported (and in some cases, required) the use of Firefox. Since March 30, 2005, the Google search engine has utilized the link prefetching feature of Firefox for faster searching. Google, Inc. also recommends Firefox as the browser for its Blogger.com weblog service.[16] On May 18, 2005, eBay announced support for Firefox for its eBay Picture Manager.[17] In 2006, Microsoft released a Firefox-compatible Windows Genuine Advantage browser plug-in.[18] In software engineering, a web application is an application delivered to users from a web server over a network such as the World Wide Web or an intranet. ... For other uses, see Gmail (disambiguation). ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Googles main pages unusually spartan design, uncluttered appearance and quick loading time have contributed greatly to the sites mass appeal. ... Link prefetching is a standards compliant mechanism used by web browsers, which utilizes browser idle time to download or prefetch documents that the user might visit in the near future. ... This article is about the corporation. ... Blogger is a blog publishing system. ... A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ... Windows Genuine Advantage Notification in Windows XP Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system enacted by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading from the Microsoft Download...


Search engine companies including Google, Yahoo! and A9.com now also offer Firefox extensions for accessing their services, in addition to their original Internet Explorer add-ons. Google has released four Extensions for Firefox,[19] further affirming the company's interest in Firefox. This article is about search engines. ... “Yahoo” redirects here. ... Screenshot of the home page A9. ... This is a list of some of the many available Firefox extensions, software add-ons designed for Mozilla Firefox based web browsers. ...


Institutional adoption

During the FOSDEM 2005 conference, Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe, noted that Firefox has had more success in the consumer market than with institutions.[20] He also theorized that pressure from Microsoft caused institutions who had adopted Firefox to remain silent about it. Jimbo Wales speaking at FOSDEM 2005 Since 2001, the Free and Open source Software Developers European Meeting (commonly known as FOSDEM) is an annual 2-day event hosting talks, tutorials, and stalls for the free software community. ... Tristan Nitot (born on 19 October 1966, French) is the president of Mozilla Europe. ... Mozilla Europe is a non-profit organisation to help promote and deploy Mozilla products in Europe. ...

“ I know companies that are deploying Firefox or Thunderbird, but they aren't talking about it as they don't want to see an increase in their [Microsoft] Office licence price. ”

Some observers, such as Serdar Yegulalp of TechTarget[21] and Jim Rapooza of eWEEK[22] note that Firefox does not provide tools that make institutional deployment easier, such as a client customization kit (which Mozilla has since released[23]) or Microsoft Installer (MSI) packages. Yegulalp also notes that although Firefox does not natively support ActiveX plugins, which are sometimes used in institutional environments, third party bridges are available. The Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer, codename Darwin) is an engine for the installation of programs on Microsoft Windows systems. ... ActiveX is Microsoft technology used for developing reusable object oriented software components. ...


While institutions may not be actively deploying Firefox in large numbers, more and more are allowing their employees to install Firefox, according to JupiterResearch. They found that in 2006, 44% of companies with more than 200 employees allowed Firefox on their employees' systems, compared with 26% in 2005.[24]


References

  1. ^ IE7 being caught by Firefox despite 100 million installations. iTWire (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
  2. ^ Usage share Mozilla Firefox in Slovenia has increased according to XiTi. XiTi.com (2007-07-18). Retrieved on 2006-10-17.
  3. ^ Firefox and more: the graphs (part 1). Asa Dotzler's weblog.
  4. ^ 1,000,000+ downloads on day 1
  5. ^ firefox 25,000,000
  6. ^ celebrating 50 million firefox downloads
  7. ^ Firefox Exceeds 75 million Downloads
  8. ^ firefox hits one hundred million downloads
  9. ^ 150 million and counting!
  10. ^ Firefox 200 Million Downloads - what it means
  11. ^ 250000000 downloads!
  12. ^ Firefox: 300 million+ downloads
  13. ^ Four Hundred Million Firefox Downloads
  14. ^ http://feeds.spreadfirefox.com/downloads/firefox.xml
  15. ^ Dotzler, Asa (August 8, 2007). does a headline create truth?. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  16. ^ Where can I upgrade my browser? Blogger Help.
  17. ^ eBay Picture Manager Enhancements. eBay.
  18. ^ Genuine Microsoft Software (HTML). Windows Genuine Advantage: Frequently Asked Questions. Microsoft Corporation (2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-06.
  19. ^ http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/extensions/index.html
  20. ^ Firefox sneaks into the enterprise. ZDNet UK.
  21. ^ Serdar Yegulalp. How to switch an enterprise from IE to Firefox. TechTarget. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
  22. ^ Jim Rapooza. Mozilla Firefox 1.0. eWEEK. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
  23. ^ Firefox 1.5 CCK (Client Customization Kit) Wizard. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.
  24. ^ J. Nicholas Hoover. IE7 vs. Firefox 2.0: Why This Browser Battle Matters To Businesses. InformationWeek. Retrieved on 2006-10-17.

 

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