Firefox History - Foxkeh

Afﬁliated Organization of Firefox and Mozilla (Overview)

NCSA

1993

Controversy Mosaic の権利を巡り対立、離反 and conflict regarding the rights of Mosaic

ライセンス供与 Providing license

Spyglass

Obtain the Mosaic license

Established by Marc Andreessen and James Clark

Mozilla Classic

Netscape Navigator 1.0

Obtain Mosaic license

リリース Release

COMMUNICATIONS

Internet Explorer 1.0

Change the company name after complaint by NCSA

Support JavaScript

Expansion

Combine Mail and Composer Gold Edition

Support CSS and DynamicHTML Improve globalization

1997

Expansion


Opera 3.0

AOL

Started as a joint venture with full-time staff of Netscape and community with investments in Netscape Communications

ルビ表示のサポート Support ruby display リリース Release

Gecko

Mozilla [Milestone 3 ∼ 18]

Highly support Web standard technology

(Code name "SeaMonkey")


Mozilla 0.6 Use achievements Expansion

Japanese company withdraws

Release

Windows Me release

Opera 4.0

Opera 5.0 Image tool イメージツールバー bar パーソナルバー Personal bar Netscape 6.1

Start working with volunteers

Add tab browse feature Add popup block feature


Windows XP release

バグ修正 Bug fix

Support Japanese 日本語表示に対応 language display

Opera 6.0

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Mozilla 1.0

Innovative rendering レンダリングエンジンを engine 刷新

Netscape 7.0 Divide/redesign

Apple Computer

Phoenix 0.1

Change the name complained Unwanted email by Phoenix automatic judgment

2003

・Ajax ・Web2.0

Windows 2000 release

Netscape 6.0

Mozilla 0.9.2

Mozilla 1.4

2005


Support vertical text 縦書き表示のサポート display

Expansion

Add Email E-mail クライアント client 搭載

レンダリンKHTML グエンジン﹁ WebCore のベスとして rendering の技engine 術を提供 Provide technology as a ﹂ base ofー"WebCore" KHTML

Decide to give up NC5 derived code and redesign it as a new rendering engine called "Gecko"

・Virtually the end of browser race

・Appearance of post browser generation race ・JIS X 8341-3 is set Improve accessibility in Japan

Windows 98 release Integrate with IE4.0

Inherit some codes and design discontinued concepts

2000

2004

Start developing KHTMLW

Investment

1999

・Settlement of antitrust case between AOL and Microsoft End of browser race ・Blog boom in Japan

KDE Project

Netscape Communicator 5.0

Acquired by AOL

2001

Internet Explorer 3.0 Support CSS and CSS、DynamicHTML をサポート DynamicHTML Windows with Integrate へ統合 Windows

Netscape Communicator 4.0

NC4.x is distributed free NC5.0 is developed by open source and Mozilla.org is founded for code maintenance and NC5 development

Opera 2.0

Partially support JScript, JScript、VBScript、 CSS（草案）の一部を VBScript, CSS (draft) サポート


Standard Edition

・AOL/Netscape files an antitrust complaint against Microsoft

MultiTorg Opera 1.0



2002

Opera Software


・Escalation of browser race

・Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act takes effect ・Improve accessibility

Windows 95 release

発展 Expansion

Form Japanese company

1996

・Dominance of IE is getting stronger ・HTML 4.0 recommendation ・CSS2 recommendation

Microsoft

(Code name "Mozilla")

NETSCAPE

1998

Spyglass Mosaic

ライセンス供与 Providing license


・Java appearance ・Explosion of Internet users


リリース Release タブof ブラズ機能の原型 Prototype tabウbrowsing feature

Mosaic Communications

1994

1995

NCSA Mosaic

Marc Andreessen, et al developed Mosaic

・Mosaic invades the market

・Establish W3C ・Netscape Navigator invaded the market


Mozilla Firefox, anniversary version 1.0 released in 2004. This is the history of Web browsers back to the dawn of Webs in 1993.

Netscape 7.1 Invest出資 ment

移管

Firebird 0.6

Layoff remaining AOL and Netscape staffs

Add the extension manager feature

Release Independent nonprofit organization

Mozilla 1.7 Release Release

Popup block feature ポップアップブロック機能 Security warning feature ダウンロードファイルの of download file セキュリティ警告機能 Add-on maintenance アドオン管理機能 feature

Firefox 1.0 Thunderbird 1.0

Automatic update feature SVG HTML Canvas

Release Safari 1.0

Change the name complained by Firebird project

Expansion

Product and 製品ローカライズ、ドキュメント翻訳 document などについて localization Limited Liability 責任を委譲 is responsibility Partnership is transferred formed for marketing, development and deployment support

Opera 7.0

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2

Windows XP SP2 release

Opera 8.0 Affiliated company is started for promotion

Automatic update feature Firefox 1.5 Prevent phishing

2006 Thunderbird 1.5 Prevent phishing Thunderbird 2.0

無料化 Charge-free

Tab browse feature Prevent phishing Improve Web standard technology support

Firefox 2.0 Firefox 3.0


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Safari 2.0 Opera 9.0