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Firefox was originally developed as an offshoot of the Mozilla Browser project, developed by [[Netscape]], as a lightweight version of the software.  The original Mozilla browser was extremely feature rich, including such things as an [[HTML]] editor, which created a large and correspondingly slow piece of software.  Firefox has gone through several name changes, all due to existing trademarks.  It was originally named ''Phoenix'', then ''Firebird'' and finally ''Firefox''.

Firefox was originally developed as an offshoot of the Mozilla Browser project, developed by [[Netscape]], as a lightweight version of the software.  The original Mozilla browser was extremely feature rich, including such things as an [[HTML]] editor, which created a large and correspondingly slow piece of software.  Firefox has gone through several name changes, all due to existing trademarks.  It was originally named ''Phoenix'', then ''Firebird'' and finally ''Firefox''.

Since it's original release in 2003, Firefox has had a continued increase in the market share of web browsers.  Exact numbers are difficult to determine, but as of March 2007, in North America Firefox had a 15% share<ref>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=0</ref>, and 25% in Europe<ref>http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/firefox-march-2007/index-1-2-3-77.html</ref>.   

Since it's original release in 2003, Firefox has had a continued increase in the market share of web browsers.  Exact numbers are difficult to determine, but as of March 2007, in North America Firefox had a 15% share<ref>[http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=0 Browser Market Share]</ref>, and 25% in Europe<ref>[http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/firefox-march-2007/index-1-2-3-77.html Close to 25% of Use Rate in Europe for Firefox]</ref>.   

The browser is officially supported in 41 languages<ref>http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html</ref>, and is available for the different versions of Microsoft [[Windows]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Mac [[OS X]], and [[Linux]] operating systems.  Unofficial builds are available for Sun Microsystems Solaris, BSD and other operating systems.

The browser is officially supported in 41 languages<ref>[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html Firefox International Versions]</ref>, and is available for the different versions of Microsoft [[Windows]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Mac [[OS X]], and [[Linux]] operating systems.  Unofficial builds are available for Sun Microsystems Solaris, BSD and other operating systems.

==External Links==

==External Links==

[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox Home Page]

*[http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox Home Page]

[http://developer.mozilla.org/ Programming Center]

*[http://developer.mozilla.org/ Programming Center]

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