+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted November 9, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted November 9, 2014 ? Mozilla Firefox 1.0 was released. Its development started two years prior. The idea was to have a lightweight alternative to the old Mozilla Suite (now known as SeaMonkey). During this time it underwent two name changes: At first the project was called 'Phoenix', then 'Firebird' before adopting the Mozilla Firefox name early in 2004. As a reminder, this is what Firefox 1.0 looked like: Since then it underwent a lot of changes both in terms of UI and functionality. The strength of Firefox back in 2004 as well as now? Extensions. To this day Firefox is the most customisable browser out there. Mind you, they were even more important in the beginning because well.. Firefox 1.x didn't exactly have a lot of features built in besides bare web browsing. Here's to the next 10 years. Happy Birthday, Firefox! Aergan, Dick Montage, Knife Party and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Firefox 1.x didn't exactly have a lot of features built in besides bare web browsing Which at the time, when everything and the kitchen sink was being added to Mozilla, was a breath of fresh air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francescob Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Which at the time, when everything and the kitchen sink was being added to Mozilla, was a breath of fresh air! But everybody needs a mail client, news client, irc client, html editor, an hotdog machine, bread machine, can opener, deep frier and popcorn machine conveniently crammed in a single app. Wait, it also browsed the web? Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 i loved v1 so much. At that time IE was one of the worst browsers out there; it was slow, buggy and MS took years to bring out basic features. Firefox saw a gap in the market and build its extension system around fixing those issues. Well done to the mozilla team, showing what a small company can do. +Frank B. and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted November 9, 2014 Author Subscriber² Share Posted November 9, 2014 i loved v1 so much. At that time IE was one of the worst browsers out there; it was slow, buggy and MS took years to bring out basic features. Firefox saw a gap in the market and build its extension system around fixing those issues. Well done to the mozilla team, showing what a small company can do. Agreed. You have to remember what the browser market was like when Firefox 1.0 was released: IE 6 was dominating the market, as crap as it was; there were the Mozilla Suite and its derivative Netscape 6.x/7.x, examples of bloatware; Opera was still adware. Chrome didn't exist yet, Safari was OS X exclusive. Firefox was a breath of fresh air and helped to further innovation in the browser market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I still respect Firefox for their history, but back then after a bit Opera was a contender and stole their thunder for me. Now I'm back on IE (though Chrome is also worthwhile.) o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 yeh i read about firefox 1.0 today and discovered that back then some websites used to do very detailed testing and reporting. hardly seeing anything similar today where it's just a few words and a download link :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Good ol FF1, would still choose it over using IE to this day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Good ol FF1, would still choose it over using IE to this day Then your browsing experience would be VERY limited. Elliot B. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Agreed. You have to remember what the browser market was like when Firefox 1.0 was released: IE 6 was dominating the market, as crap as it was; there were the Mozilla Suite and its derivative Netscape 6.x/7.x, examples of bloatware; Opera was still adware. Chrome didn't exist yet, Safari was OS X exclusive. Firefox was a breath of fresh air and helped to further innovation in the browser market. yup :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I remember using the betas named Firebird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Then your browsing experience would be VERY limited. Like using IE isn't already limiting? forced to use it at work, everyone hates it with a passion, can't get an exception to use Chrome or FF for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Like using IE isn't already limiting? forced to use it at work, everyone hates it with a passion, can't get an exception to use Chrome or FF for now Try using Firefox 1.0 and tell us how it works out. It doesn't. Not a big fan of IE either but at least it's up to date with the current web and is actually usable... well aside from looking at old GeoCities sites on the Internet Archive anyway. Just for example, Neowin's front page: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted November 9, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 9, 2014 So... for 10 years I have being using the same browser! Wow. Time flies. I have Chrome and IE, but Firefox is still I use the most!Happy Birthday Fox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link6155 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Yup, I remember the winstripe theme. Firefox has change quite a bit since then and I hope that it keeps going :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Like using IE isn't already limiting? forced to use it at work, everyone hates it with a passion, can't get an exception to use Chrome or FF for now 2010 want's their tired old nonsense comments back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 2010 want's their tired old nonsense comments back I expected better from your guys, please go lookup the definition of hyperbole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I expected better from your guys, please go lookup the definition of hyperbole Please go use a modern version of IE that renders pretty much as it should, in a quick and fuss-free manner. I do, daily. spaceelf 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthebear Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hands down my favorite version of the browser. I started using it exclusively when it was called Phoenix, and my mind was a little blown when they added the icons for the UI in Firefox 0.8 I believe. I thought they were so...modern...at the time. Once version two dropped, I felt Firefox started loosing its lightweight feel, and when I upgraded to version 3, it was so error prone, I started looking for alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathiasdm Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks for the past 10 years, Firefox. Here's to the next ten years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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