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Do you know how the web browser you use every day was born, and how it has evolved? Letʼ s take a look at the history of
the evolution of browsers, including Firefoxʼ s adventurous upbringing!

NCSA

1993

・ Mosaic invades
the market

IE is also descended from Mosaic.

So IE is actually related to Firefox!

NCSA Mosaic
Providing License

MosaicCommunications

1994

Spyglass

Established by Marc Clark
Andreesses and James Clark“SSL (safe encrypted communications)”
and “JavaScript” were invented by
Netscape around this time.

NETSCAPE
COMMUNICATIONS・ Escalation ofbrowser race
・ CSS1 recommendation

already been

Support CSS and Dynamic HTML
Improve internationalization

4.0

Releasestaff of Netscape andGecko

community withinvestments in NetscapeCommunications

Mozilla Application Suite 0.6

Decide to give up NC5
redesign it as a new

Netscape 6.0

rendering engine
called “Gecko”

2002

Supprt verticaltext display

2004

Developmentends withversion 5.2.3

really hard while IE
was taking it easy.

6.0 SP2

Firefox 1.0

At last came the debut of Firefox!
There was a full-page ad in the
New York Times, and a big
celebration！

1.5

2006

Auto updates
SVG
HTML Canvas

・ W3C HTML WG isMozilla Labs begins
activities

・ WebM released

Tab browse feature
Tab browse feature
Anti-phishing
Improve Web standard
technology support
EV SSL

1.1

3.6

2012

・ Firefox Macketplace

2.0

Enhanced support ofweb standard technologies
Multiprocess support
Session restore

Feedback from Firefox 3.5
enhancements

Just wait to see how Firefox gets

Windows Phone 7
releaseeven easier to use and more・ Firefox OSGoogle Docs &Spreadsheets
service launch

4.02.1The 3rd generation
JavaScript engine
Feedback from Firefox 4 enhancements
Hardware Acceleration
2.6
9.0
Tab Groups
Firefox Sync
Firefox for Android release
Type Interface

Webclip

3.2
Anti-phising
EV SSL

granted nowadays.

Mac OS X v10.6
Snow Leopard
release

4.0
Top Sites
Cover Flow

Android 1.0
release

Chrome 1.0

2.0

Windows 8
releaseSpeed dial,synchronization ofbookmarks, etc.
Full text web history
searchEV SSL
10.00

10.50
iPad launch
5.0
Reader /extentions

10.60
8.0

11.00

11.50

OS X 10.7 Lion
release

5.1

OS X 10.8
Mountain Lion
release6.0

Reading List

16.0

11.60

12.00
24.0

2.15

18.0

9.5

3.0

9.0

10.0

Firefox for Android moved
to Native UI

BitTorrent wiget
Passes Acid2 test
Anti-phishing

3.0

Google+service launch
New JavaScript engine
Hardware Acceleration
Add support for HTML5

9.0

iPhone launch

powerful!

14.0

2013

Google Pack
releaseFeed readerbrowsing are taken forPersonas
Plug-in process
isolation(3.6.4 -)SVG Tiny
Chage-freePassed Acid2 test

Anti-phising and tabbed

Windows 7
releaseThere used to be ads
on the tool bar until it
became free change.

8.0

Mac OS X v10.4
Tiger release

2011
・ HTML5 Last Callhannounced

whether a browser

Release

8.0
New JavaScript Engine
Private browsing
Enhanced support of HTML5

Innovative
rendering engine
Feed reader / IRC
clientGmail
service launch
Google Maps
service launch
Google Desktop
releasebenchmark ofis built properly.

Mac OS X v10.5
Leopard release

Integration of bookmarks
and browsing history
Smart location bar
EV SSL
Passed Acid2 test

Logo changed
changewell known

Windows Vistarelease

Another cool thing about
open source is that thecommunity can take over

3.5

7.0

The “Acid2 test” is amaking an eﬀort again.

7.0

3.0

PrestoWebKit

2.0

2008

2010

Safari 1.0

browsers worked hard to win

Feedback from Firefox 2enhancements

2009

Safari is chosen as
standard webbrowser

Support Japanese
Language display

Since Firefox and other

SeaMonkey 1.0

Prevent phishing
Session restore

2007

Mac OS X v10.3
Panther release

pepoleʼ s hearts, IE started

2.0

・ Mozilla Firefox 2
wins Good DesignAward

Windows XP SP2
releasePopup block feature
Security warningfeature of download
file
Add-on maintenance feature

SeaMonkey Council
continues development

5.0

Developeda renderingengine basedon KHTML

ReleaseEverybody worked

ReleaseAdwords service
launchMac OS X v10.1
Puma release

Expansion

Mozilla Japan is established

Mozilla China is established

・ W3C XHTML WG
ended

Mac OS X v10.0
Cheetah release

Rather than building
from scratch, existing
software was enhanced.

6.0

Mozilla Application Suite 1.7

established

Add E-mailclient

Bug fix

Mozilla Corporation is・ HTML5 draft is published・Mozilla Firefox 3 wins
the Guiness World
Record for mostdownloads in a day

4.0
5.0 for Mac

Windows XPrelease

Add the extension manager featuer

ReleaseGoogleMac OS X v10.2
Jaguar リリース

Change the name complained
by Firebird project・ Appearance of browsers
after the first browser war
・ JIS X 8341-3 is enacted
that improve accessibility independent non-profit
in Japanorganization
・ SNS boom of GREE, mixi,
Mozilla Europe is established& others

formedWindows Merelease

Browser becomes stand-alone

Mozilla Firebird 0.6

3.0

Mac OS 9 release

Mozilla Phoenix 0.1

・ AOL/Netscape files
an antitrust complaint
against Microsoft
・ Blogging boomstarts in Japanbrowser.

6.0 SP1
Netscape 7.0

Change the name complainedby Phoenix

with free software. It needed a web

Windows 2000
release

6.0

Mozilla Application Suite 1.0

2003

envionment like Windows or the Mac

Started businessby developing asearch engine

increasing dramatically.

Image tool bar
Personal bar

・ AOL/Netscapefiles antitrust suitagainst Microsoft

KDE is a project to create an

Support rubydisplay
This is when users of IE started

Our browser wasnʼ tquite ready, so it lost
more ground to IE...

Add tab browse feature
Add popup block feature

Mozilla has always been
supported by volunteers.

Windows 98 release
integrate with IE4.0

5.0

5.5

delived code andKHTML W

Mac OS 8 release

Chosen as standard
web browser for
the Mac fromversion 4.5

Our browser was reborn
with a new technology
called “Gecko” !

Expansion

Start depeloping

3.0 for Mac

4.0 for Mac

Highly support
Web standard technology

venture with full-time

KDE
Project

Mac OS 7.6 relaese

Discontinued

Mozilla Application Suite[Milestone 3 〜 18]（Code name “Seamonkey”）

Started as a joint

・ Ajax・ Web2.0

CSS
DynamicHTML

Source code is disclosed

Netscape Communicator 5.0

1999

・ Selection 508 of theU.S. Rehabilitation
Act takes effect・ Improve accessibility

Partiallysupport JScript,
VBScript,CSS（draft）

Trident

Expansion

Inherit some codesand designconcepts

Opera 2.0

3.0

Netscape Communicator 4.0
Everyone helped out,
but it didnʼ t work out
at ﬁrst...

MultiTorg Opera 1.0

for as long as Netscape

2.0 for Mac

Netscape Navigator 3.0
Gold Edition

Opera
Software

It seem Opera has been arounddeveloped by this time.

Netscape Navigator 3.0
Standard Edition

・ Dominance of IE isopen source
getting stronger
・ CSS2 reccomendation
・ XML1.0 reccomendation
・ DOM1 reccomendation

2001

technologies had

Netscape Navigator 2.0

NC5.0 is developed by2000

Most of todayʼ s hot2.0

NC4.x is distributed free・ Virtually the endof browser race

Internet Explorer 1.0

Expansion Combine Mail and Composer

Netscape was so
popular that it wasvirtuary Synonymouswith the internet

1998

There was intence competition
with IE back in those days, beendeveloped by this time.

Netscape Navigator wasthe standerd webbrowser for the Mac untill
1997.

Windows 95
release

ReleaseJavaScript

Change the company
name after complaintby NCSAForm Japanese company

Obtain Mosaic
licensePrototype of tab browsing
featureMozilla ClassicAppleMicrosoft

Release

Netscape Navigator 1.0（Code Name “Mozilla”）1996

Spyglass Mosaic
Providing License

Release・ Java appearance
・ Explosion ofinternet users

2005

ReleaseObtain theMosaic license

1995

1997

ReleaseMarc Andreessen, et aldeveloped Mosaic

Constariocversy andconfrict regarding therights of Mosaic

・ Establish W3C・ Netscape Navigator
invaded the market
・ Yahoo! service
launch・ HTML 4.0
reccomendation

This is the
distant ancestorof Firefox!

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