Mozilla
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- Legal Name: Mozilla Corporation
- Website: mozilla.org
- Founded: 2005
- Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation
What is Mozilla?
Mozilla is a free software community. Mostly, it is known for its popular web browser, Firefox, but it also offers an e-mail client, Thunderbird, mobile operating system, Firefox OS, VPN service, Mozilla VPN, and more. Mozilla was founded in 1998, by the members of Netscape. Mozilla Foundation is supporting the community and its tax-paying subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.
Mozilla’s story began when Jamie Zawinski from Netscape registered mozilla.org only one day after Netscape announced that it is publishing Communicator and its source code for free. After Zawinski came up with the idea and the name “Mozilla” a small group of Netscape employees also joined the community. During its first year, new members around the world joined the project and started contributing to add new functionalities, to enhance features, and to be engaged in the management and planning aspects of the project.
The company published the first major version, Mozilla 1.0 in 2002. Later in that year, the company also launched the first version of Phoenix, which is later renamed to Firefox. After AOL reduced its involvement with Mozilla in 2003, the Mozilla project created the Mozilla Foundation which is designated the legal steward of the project.
The first version of Mozilla’s popular web browser, Firefox 1.0 was launched in 2004 and downloaded over 100 million times. The community is releasing new versions of its popular software since then. Mozilla also published a Manifesto that outlines the community’s approach to the internet and its principles. The ten principles of Mozilla are:
- The internet is an integral part of modern life—a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole.
- The internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.
- The internet must enrich the lives of individual human beings.
- Individuals’ security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional.
- Individuals must have the ability to shape the internet and their own experiences on it.
- The effectiveness of the internet as a public resource depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralized participation worldwide.
- Free and open source software promotes the development of the internet as a public resource.
- Transparent community-based processes promote participation, accountability and trust.
- Commercial involvement in the development of the internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial profit and public benefit is critical.
- Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.
Mozilla News
Apple, Google, and Mozilla collaborating on Speedometer 3
Apple, Google, and Mozilla are working on the next Speedometer benchmark to measure real-world browser performance. Google aims to include ...
Manifest v3-based browser extensions are coming to Firefox
Mozilla has begun accepting Manifest v3-based web browser extensions for signing, which are expected to be supported in Firefox 109. ...
Mozilla to invest $35 million in responsible internet companies
Mozilla is unveiling an ambitious new venture capital fund to transform technology investment and the internet more broadly. Mozilla will ...
Firefox removed Russian search providers
Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, many companies are banning Russian IT services. And it seems the sanctions are growing day ...
Mozilla introduces new features for Firefox Relay
Mozilla is adding new features to its Firefox Relay product. The solution became popular after its launch and thousands of ...
Mozilla unveils new design for MDN platform
Mozilla unveiled the new design for the MDN. For the last 16 years, the platform gained huge popularity among developers. ...
Linux Mint and Mozilla joining forces
Linux Mint signed a new partnership with Mozilla. After the partnership, Firefox will continue to be distributed as .deb packages ...
Mozilla appoints Kristen Trubey as Chief People Officer
The Mozilla team announced that Kristen Trubey has joined as the new chief people officer. She initially joined the company ...
Malicious Firefox add-on prevented 455.000 users from getting security updates
Mozilla announced that they blocked two malicious add-ons on Firefox that were causing security vulnerabilities by misusing proxy API to ...
Firefox 93 comes with improved SmartBlock
The Mozilla team announced the release of Firefox 93, the latest version of its popular web browser. It includes two ...
Mozilla VPN introduces advanced privacy features
Mozilla announced new advanced privacy features for its virtual private network, Mozilla VPN. New features include a Custom DNS server, ...
Mozilla celebrating its VPN’s first year anniversary with new features
Mozilla is celebrating the first year anniversary of its VPN service. The company announced that since its launch, the service ...
Firefox 90 comes with SmartBlock 2.0
The Mozilla team announced the new version of SmartBlock with the launch of Firefox 90. SmartBlock is Firefox's tracker blocking ...
Mozilla introduced a data-sharing platform: Rally
The Mozilla team announced the Mozilla Rally platform that puts users in control of their data and allows them to ...
Firefox 89 is now ready to download
The Mozilla team announced the release of Firefox 89 on the 1st of June. The latest version is redesigned and ...
Firefox 88 to prevent window.name abuses
The Firefox team announced a new security measure to be implemented in Firefox 88. The popular web browser introduces new ...
Firefox to remove built-in FTP implementation
Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, announced that built-in FTP, a protocol for transferring files from one host to another, implementation ...
Firefox 87 protecting user privacy with new default Referrer Policy
Firefox 87 will trim HTTP referrers by default. Firefox is a popular web browser. With the new Referrer Policy, Firefox ...
Mozilla released VPN solution
Mozilla's VPN solution is now ready to download. Mozilla VPN is based on modern and lean technology, the WireGuard protocol’s ...
Firefox announced VPN product
Mozilla announced its VPN solution, Mozilla VPN. The company stated that the product aims to help users control their privacy ...
Mozilla to launch Hubs Cloud
When Mozilla launched Mozilla Hubs in April 2018, they said that they would work on Custom Spaces, avatars and identity, ...
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