Firefox - A secured web browser
You may not be aware but a malicious software program can invade your computer anytime. This can happen through various sources. The source, which accounts for most such cases, is the internet. The malicious software will enter your computer through internet and damage it as well as the data that you have stored on it.
However to relieve you from this fear a new web browser namely Firefox has appeared on the scene. It has all the qualities of your favorite web browser i.e. it is fast, simple and above all, it provides right protection to you and your system. It has won acclaims form several people who have suffered from a malicious software their browser.
What’s more, it is a free open source program and therefore you do not have to pay anything for the added features and security to your system. It is a descendant of “Netscape Navigator”, whom Microsoft Internet Explorer had defeated a few years back. It has the intension of taking avenge of Netscape’s defeat. For this, it is loaded with several advantages over internet explorer.
Since Netscape was toppled over by internet explorer; the innovation in browser development has been limited to pop up ads, viruses, and spyware. Until now, the other internet explorer was the only option available for users. It offered no security and therefore, it had become a like bus, over which the crush of hawkers, pickpockets, and con artists used to ride. During this time, the frequent outbreaks of malware used to occur. They were actually the indicators of his need of having new web browser, which would give ensured protection from such malware infections or outbreaks.
Firefox has been proved to be a good solution to the malware issues. The people choosing Firefox get a clean and intuitive interface for browsing through the web. Moreover, it loads pages quicker than others do and it also has an ability to elude intruders. All these factors had made it possible fore Firefox to get a thunderous response.
Within a month of the official launch, which took place in November, more than 10 million people downloaded it. This took a significant bite out of the share of Internet Explorer. Since then there are thousands of downloads per day and the number of Firefox users is increasing constantly.
As Firefox is an open source software like most other open source products, it is continuously improving. The developers are constantly active in adding in more and more features and also increasing the usability of the previous features as well. Besides the Firefox developer community, thousands of developers and programmers throughout the world are contributing towards this purpose. The major contributors however have been Blake Ross and Ben Goodger.
Firefox is somewhat different from the other open source programs, if we consider the consumer appeal. Earlier the open source community has been successfully developing useful pieces of software. However, they did not used to be so successful in attracting the non-technical users. This may be because Ross and Goodger liberated Firefox from the common ethos and in this way transferred the open source program like Mozilla Firefox out of the server rooms. They indeed put it directly on to Microsoft’s turf.
Firefox has successful incorporated the recent political season net based techniques that are useful at the grass root level. Because of this, happy users of Firefox are turned into missionaries or food soldiers. This is clear from an incident. Immediately the next week when Firefox was released, launch parties and celebrations were held in 392 cities in different countries. They were held by the fans and contributors of Firefox.
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