Open source Mozilla Firefox changed the way people looked at open source software!!
The fact that the Firefox web browsing software application was an open source web browser contributed a lot to the large number of misconceptions surrounding the web browser.
Of course, that is not to say that the open source characteristic of the Firefox web browsing software application is the sole feature that was viewed with suspicion by the rather immature and panicky end users. However, many end users have viewed the open source characteristic of the Firefox web browsing software application with suspicion. This resulted in a large number of end users staying away from the Firefox web browsing software application despite knowing the fact that it would help them a lot in the browsing the web. The end users of the Firefox web browser were informed that the web browser is an open source web browser and its source code could be changed. Of course, the fears of the end users regarding the open source nature were downright silly. The end users were ready to make use of the Firefox extension feature, something which would not have been possible had the Firefox web browser been a non open source web browser and yet the end users were wary of the open source nature of Mozilla Firefox. Again, the passage of time and the rise in popularity of the Firefox web browsing software application has contributed a lot to the change in the public opinion. So much so that the Firefox web browsing software application is being credited for engineering the change in the opinion of users of computers towards open source software applications as a whole. There was a time when open source software applications used to be considered as complex devices best left in the hands of the experts. In a novice users were resigned to the fact that they would have to be an expert to make use of open source software applications. The Firefox web browsing software application successfully demolished that myth. Today, millions and millions of users of the Firefox web browser make use of an open source software application to browse the web in a very efficient and effective manner. The Firefox web browsing software application enables each and every end user to modify the source code as and how they want to. If they do not modify the source code, even then the web browsing software applications will function without a hitch.
The Firefox web browsing software application is very flexible in the hands of any and every individual who knows how to modify the source code of the software application. The Firefox web browsing software application is rigid and unyielding in the hands of any individual who does not know what the source code of the web browser or who does not want to tamper with the same. This dual role performed by the Firefox web browsing software application has led to the end users realizing that an open source software application is not a bad thing per se. Of course, some open source software applications are too complicated for average end users. However, the same is true for non open source software applications as well. There are some non open source software applications that are as complex and expect a lot of the competence from the end users. Providing for these exceptions, the end users realized that open source software applications were as good as their counterparts if not better. The credit for this change in opinion is due to the Firefox web browsing software application only. This is yet another reason why the Firefox web browser is said to have changed the way surfers looked at the World Wide Web!!
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