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Firefox
Firefox is a relatively light-weight (not as much as Minimo), intuitive, cross-platform, internationalised, standalone, GUI Web browser that is is based on the Navigator component of the Mozilla suite (aka SeaMonkey).
It can browse multiple pages in different tab panes, block only certain pop-up windows, bookmark multiple tab panes or an RSS feed, customise toolbars, and semi-automatically install security and other updates. Extensions are also available for applications from Web development functionality to games like Tetris. Firefox was formerly known as `Firebird', `Phoenix', and `m/b'.
The developers note that the official binaries on
http://mozilla.org/ are definitely proprietary; they contain
additional freedom-subtracted software (talkback functionality,
artwork, etc) therefore only the source tarball is free software.
(Also, the Mozilla Foundation requires that users of their binaries
agree to a contract
Last updated 16 Aug, 2006
About
Leadership
- David Tenser - Maintainer
Requirements
- Linux kernel 2.2.14 or later (Use Requirement)
- glibc 2.2.4 or later (Use Requirement)
- gtk+ 1.2.0 (1.2.5 or greater preferred) (Use Requirement)
- XFree86 3.3.6 or later (Use Requirement)
Related Projects
Versions
1.5.0.6
1.5.0.6 stable released 2006-08-02
- Released: 2 Aug, 2006
- Code Maturity: Stable
- Source Archive: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/...
- Licenses: MPL1.1
- Interfaces: Web
User Community and Support
User FAQ available in HTML format from http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq; See also http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/ for a complete list of documentation