MS Technology Vocabulary Mozilla Firefox
Lauren Hodgson
January 2009
Computer 7-7
Mozilla Firefox
An internet browser is a software application that reads web sites to allow the user to see web pages. Mozilla Firefox is the 2nd most popular web browser, after Internet Explorer.
Mozilla Firefox was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as part of Mozilla.
Mozilla Firefox is an internet web browser separate from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
It is said to be faster and safer than other browsers for your computer.
It is completely free and can be downloaded on Mozilla’s website.
The very first Mozilla Firefox (Firefox 1.0) was released on November 9, 2004. Before, Firefox was called Phoenix, until another technology company called Phoenix developed their own browser and received a trademark for the name.
Mozilla includes: tabs, spelling check, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search with the desired engine.
TABBING
INTEGRATED SEARCH ENGINE
BACKGROUND IMAGE SAVER
FIRENES LETS USERS PLAY THE ORIGINAL NINTENDO (NES)ON YOUR BROWSER
WALLPAPERS
Because Firefox is open source, the source code is freely available and modifiable; it is constantly being updated and improved by people other than the creator
On the browser the user can create and use add-ons that give the Firefox different functions.
Mozilla Firefox can make the web “better”.
THE REAL FIREFOX
Edited by: Brooke Lummis
