History of Web Browser
 
Mozilla
 
Mozilla Firefox is a graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla. It is small and fast and offers many new features like popup blocking and tabbed browsing. Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform browser, providing support for various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Firefox
 
Though, the source code has been unofficially ported to other operating systems, including FreeBSD, OS/2, Solaris, SkyOS, BeOS and more recently, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
 
Firefox was previously called Mozilla Firebird (which was previously called Phoenix, which claimed to be a new version of Mozilla). Firefox is based on the Mozilla code, and is one of the most standards-compliant browsers available.
 
What is Mozilla?
 
Mozilla is an open-source web development project. The Mozilla Application Suite (also known as SeaMonkey) is a complete set of web applications; a browser, a mail client, a news client, a chat client and more. Firefox is just a browser. With Firefox you cannot chat or read emails or news. This makes it smaller, faster and easier to use (but makes chat, email and news harder to use?).
 
Firefox has following Features:
 
Firefox has automatic Popup Blocking. This if fine for stopping annoying popup ads, but not so good for sites using popup windows in a good way. Tabbed Browsing is a modern and time saving feature. It makes it possible to view many web pages in one browser window.
 
Google Search with auto complete is built into Firefox's tool bar. Keywords for bookmarks with quick searches (e.g., type "goo xml tutorial" into the location bar and get a Google search page on "xml tutorial" in one step). Dictionary Tool tip - double-click any word to see its definition.
 
Firefox has Improved Security. It is not integrated with the operating system and does not support ActiveX controls and VBScripts (features known to have security holes). A built-in modern Download Manager downloads files in the background to the desktop. Firefox has Customizable Toolbars, allowing users to add and remove items as well as create new toolbars.
 
With the Theme Manager, the users can change the look and feel of Firefox. Firefox keeps itself up-to-date. Smart Update searches for updates in the background and informs the user about available updates.