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Firefox has approximately 20% to 24% of worldwide usage share of
web browsers in October 2012 and making it the second or third most widely used
web browser. There are beta testers of Firefox all over the world and they are
making tests for newer versions.
Latest Version
Firefox 17.0 Beta 6
Firefox 17.0 Beta 6
The enhancements to Firefox
provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox smart
location bar, affectionately known as the "Awesome Bar," learns as
people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches
over time. The browser also has several advanced search options.
Last reports
showed that over 125.000.000 people are using Firefox browser in the world.
It’s 36.3 % of the browser users over the world.
Firefox had about 20% of the market share for browsers,
worldwide whether Internet Explorer had about 70%.
Some of the fine
characteristics of the new Firefox that make Firefox special than others web
browsers are given below:
Performance. Firefox is built on top of
the powerful new Gecko Layout Engine
to render web pages, and give the result in a safer, easier to use and more
personal product.
Customization. Everyone uses the Web
different ways and Firefox ensure users customize their browser with more than
5,000 add-ons
Security. Firefox raises the security
bar. The new malware system and phishing
protection tools helps protect from viruses,
worms, Trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web.
The Latest version also
incorporates:
- Mail component called "Thunderbird"
- Extended and Improved tabbed browsing
- RSS feed support
- Spell checking, session restore and "live titles."
- Quick link to the Google search engine
- New security features, including anti-phishing protection
- Ability to search multiple search engines simultaneously
- More streamlined user interface
- Improved integrated search of multiple search engines
It should be noted that the
version one was released in November 2004. It quickly obtained new fans for its
multitude of features and open source license. Multiple new versions have been
released since 2004. Firefox can be a highly personalized browser, and not just
for programmers who can download the source code and tweak the browser to fit
their needs.
2012
|
Internet Explorer
|
Firefox
|
Chrome
|
Safari
|
Opera
|
September
|
16.4 %
|
32.2 %
|
44.1 %
|
4.2 %
|
2.1 %
|
August
|
16.2 %
|
32.8 %
|
43.7 %
|
4.0 %
|
2.2 %
|
July
|
16.3 %
|
33.7 %
|
42.9 %
|
3.9 %
|
2.1 %
|
June
|
16.7 %
|
34.4 %
|
41.7 %
|
4.1 %
|
2.2 %
|
May
|
18.1 %
|
35.2 %
|
39.3 %
|
4.3 %
|
2.2 %
|
April
|
18.3 %
|
35.8 %
|
38.3 %
|
4.5 %
|
2.3 %
|
March
|
18.9 %
|
36.3 %
|
37.3 %
|
4.4 %
|
2.3 %
|
February
|
19.5 %
|
36.6 %
|
36.3 %
|
4.5 %
|
2.3 %
|
January
|
20.1 %
|
37.1 %
|
35.3 %
|
4.3 %
|
2.4 %
|