Firefox is picking up speed
This browser is a member of the Mozilla family. Its first Czech version arrived fifteen years ago. Back then, it still had a few minor bugs, but what doesn’t? Gradually, everything was fine-tuned, finished, and redesigned, until Firefox began to build its reputation. Some condemned it, others adored it, and the rest remained in the middle, or simply used a different one.
Today, Mozilla Firefox is a commonly used browser, and what started as a mere experiment by young men Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross has evolved into a comprehensive, usable tool, to which the Thunderbird email client was added.
Incidentally, this browser is even in the Guinness Book of World Records because it had a record number of downloads. Certainly very enviable.
In 2009, it became the most popular browser and was only dethroned from this imaginary throne by Google Chrome.
Firefox has many “offspring,” that is, browsers based on it. Among them, the best-known are certainly the “onion-based” Tor Browser, Pale Moon, Flock, and Mimino. Note, however
, that the claim that Firefox is distributed under a free license is not true. Firefox itself, as a compiled version, is not. Only its source code is open.
Now it’s possible to download plenty of add-ons and little extras.
Updates are very frequent here, and there’s truly a wide selection to choose from. The biggest news, however—and likely to remain so for a long time—is the increased frequency of updates. Until now, they’ve been a bit slower. We don’t mean the speed of the updates themselves, but the time between them. Since 2018, it’s usually been between six and eight weeks. Starting with version 74, the interval should be reduced to four weeks, as announced by both project leads, Mr. Ritu Kothari and Yan Or. They want to accommodate requests for faster delivery of new features, and above all, more frequent updates.
These shorter intervals will allow for a faster and more flexible response, which everyone will surely welcome. You certainly will, too. You’ll see it as early as next March, if everything goes according to schedule.