I-Firefox ye-Mozilla iyaqhubeka ibe umdlali omkhulu kusizinda sesiphequluli seWebhu, ebambe isabelo esikhulu samakethe. Isiphequluli, esiye sazuza udumo oluphezulu kubo bobabili abasebenzisi kanye nabathuthukisi ngokufanayo, lithwala njengendlela elandelayo yokukhulekela. Abanye abasebenzisi bohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Mozilla bavame ukuba nesifiso esikhulu ngesiphequluli sabo sokuzikhethela, futhi mhlawumbe lokhu kubonakala kakhulu lapho bebuka izinto ezifana nale mibuthano yesitshalo se-Firefox.
Lapho Umlando Uqala khona
Emuva ngo-September 2002, kwaba khona ukukhululwa kwe-Phoenix v0.1. Isiphequluli se-Phoenix, ekugcineni esizobizwa ngokuthi i-Firefox ekukhishwe kamuva, saqala sibheke njengenguqulo ephuliwe yesiphequluli esiyazi namuhla.
Nakuba kungenakho izici eziningi ezenza i-Firefox ithandwe kakhulu namhlanje, ukukhululwa kokuqala kwe-Phoenix kwakuqukethe ukuphequlula okuthebhulekile nomphathi wokulanda okwakungekho endaweni evamile ezipheqululini ngaleso sikhathi. Njengoba izinguqulo zamuva ze-Phoenix zenziwe zitholakale kubahloli be-beta, izithuthukisi zaqala ukuza. Ngesikhathi i-Phoenix v0.3 ikhishwe phakathi nenyanga ka-Okthoba ka -02, isiphequluli sesivele isiqukethe ukwesekwa kwezandiso , ibha yecala, ibha lokusesha elihlanganisiwe, nokuningi.
Ukudlala Igeyimu Yegama
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokuphenya izici ezikhona nokulungisa izimbungulu, i-Mozilla yagijimela ibhuloho negama lesiphequluli ngo-Ephreli 2003.
Kwavela ukuthi inkampani okuthiwa i-Phoenix Technologies yayithuthukise isiphequluli sayo sokuvula umthombo futhi eqinisweni, yayinegunya lokuthengisa igama. Kwakukhona kule ndawo uMozilla waphoqeleka ukuba ashintshe igama lephrojekthi ku-Firebird.
Ukukhululwa kokuqala ngaphansi kwe-moniker entsha yesiphequluli, i-Firebird 0.6, yaba yinguqulo yokuqala etholakalayo ye- Macintosh OS X ngaphezu kwe-Windows, enikeza umphakathi wakwa-Mac ukunambitheka kwalokho okuzofika.
Ikhishwe ngomhla ka-Meyi 16, 2003, ingu-0.6 ingenise isici esithandwa kakhulu seDatha Yedatha futhi ihlanganisa isihloko esizenzakalelayo esisha. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezizayo, izinguqulo ezintathu ze-Firebird zizophuma ziqukethe izinkomba zokuvula nokuzitholela ngokuzenzakalelayo phakathi kwabanye, kanye nokuqoqwa kwezilungiso ze-bug. Njengoba isiphequluli sisondelene eduze nokukhululwa kwayo kokuqala komphakathi, enye i-snafu ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mozilla izokwenza ukuthi i-Mozilla ishintshe amagiya futhi.
I-Saga iyaqhubeka
Umklamo we-database ovulekile ovela evulekile okhona ngaleso sikhathi wathwala ilebula le-Firebird. Ngemuva kokumelana kokuqala kusuka kuMozilla, umphakathi womphakathi wokuthuthukiswa kwedatha wagcina usebenzise ukucindezela okwanele ukugqugquzela elinye igama ukuthi lishintshe isiphequluli. Ngesibili nesikhathi sokugcina, igama lesiphequluli lishintshwe ngokusemthethweni kusuka ku-Firebird kuya ku-Firefox ngoFebruwari ka-2004.
UMozilla, obonakala ekhungathekile futhi ehlazeka ngamaphuzu okuqamba igama, wakhulula lesi sitatimende ngemuva kokuthi ushintsho lwenziwa: "Sifunde okuningi ngokukhetha amagama ngonyaka odlule (okungaphezu kwalokho esikuthandayo). ucwaninga igama ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke sibe nezinkinga phansi komgwaqo. Siqale inqubo yokubhalisa uphawu lokuhweba olusha nehhovisi le-US Patent kanye ne-Trade mark. "
Ngama-alias wokugcina, i-Firefox 0.8 ithunyelwe ngo-February 9, 2004, equkethe igama elisha nokubukeka okusha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakuqukethe isiphequluli sokungaxhunyiwe ku-intanethi kanye ne-Windows installer eyashintsha indlela yangaphambilini yokuletha i-zip. Kulezinguqulo eziningana eziningana ezilandelayo izinkampani ezikhishweyo zikhishwe ukuze zibheke ezinye iziphambeko ezisele nezokuphepha kanye nokwethula izici ezifana nekhono lokungenisa izintandokazi nezinye izilungiselelo kusuka kwi-Internet Explorer.
NgoSeptemba, inguqulo yokuqala yokukhululwa komphakathi itholakale, i-Firefox PR 0.10. Izinketho eziningi zokusesha injini zengezwe kubha yokusesha, kuhlanganise ne-eBay ne-Amazon.
Phakathi kwezinye izici, amandla we-RSS kumabhukhimakhi enza i-debut yayo.
Kuthathe izinsuku ezinhlanu kuphela ngemuva kokukhululwa komphakathi ku-Firefox ukudlulisa uphawu lokulanda kwesigidi esisodwa, okudlulile okulindelwe nokushaya umgomo we-Mozilla wokuzibophezela ngezinsuku ezingu-10 ukushaya uphawu olufisayo.
Isiphequluli sewebhu se-Firefox sikaMozilla: Kusemthethweni!
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwababili ku-Okthoba 27 noNovemba 3, ukuqaliswa okusemthethweni okwakulindeleke ukuthi kwenzeke ekugcineni kwenzeka ngoNovemba 9, 2004. I-Firefox 1.0, etholakalayo ngezilimi ezingaphezu kuka-31, yamukelwa kahle ngumphakathi. I-Mozilla yaze yaphakamisa imali ezinkulungwaneni zabanikeli ukugqugquzela ukwethulwa, futhi isikhangiso se-New York Times esaqala maphakathi no-Disemba sabavuza ngokubonisa amagama abo kanye nesibonakaliso se-Firefox.
I-Firefox, Ingxenye Deux
Isiphequluli sinezinguquko eziningi futhi izici ezintsha zafakwa ngokuqhubekayo kusukela ngalolo suku ngasekupheleni kuka-2004, okuholela ekukhululweni okukhulu kwe-version 1.5 futhi ekugcineni version 2.0 ngo-Okthoba 24, 2006.
I-Firefox 2.0 ithumele amandla we-RSS athuthukisiwe, ukuhlola isipele ngaphakathi kwamafomu, ukubuka ukuphequlula kwamathebhu, ukubukeka okusha kwe-sleeker, Ukuvikelwa kokuPhepha, ukubuyisela iSession (okubuyisela amathebhu akho avulekile namakhasi wewebhu uma kwenzeka ukuphazamiseka kwesiphequluli noma ukuvinjelwa ngengozi), nokuningi . Le nguqulo entsha ibanjwe ngokubili nomphakathi kanye nabathuthukisi abangezelayo, ababebonakala beveza ukunikezwa okungapheli kwezandiso cishe ngobusuku bonke. Amandla we-Firefox aqhubeka ekhula ngosizo lomphakathi wokuthuthuka okhuthele futhi onokuhlakanipha ngoba lezi zengezo zaqhubeka zithatha isiphequluli sibe yiziqephu ezintsha.
I-Firefox, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Red Panda etholakala e-Himalayas, eNepal, naseningizimu yeChina, yaqhubeka nokunyusa amashadi ngokuxoshwa kwe-Internet Explorer.
I-Decade Elandelayo
Iminyaka eyishumi elandelayo ibona ukuguqulwa kwesimo sesiphequluli - izindawo eziningi kakhulu zeWeb ezingcono kakhulu, ukuphequlula kweselula kube umsebenzi wansuku zonke kubantu abaningi emhlabeni, kanye nethoni yokuncintisana eyongezwe yizingoma ezinzima ezifana ne-Google Chrome, i-Opera kanye I-Apple Safari ngaphezu kweziphequluli ze-niche ezincane eziziqhenya ngamasethi azo ehlukile.
I-Firefox iyaqhubeka ibe umdlali omkhulu emakethe, inikeza izici ezintsha futhi ithuthukise ukusebenza okukhona njalo.