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'''Mozilla Firefox''' (originally known as '''Phoenix''' and later '''Mozilla Firebird''') is a [[web browser]] developed by the [[Mozilla Foundation]] and hundreds of other volunteers.

With Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation aims to develop a small, fast, simple, and highly-extensible web browser (separate from the larger [[Mozilla]] suiteSuite). Firefox has become the main focus of Mozilla development along with the [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] email client and has replaced the Mozilla suiteSuite as the official browser release of the [[Mozilla Foundation]].

The browser has attracted attention as an alternative for [[Microsoft Internet Explorer]], since Internet Explorer has come under fire for insecurity, lack of features, and ease of [[spyware]] and [[malware]] installation. Firefox lacks the often dangerous [[ActiveX]] component, features an integrated pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, and an extension mechanism for adding to the browser. Additionally, it is not integrated with [[Microsoft Windows]], as many have criticized Internet Explorer for being. Mozilla Firefox is set to take around 10% of the Internet Explorer market share by 2005, which many have heralded as the return of the [[browser wars]].[http://news.com.com/Firefox+aims+for+10+percent+of+Web+surfers/2100-1032_3-5425918.html?tag=nefd.pop]

==History and development==