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[[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] debuted in 1996; it has never achieved widespread use, having less than 2% browser usage share as of February 2012 according to Net Applications.<ref name="browsershare" /> Its Opera-mini version has an additive share, in April 2011 amounting to 1.1% of overall browser use, but focused on the fast-growing mobile phone web browser market, being preinstalled on over 40 million phones. It is also available on several other [[embedded system]]s, including [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wii]] video game console.

In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the [[Mozilla Foundation]] in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the [[open source]] software model. That browser would eventually evolve into [[Firefox]], which developed a respectable following while still in the [[beta (software)|beta]] stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7% of browser use.<ref name="searchenginejournal.com" /> As of AugustMarch 20112014, Firefox has a 2819.26% usage share.<ref name="browsershare">http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-201108-201108-bar</ref>

[[Apple inc.|Apple]]'s [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] had its first beta release in January 2003; as of April 2011, it had a dominant share of Apple-based web browsing, accounting for just over 7% of the entire browser market.<ref name="browsershare" />