After eight months of rapid growth, Firefox has arrived at version 1.0 milestones, facing conviction Internet Explorer (IE) users to change the browser challenge.
The Open Source Firefox web browser launched by the Mozilla Foundation has ambitious market leading IE. Since the launch, Firefox has attracted new users' speed. When the 1.0 version is not released, Firefox has doubled the number of downloads over the past eight months. For these two months, the number of downloads is 5 million times.
However, the main cause of Firefox is rapidly tampering has changed. As the Windows update procedure has been released, IE security issues have been improved. At the same time, safety researchers and malicious hackers have gradually found that the number of firefox has grown sharply, and the results of the tree stroke may lead to the first security of Firefox to be proud.
But at present, Mozilla is most concerned about how the Firefox's download server does not hang. Since Tuesday (14th) released Firefox 1.0 fresh version, Mozilla was steadily and steady to download more than 1 million goals within ten days. Firefox has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in the first five hours after opening free download.
Mozilla spokesperson Bart Decrem said that Firefox download website "It's simply caused by Sichuan to die, we are trying to support it."
This can be described as a sweet burden of Mozilla - and it is a new taste that is a taste. After Netscape Communications (Netscape Communications) established Mozilla, Mozilla launched an open source version of the browser plan to walk, first dragged 32 months to release browser, and the evaluation is very poor.
In the next few years, browsers who play Mozilla flag have gradually improved, but the source code is getting more and more bloated. Last year, Apple Computer is based on the source code, abandoning the Mozilla browser, and modes the technology provided by the KHTML open source program, so the McKin Tower has its own Safari browser.
In order to take out more light, fast browsers, Mozilla launched a plan to evolve into Firefox. Although Firefox and other Mozilla's products can be obtained free of charge through Mozilla public authorization, Mozilla itself is a non-profitable foundation. HP and other companies have used Mozilla products in commercial products.
Mozilla has recently been funded by many companies, such as Nokia offers a fund, entrusting Mozilla to develop Minimo mobile phone browser.
Firefox vs. IE
Firefox's popularity is rising, and a part is attributed to Mozilla to provide the functionality of the user as soon as possible, such as a valid pop-up advertising interceptor. But perhaps the most important reason, Microsoft IE has long been long-lasting safe vulnerabilities, while Microsoft's Independent IE's development plan has stopped.
Although Microsoft IE has made Firefox, analysts question, if the functions and relatively safe reputation, Firefox's boom can last.
The browser war has long ended in Microsoft, and then the online market is rarely investigating the city's share of the browser. However, a network analysis report this summer shows that IE still covers most markets, and the market share this year has fallen slightly from 95.48 in June to 94.16%.
Although Microsoft maintains a decision that no longer releases an independent IE update version, the Software Giant released the second edition (SP2) of the Windows XP update service package (SP2), which combines security protection and pop-up advertising interceptors.
Mozilla not only encounters security problems, but also with Firefox gets more popular, the problem may intensify. NPD Group analyst Ross Rubin said: "The security issue of Microsoft IE must be viewed in the large environment. Like Windows itself, IE is the attack target, which is caused by the tree."
Similarly, with the number of users grow, strangeness is getting lost, and the firefox is initially covered by the protective cover that is not noticed by malicious hackers and safety researchers.
Rubin said: "Ironically, the software is getting popular, and it is easier to become a target. That makes the user who high technology hopes to look for alternatives."
Enter the preparation state
While the Firefox download boom is almost tired of the server, Mozilla has also taken a two-pronged approach to promote Firefox from security and marketing.
In terms of security, the foundation will re-off the net-free rewards, and call on the worms together. Mozilla said on Tuesday, has issued the first $ 500 of the rasps bonus, the winner is four safety researchers: Marcel Boesch, Gael Deleleau, Georgi Guninski and Mats Palmgren. Among them, Palmgren has donated his bonus to Mozilla to support This demonstration plan.
In terms of marketing, Mozilla launches the "Spread Firefox" website, and the volunteers who mobilize open source communities, with free marketing techniques such as email, and website buttons, and promote Firefox 's popularization.
The publicity website does not cover up the challenge of Microsoft IE, after all, IE's safety negligence is the maximum push of Firefox popularity.
The website statement says: "You are our marketing powerful. The shape of the user has tired of the fatigue bombing of pop-up advertisements, the tracking of the spyware, also tired of identity theft, or install safety patches at three meals per day. Now, you will see the "WEB" vision of the 21st Century, and is ready to spread the gospel to the world, from the monopolists to recapture the main control, let the monopoly force is corrupted. By we provide tools, from you Together to respond to this upcoming anti-war. "
In addition to Spread Firefox, Mozilla also introduces Get Firefox websites to boot users to Mozilla.org's Firefox webpage. Each independent website is also preparing alternatives other than the IE, including Firefox.
With the Firefox fresh version, it is easier to view the message that is necessary to grant the pop-up. The browser also provides new website identification methods to prevent some website of fish tolerance. Another bookmark (Bookmarks) can often display updated content, such as news headlines.
Mozilla represents, search and installation of Macromedia Flash, Plug-in Application, such as the Adobe Acrobat file viewer, is also more convenient. Firefox's search engine now highlights search keywords.
At the same time, Mozilla still maintains the Mozilla browser and other software packages. The foundation also upgraded the Mozilla set software to version 1.7.3 on Tuesday.
Challenge IE is not easy
It has various types of updates and improvements, and Rubin still doubts about Firefox's ability to weaken Microsoft.
"I don't think Firefox will take a lot of IE market," Rubin said: "This is a good browser, but I don't think it is necessary to convince most IE users to change software."
Rubin believes that Firefox will continue in the niche market, such as attracting developers who support cross-platform applications. On the IE challenger, Firefox may take away Safari and Opera's aura. (ZDNET China / Tang Huiwen) Source: http://www.cnetnews.com.cn/
