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• • • Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a developed by and its subsidiary,. Firefox is available for, and. Its sibling,, is available for. Firefox uses the to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated.

An additional version,, was released in late 2015; however, because of artificial restrictions imposed by, it is forced to use the platform-bundled layout engine. Firefox was created in 2002 under the codename 'Phoenix' by the community members who desired a standalone browser, rather than the bundle. During its phase, Firefox proved to be popular with its testers and was praised for its speed, security, and add-ons compared to 's then-dominant.

Firefox was released in November 2004, and challenged 's dominance with 60 million downloads within nine months. Firefox is the of, as the Mozilla community was created by in 1998 before their acquisition. Firefox usage grew to a peak of 32% at the end of 2009, temporarily making version 3.5 the world's most popular browser.

Usage then declined in competition with. As of September 2017, Firefox has between 5.96% and 13.6% of worldwide as a 'desktop' browser, making it the second most popular web browser. Firefox is still the most popular desktop browser in (even most popular overall at 67.37% ) and with 82.6% and 87.17% of the market share, respectively. It is also the most popular desktop browser in many other African as well as Oceanic countries. According to Mozilla, as of December 2014 there were half a billion Firefox users around the world.