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| Developer(s) | Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation |
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| Initial release | June 17, 2008 |
| Final release | 3.0.19 (March 30, 2010)
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| Preview release | None (None) [±] |
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| Written in | C++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript |
| Engine | Gecko |
| Operating system | Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Solaris OS/2 |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 7.2 MB (Windows) 17.2 MB (Mac OS X) 8.7 MB (Linux) |
| Available in | Over 70 languages |
| Type | Web browser, FTP client, gopher client |
| License | MPL/GPL/LGPL/Mozilla EULA (for binary redistribution) |
| Website | firefox |
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is a version of the Firefox web browser released on June 17, 2008, by the Mozilla Corporation.[1]
Firefox 3.0 uses version 1.9 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages. This version fixes many bugs, improves standards compliance, and implements many new web APIs compared to Firefox 2.0. Other new features include a redesigned download manager, a new "Places" system for storing bookmarks and history, and separate themes for different operating systems.
Firefox 3.0 had over 8 million unique downloads the day it was released. By July 2008, it held over 5.6% of the recorded usage share of web browsers.[2] Estimates of Firefox 3.0's global market share as of February 2010[update] were generally in the range of 4–5%,[3][4][5] and then dropped as users migrated to Firefox 3.5 and later Firefox 3.6. Partially as a result of this, between mid-December 2009 and the end of January 2010, Firefox 3.5 was the most popular browser (when counting individual browser versions), passing Internet Explorer 7.[6]
Mozilla ended support for Firefox 3 on March 30, 2010, with the release of 3.0.19.[7]
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