A new browser? Why bother?
- Internet matters!
- Over time, the Web is less secure and pleasant;
- too many pop-ups;
- virus, worms, spyware...
- IE: no real innovation since 5.5, in 1999;
- IE is not available on all platforms;
- Firefox: a worldwide cooperation effort to take back the Web.
Projet Mozilla: a few figures
- 12 employees at the Mozilla Foundation ;
- 2 people at Mozilla Europe, 3 in Japan ;
- Around 30 engineers from IBM, Red Hat, Sun, etc.
- 580 CVS accounrs
- 60.000 Bugzilla accounts
- Dozens of localisation teams and local communities.
- ...and you!
Guerrilla Marketing
- SpreadFirefox.com is the focal point of this community effort;
- 30.000 registered users;
- New York Times campaign a success;
- Banners and "Get Firefox" buttons in many languages;
- Firefox-kommt.de Campaign in Germany!
- 1 millions downloads (est.) on release day!
Firefox is about choice
- Of the platform: OSX, Linux, Windows, etc.
- From Windows 95 to XPSP2!
- Choice of Search engine (38% of Web traffic comes from search engines);
- Choice of feature (using extensions);
- Choice of look and feel (themes).
Firefox: the features
- Tabbed Browsing
- Integrated search
- Live bookmarks
- Pop-up blocking
- Extension mechanism
- AdBlock
- Web developer toolbar
Searching with Firefox
- Choice of search engine:
- you can use eBay, Amazon, Dictionary.com, your intranet search engine, etc.;
- Keyword in the URL bar: I'm Feeling Lucky
- Search in page page;
A browser you can trust
- Privacy (Advanced cookies management);
- Secure architecture (no ActiveX nor local zone);
- Open Source aspect.
A few numbers to back this up
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Compatibility with Web sites
- We have spent years of work to approach IE's undocumented behavior;
- Mozilla commitment to W3C standards (HTML, CSS, DOM, JS);
- Use Firefox to test your sites;
- Make sure your code validates: validator.W3.org
- Some random site does not work? Ask the Webmaster to support Firefox and Web standards.
Firefox marketshare
- WebSideStory (US):
- may 04: 3,54%
- oct 04: 6,02%
- eStat (France): 5,5% in September.
- Power users (prescriptors) lead the pack
- PC Inpact, Septembre 04 : 27,50%
- Clubic.com, août 04 : 19,26%
- ZDNet (UK): 19% in October
- IE share getting lower 5 months in a row (Source: WebSideStory, US)
Download Firefox !
- A 4.8Mo download on Windows
- 12 minutes on a modem;
- 40 secondes on ADSL;
- Very easy migration from IE and Mozilla;
- Favorites, cookies, passwords, browsing history...
- User-friendly interface;
- Get along with Internet Explorer.
Conclusion
http://mozilla-europe.org/
Download Firefox and help us take back the Web.