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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
Mozilla Firefox is a graphical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser] developed by the Mozilla Corporation and a large community of external contributors. Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx and popularly, but improperly, abbreviated FF, started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation Mozilla Foundation] (Wikipedia, retrieved 18: | Mozilla Firefox is a graphical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser web browser] developed by the Mozilla Corporation and a large community of external contributors. Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx and popularly, but improperly, abbreviated FF, started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation Mozilla Foundation] (Wikipedia, retrieved 18:54, 12 October 2007 (MEST)). | ||
As of october 2007 market share is about 15%. Market share in education is probably much higher. | As of october 2007 market share is about 15%. Market share in education is probably much higher. | ||
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* VoiceML | * VoiceML | ||
* DOM 3 | * DOM 3 | ||
== Essential plugins == | |||
* PDF | |||
* Java (at least for science educators) | |||
* Flash | |||
== Things that don't work well == | == Things that don't work well == | ||
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* Management of helper applications for Mimetypes. [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] thinks that this is a nightmare, in particular on Linux. | * Management of helper applications for Mimetypes. [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] thinks that this is a nightmare, in particular on Linux. | ||
== Useful | == Useful add-ons == | ||
; Contents/Browsing | |||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/424 Wizz RSS News Reader] | |||
* ColorfulTabs | |||
; Search | |||
* googlebar | |||
; Downloading / Links | |||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 DownloadHelper] Download videos from YouTube etc. | |||
* [http://www.pdfdownload.org/ PDF Download] (let's choose what to do with a PDF) | |||
* Resurrect Pages (find dead pages in archives) | |||
* COLT (copy links) | |||
; Development | |||
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/249 HTML Validator] | |||
* CSS Validator | |||
* Rainbowpicker (a little color picker) | |||
* Web Developer | |||
* XML Developer Toolbar | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers Comparison of web browsers] (Wikipedia) | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers Comparison of web browsers] (Wikipedia) | ||
* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think40/?S_TACT=105AGX54&ca=dnw-838 Firefox 2.0 and XML], IBM Developper Works | |||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 12 October 2007
Definition
Mozilla Firefox is a graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and a large community of external contributors. Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx and popularly, but improperly, abbreviated FF, started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the Mozilla Foundation (Wikipedia, retrieved 18:54, 12 October 2007 (MEST)).
As of october 2007 market share is about 15%. Market share in education is probably much higher.
Standards support
Firefox 2.0
Natively, Firefox 2.0 supports these major standards:
- HTML (almost completely, e.g. not the "link" element)
- XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 (almost completely)
- SVG (partially)
- CSS 2 (partially)
- JavaScript and ECMAScript 3 (including DOM 1/2 and XHMLHttpRequest
- DOM 1 and 2
- MathML
- XSLT 1 (almost completely)
- XPath
- RSS
- XLink (only a little subset)
- XForms (to what extent ?)
It does not support
Essential plugins
- Java (at least for science educators)
- Flash
Things that don't work well
- Management of helper applications for Mimetypes. Daniel K. Schneider thinks that this is a nightmare, in particular on Linux.
Useful add-ons
- Contents/Browsing
- Wizz RSS News Reader
- ColorfulTabs
- Search
- googlebar
- Downloading / Links
- DownloadHelper Download videos from YouTube etc.
- PDF Download (let's choose what to do with a PDF)
- Resurrect Pages (find dead pages in archives)
- COLT (copy links)
- Development
- HTML Validator
- CSS Validator
- Rainbowpicker (a little color picker)
- Web Developer
- XML Developer Toolbar
Links
- Comparison of web browsers (Wikipedia)
- Firefox 2.0 and XML, IBM Developper Works