Isiphequluli seMozilla Firefox: izici, umlando, kanye nobumfihlo

I-Mozilla Firefox Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili, ibilokhu ingenye yeziphequluli ezithandwa kakhulu kulabo abazisa ubumfihlo, inkululeko, kanye nokulawula ulwazi lwabo lwe-inthanethi. Yazalwa njengendlela elula kunezinye izitolo ezinkulu zesikhathi sayo futhi namuhla iyaqhubeka nokumelana neziqhwaga ezifana ne-Chrome ne-Safari ngenxa yefilosofi yayo yomthombo ovulekile kanye nomphakathi okhuthele kakhulu.

Phakathi neminyaka, Isiphequluli seMozilla Ibilokhu ifaka ukuthuthukiswa kokusebenza, ukuphepha, ukuhambisana kwezindinganiso zewebhu, kanye nezinketho zokwenza ngokwezifiso, ngaphandle kokudela okwenza kube yinto ehlukile: inikwe amandla yinhlangano engenzi nzuzo enomgomo wayo oshiwo ukwakha iwebhu evulekile negxile kubantu. Uma ukhathazekile ngokuthi ubani osekela isofthiwe oyisebenzisa nsuku zonke, iFirefox ikwelinye iqembu.

Iyini iMozilla Firefox futhi ubani oyisekelayo?

I-Mozilla Firefox iyisiphequluli sewebhu samahhala nesivulekileIgcinwa yiMozilla Corporation kanye neMozilla Foundation, ithembele enjinini yokukhiqiza yeGecko kanye nobuchwepheshe obufana neQuantum kanye nenjini yeSpiderMonkey JavaScript ukuze ibonise amakhasi anamathela ezindinganisweni zewebhu zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo. Kusukela yakhishwa okokuqala ngo-2002, ilandele imodeli yokuthuthukiswa evulekile, kanti iningi lekhodi livela emphakathini.

Ekuqaleni kwayo, I-Firefox yazalwa njengegatsha lokuhlola lephrojekthi endala yeMozillaAbadali bayo—uDave Hyatt, uJoe Hewitt, noBlake Ross—babenomuzwa wokuthi iMozilla Application Suite endala yayisinzima kakhulu futhi ivinjelwe yizintshisekelo zezentengiselwano ezixhumene neNetscape. Umqondo wabo kwakuwukuhlukanisa isiphequluli sibe uhlelo lokusebenza oluzimele, olusheshayo, nolugxile kumsebenzisi, okwagcina kuthathe indawo ye-suite yokuqala ngokuphelele.

Indlela eya egameni lamanje yayigcwele izigigaba: Yaqala ukubizwa ngokuthi iPhoenixLeli gama laqale lacatshangelwa, libhekisela "ekuzalweni kabusha" ngemuva kweNetscape, kodwa kwadingeka baliyeke ngenxa yokungqubuzana kophawu lokuhweba nePhoenix Technologies. Labe selibizwa ngokuthi iFirebird, okwangqubuzana nesizindalwazi esikhona segama elifanayo. Ngemva kwezinguquko eziningana, igama lagcina lamukelwa ngoFebhuwari 9, 2004. I-Mozilla Firefox, igama eliyingqayizivele embonini futhi elifana nelithi Firebird ukuze kugcinwe ukuqhubeka okuthile.

IMozilla ivikele leli gama ngokulibhalisa njengophawu lokuhweba e-United States, iqinisekisa ukuthi ubuwena beFirefox Yaklanywa ukuze ibonakale futhi ihambisane kuzo zonke izinkundla. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, isiphequluli saziwa ngamagama amaningi avamile: iFirefox, iFx, iFF… kodwa igama lomkhiqizo elisemthethweni lihlala liyiMozilla Firefox.

Izici eziyinhloko zesiphequluli se-Firefox

Njengesiphequluli sesimanje, I-Firefox ihlanganisa isethi ephelele yezici ihloselwe kokubili abasebenzisi abajwayelekile kanye nabasebenzisi abathuthukile kanye nabathuthukisi bewebhu. Phakathi kwezici zayo ezibaluleke kakhulu ukuphequlula okunamathebhu okuvamile, obekuyisici sayo iminyaka eminingi.

Ukuphathwa kwamathebhu ku-Firefox kuvumela vula amakhasi amaningi efasiteleni elifanayoUngawahlela kabusha, uwavale ngamanye, bese uthola amathebhu okungenzeka ukuthi uwavale ngephutha kumenyu yoMlando. Lokhu kuzulazula kuhambisana nokubukwa kwesithonjana noma uhlu—kuye ngokuthi ipulatifomu—kanye nekhono lokubuka amathebhu avulekile kudivayisi yakho yeselula kusuka kudeskithophu yakho lapho i-akhawunti yakho ivumelanisiwe.

Omunye umsebenzi oyinhloko ukubuyiselwa kweseshiniUma isiphequluli sivala noma siqala kabusha, iFirefox ingabuyisa amafasitela, amathebhu, kanye nokuqukethwe kwefomu, kanye nokulandwa obekuqhubeka, okunciphisa ukulahlekelwa umsebenzi uma kukhona okungahambi kahle ohlelweni noma ubuyekeza isiphequluli ngokwaso.

Ngokuzenzakalelayo, iFirefox ifaka phakathi isihloli sokupela esakhelwe ngaphakathiKungagqamisa amaphutha esipelingi kunoma iyiphi insimu yombhalo. NgesiSpanishi, mane nje ungeze isichazamazwi esihambisanayo kusuka ku-add-on ukuze uthole iziphakamiso zokulungisa ngokuchofoza kwesokudla egameni eligqanyisiwe.

Isiphequluli sinikeza ibha yokusesha edidiyelwe kanye neziphakamiso zokusesha zesikhathi sangempela. Njengoba uthayipha, usesho oluhlobene kanye nemiphumela yangaphambilini kubonakala sengathi kusheshisa izinto. Ungashintsha futhi injini yokusesha ezenzakalelayo bese wengeza ezinye (i-RAE, i-Wikipedia, ezinye izinjini zokusesha, njll.) ukuze uthintane ngqo kusuka ku-interface.

Ubumfihlo, ukuphepha, kanye nokuvinjelwa kwe-tracker

Enye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ezikhangayo kwiFirefox yi- ukugxila kakhulu kubumfihlo nokuvikelekaNgokungafani nezinye iziphequluli ezixhaswe ukusetshenziswa kwedatha yokukhangisa, iMozilla igcizelela imodeli lapho abasebenzisi begcina khona ukulawula ulwazi lwabo lomuntu siqu.

Ngokuzenzakalelayo, iFirefox ivumela ucingo Ukuvikela Ukulandelela OkuthuthukisiweIvimba ngokuzenzakalelayo izinhlobo eziningi zezindlela zokulandelela ezicasulayo kanye nezikripthi: izindlela zokulandelela zemidiya yezenhlalo, amakhukhi okulandelela amasayithi amaningi, abavukuzi be-crypto abazama ukusebenzisa i-CPU yakho, kanye namasu athuthukisiwe okubhala izigxivizo zeminwe. Umphumela uba yimfihlo kakhulu futhi, ngeshwa, ukuphequlula okusheshayo.

Noma ubani ofisayo angakhetha eyodwa imodi yokuvikela eqinile kakhulu, esebenza cishe njengesiphequluli esikwimodi ye-incognito ehlala njalo, okwandisa ukuvinjwa kwezinto zokulandelela futhi okusebenza cishe njengesivimbeli sezikhangiso esakhelwe ngaphakathi ngaphandle kokufaka ama-plugin engeziwe.

I-Firefox ifaka phakathi imodi yokuphequlula yangasese Kule modi, amakhasi avuliwe kanye nokusesha akulondolozwa emlandweni wendawo. Ukuvala amathebhu ayimfihlo kususa ngokuzenzakalelayo amakhukhi kanye nedatha yesikhashana kuleyo seshini. Kwamanye amadivayisi eselula, ungafihla namathebhu ayimfihlo ngemuva kweminwe, ukukhiya ubuso, noma i-PIN, ukuze kungabikho muntu ongabona lokho obukubuka.

Ngokuphathelene nokuphepha, isiphequluli sisebenzisa amaphrothokholi I-SSL/TLS yokubhala ngemfihlo ukuxhumana Kumawebhusayithi asebenzisa i-HTTPS, ihlanganisa uhlu lwe-phishing kanye ne-malware ukuze ikuxwayise lapho ikhasi lizama ukuzenza ibhange noma ukufaka isofthiwe enonya, futhi lihambisana ne-antivirus yesistimu yakho ukuze kuqiniswe ukuvikelwa. Ngokombono wokuklama, iMozilla inqume ukungasekeli ubuchwepheshe obufana ne-ActiveX ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha eziye zazivezwa ngokomlando.

Ukuphathwa kwephasiwedi, ukuvumelanisa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezingxenyekazi eziningi

Ngaphezu kokuvikela ukuphequlula kwakho, iFirefox ifaka phakathi umphathi wephasiwedi ohlanganisiwe Kusikisela amaphasiwedi aqinile uma ubhalisela amasayithi amasha futhi kuwagcina ebethelwe ukuze asetshenziswe kabusha kamuva. Kusukela kunguqulo 70, lesi sici besilokhu saziwa ngokuthi i-Firefox Lockwise, okukuvumela ukuthi uphathe iziqinisekiso ngendlela ehlangene kuwo wonke amadivayisi akho.

Uma udala i-akhawunti yeMozilla, ungakwazi vumelanisa amabhukumakaUmlando, amaphasiwedi, kanye namathebhu avuliwe kudluliselwa phakathi kweziphequluli zedeskithophu nezeselula. Lokhu kwenza ukushintsha kusuka kukhompyutha uye ku-smartphone (noma ithebhulethi) kube lula kakhulu: uvula ithebhu kudivayisi eyodwa bese itholakala kwenye.

I-Firefox iyatholakala ngokusemthethweni ku- IWindows, macOS, Linux, Android ne-iOSNgaphezu kokuba nezinguqulo zamanye amapulatifomu afana ne-Maemo kanye nezinhlelo ezithile ezifakiwe, intuthuko eyinhloko igxile ezinhlelweni zedeskithophu ezisetshenziswa kakhulu (i-Windows, i-Linux, kanye ne-macOS), ezinama-binary ezakhiwo ze-x86 kanye ne-x86-64, kanye nezidingo zehadiwe ezifanele: amaprosesa kusukela ku-Pentium 4 kuya phambili anokusekelwa kwe-SSE2, i-512 MB ye-RAM ku-32-bit kanye ne-2 GB ku-64-bit, kanye nesikhala sediski samahhala esingaba ngu-200 MB.

Kuhlelo lwedeskithophu lwe-Linux, I-Firefox ivame ukufakwa kusengaphambili noma itholakala ezindaweni zokugcina ezisemthethweni (i-dpkg, i-RPM, i-Flatpak, i-Portage, njll.). Ku-Windows naku-macOS, isatshalaliswa njengesifaki esingalandwa kusuka kuwebhusayithi yayo, enezinguqulo ezingama-64-bit ezisekelwa ngokugcwele iminyaka eminingi. Kukhona futhi uhlelo oluphathekayo lwe-Windows (i-Firefox Portable), oludumile kakhulu kulabo abasebenza ngamadrayivu e-USB noma kumakhompyutha abiwe.

Ezindaweni zezinkampani noma izikhungo ezidinga ukuzinza kwesikhathi eside, iMozilla ishicilela Izinguqulo ze-ESR (Ukukhishwa Kokusekelwa Okunwetshiwe)Ukukhishwa Kokusekelwa Okunwetshiwe (ama-ESR) kuyizinhlelo ezinokusekelwa okunwetshiwe (cishe izinyanga eziyi-12) ezithola ama-patches okuphepha ngaphandle kokuletha izinguquko ezinkulu zesikhombikubona noma ukuhambisana. I-Firefox 10 yayiyigatsha lokuqala le-ESR ngemuva kwe-Firefox 3.6, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kube nemijikelezo egcinwe ezizukulwaneni ezahlukene ze-Windows ne-macOS.

Ukusebenza, ukusetshenziswa kwezinsizakusebenza, kanye nokuguquka kwenjini

Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, iFirefox idlule izigaba eziningana maqondana nokusebenza kanye nokusetshenziswa kwememoriIzinguqulo ezifana no-1.5 zagxekwa ngokusebenzisa kwazo i-RAM ephezulu, ngenxa yezici ezifana ne-FastBack kanye nezandiso ezingalungile. Kulowo mongo, ukufunda ukwenza sula i-cache ku-Mozilla Firefox Kuyasiza ekuthuthukiseni ukuphendula nokugwema izinkinga ngezingezo eziphelelwe yisikhathi. Ukuqhathanisa kwaleso sikhathi kubonise ukuthi iFirefox 2 idla imemori eningi kune-IE7 noma i-Opera 9, yize lesi simo sashintsha ngeFirefox 3.

Nge-Firefox 3 nangemva kwalokho, izifundo—kufaka phakathi izilinganiso ezizimele kanye nokuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwe-Mozilla—zaqala ukubonisa lokho I-Firefox ibisebenza kahle kakhulu ekukhumbuleni kune-Internet Explorer, i-Opera, i-Safari, kanye nezinguqulo zabo zangaphambilini. Ukuqhathaniswa okulandelayo, ne-Firefox 3.5 kanye ne-3.6 ngokumelene ne-Chrome, i-Safari, noma i-Opera, kubonise ukusebenza okuncintisanayo kakhulu, ikakhulukazi lapho injini yayo ye-JavaScript ilungiswe kahle.

Intuthuko enkulu ifike nephrojekthi I-Firefox Quantum (ekhishwe ngenguqulo 57 ngo-2017), eyabhala kabusha izingxenye ezibalulekile zenjini isebenzisa iRust futhi yangenisa ukufana kanye nokwenza ngcono okujulile ku-Gecko. Ukuhlolwa okufana nalokho okwenziwe yi-Hardware kaTom noma ama-benchmark e-WebGL ane-Unity ku-MacBook Pro kubonise ukuthi i-Firefox 32 kanye neyakamuva ayigcinanga ngokuvala igebe ne-Chrome, kodwa ezimweni eziningi yadlula lapho ezimweni ezisebenzisa ihluzo eziningi kanye nokusebenza kwe-JavaScript.

Ngokuphathelene nezindinganiso, iFirefox ibilokhu iqine kakhulu ngokomlando. Kusukela kunguqulo 3.0, ifinyelele Phatha isivivinyo se-Acid2 ngaphandle kwezinkingaKusukela ekubuyekezweni kwe-Acid3 (okususa ukuhlolwa kwamafonti e-SVG abhekwa njengaphelelwe yisikhathi), ithola futhi amaphuzu aphelele angu-100/100. Isekela i-HTML, i-XML, i-XHTML, i-CSS ezinguqulweni ezahlukene, i-SVG (nakuba ekuqaleni yayiyingxenye kuphela), i-ECMAScript/JavaScript, i-DOM, i-MathML, i-XPath, i-XSLT kanye namafomethi ezithombe njenge-PNG ene-alpha transparency.

Umphumela walo msebenzi wonke yisiphequluli Iphendula kahle ngisho noma amathebhu amaningi evuliwe., ngokuphathwa kwamandla okuqinile, ikakhulukazi ezinguqulweni zakamuva ezilungiselelwe ama-bits angu-64 kanye nezimo zesimanje zezithombe ezifana neWayland ku-Linux, lapho ukwesekwa kokukala kwe-native fractional kuye kwengezwa kusukela kunguqulo 146.0.

Isixhumi esibonakalayo, izingqikithi, kanye nokwenza ngokwezifiso okuthuthukisiwe

Enye yamandla eFirefox ibilokhu iyi- izinga eliphezulu ngokwezifisoIsixhumi esibonakalayo sokuqala, esisekelwe olimini lwe-XUL kanye nesiphakamiso sikaStephen Horlander sokuklama i-"Starta", sikuvumele ukuthi uhambise izinkinobho, imigoqo, namamenyu ngendlela othanda ngayo.

Ngephrojekthi ethi “Australia”, iMozilla yaklama kabusha isikhombikubona, yasisondeza ku-Chrome ngokubonakalayo, nge amathebhu ayindilinga kanye nemenyu encaneLe UI yaqala ukuhlolwa kumadivayisi eselula futhi ekugcineni yafika kudeskithophu enguqulweni 29, igcina ikhono lokwenza ngokwezifiso ibha yamathuluzi ngemodi ethile yokudonsa nokulahla yezithonjana.

Kamuva, ngo-2016, kwaqala ukuthuthukiswa ku-interface ethi "Photon", eyaqala nge-Firefox 57 (Quantum). Umqondo wayo oyinhloko kwakuwukuba Yenza kube lula amamenyu futhi ukhanyise ukubukeka okubonakalayongokunciphisa izakhi ezingadingekile, futhi, ngeshwa, kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza. I-Photon iphinde yaletha ukuhlanganiswa okungcono nezinhlelo zokusebenza kanye nokubukeka kwesimanje.

Ngokuphathelene nobuhle, iFirefox ikuvumela ukuthi ufake izihloko kanye izandiso ezishintsha ukubukeka kusuka kusiphequluli. Ungasebenzisa konke kusukela ezizindeni ezilula kanye nezinhlelo zombala (ama-"Personas" amadala) kuya kuma-themes aklama kabusha ngokuphelele izithonjana kanye nezakhi zesixhumi esibonakalayo. Konke lokhu kuphathwa kusuka kumphathi wezengezo, ophinde ahlanganise ezinye izandiso.

Ngenxa yesikhulumi sezengezo (addons.mozilla.org), abasebenzisi banokufinyelela ezinkulungwaneni zezandiso ze- vimba izikhangiso, uhumushe amakhasi, uthuthukise ubumfihlo, phatha okulandwayo, noma uhlanganise amanethiwekhi omphakathiSekuyiminyaka iFirefox ibhekwa njengesiphequluli esingenziwa ngokwezifiso kakhulu ngenxa yomtapo wayo omkhulu wezengezo, eziningi zazo zakhiwe yizisebenzi zokuzithandela nezinkampani zangaphandle.

Ukuhambisana, amapulatifomu asekelwayo, kanye nezilimi

Injini ye-Gecko enika amandla i-Firefox iyaphatheka kalula futhi iyahambisana nezakhiwo eziningiNakuba ukuthuthukiswa okuyinhloko kugxile ku-Windows, macOS kanye ne-GNU/Linux ku-x86/x86-64, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuye kwakhiqizwa ama-port ezinhlelo ezifana ne-FreeBSD, i-OpenBSD, i-NetBSD, i-Solaris/i-OpenSolaris ku-x86 kanye ne-SPARC, i-AIX, i-OS/2, i-HP-UX, i-IRIX, i-RISC OS, i-Amiga, i-BeOS, i-eComStation noma i-OpenVMS.

Ngokuphathelene nezinguqulo ezisemthethweni kanye nokusekelwa, Amagatsha esimanje aqondiswe ezinhlelweni zokusebenza zakamuva. Isibonelo:
– Ku-Windows, izinguqulo zakamuva ezizinzile zisebenza ku-Windows 10 no-11 (kufaka phakathi izinhlelo ze-Server zamanje), kuyilapho i-Windows 7, 8 no-8.1 zimbozwe yigatsha le-ESR 115.x kuze kube ngu-2026.
– Kuma-macOS, izinhlelo zamanje zisekela i-macOS 10.15 kanye neyakamuva, kuyilapho izinguqulo ezindala (10.9 kuya ku-10.14, 10.6 kuya ku-10.8, njll.) zinamathele emagatsheni e-ESR noma ekukhishweni kokugcina njenge-78.15.0esr noma i-48.0.2.
– Ku-Linux, kwanele ukuba nemitapo yolwazi efana ne-GTK, i-GLib, i-Pango, i-X.Org kanye ne-libstdc++ ngezinguqulo ezincane ukuze Faka iFirefox kusuka endaweni yokugcina noma iphakheji.

Ngokomlando, ziye zanyatheliswa futhi Ukwakhiwa okuqondile kwe-64-bitEkuqaleni yakhishwa njengezakhiwo zasebusuku ze-Mac OS X ne-Windows cishe ngo-2010, kamuva yakhishwa njengezinhlelo ezizinzile ezihlanganiswe nabafaki bezinhlelo ezijwayelekile. Amapulatifomu afana ne-RISC OS athola inguqulo 2.0, kuyilapho izindawo ezifana ne-HP-UX kanye ne-OS/2 zazinezinguqulo ezigcinwe umphakathi.

Enye yezinto ezinhle ezifezwe yiphrojekthi ukwenziwa kwayo endaweni: iFirefox isiphequluli esihunyushwe kakhulu emhlabeniNjengoba kunezinhlobo ezitholakala cishe ku-97% wabantu abaku-inthanethi, inikeza izakhiwo zezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-80 zesifunda kanye nezilimi ezingaphezu kuka-90, kufaka phakathi iSpanishi esivela eSpain kanye nezinhlobo zaseLatin America, izilimi eziningi zesiShayina, izilimi ezincane zaseYurophu, izilimi zaseNdiya, zase-Afrika, kanye nezase-Asia, phakathi kwezinye eziningi.

Ukunikezwa kwezilimi kuye kwanda ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwanda kusukela ezilimini ezingaba ngu-28 ekuqalisweni kwayo kokuqala ngobuningi kuya ezinkulungwaneni zamanje, kanye namaqembu ezisebenzi zokuzithandela nezinhlangano zasendaweni eziphethe ukuhumusha, ukubuyekeza kanye nokuzivumelanisa namasiko kwesikhombikubona kanye nemibhalo.

Umthombo ovulekile, amalayisense kanye nefilosofi yeMozilla

Iphrojekthi yeFirefox incike ku- ifilosofi yesofthiwe yamahhala kanye nokucacaIkhodi yayo yomthombo iyatholakala futhi ingahlolwa, iguqulwe futhi isatshalaliswe kabusha ngaphansi kohlelo lwelayisensi oluthathu: i-MPL (Mozilla Public License), i-GPL (GNU General Public License) kanye ne-LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License).

Ekuqaleni, isiphequluli sasisakazwa ngaphansi kwe-MPL kuphela, okwathola ukugxekwa ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-Free Software Foundation ngokusibheka njenge-copyleft "ebuthakathaka" kanye nemikhawulo esiyibekayo ekuxubeni ikhodi ye-MPL ne-GPL noma i-LGPL. Ukuze kuxazululwe lezi zinkinga, iMozilla yanquma phinda uthole ilayisensi yephrojekthi ngaphansi kohlelo oluphindwe kathathuukuze noma yimuphi unjiniyela angakhetha ilayisensi efanelana kahle nokusetshenziswa kwakhe.

Lo modeli uvumele amaphrojekthi afana nalawa Umhlambi, uMiro, i-GNU IceCat, i-Songbird Futhi ezinye iziphequluli eziningi ezisuselwe kwezinye zisebenzisa ikhodi yeFirefox ukudala izinhlobo zazo. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi cishe u-40% wekhodi yesiphequluli ibhalwe ngabanikeli abazithandelayo, okubonisa indima ebalulekile yomphakathi ekuthuthukisweni kwawo.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ubunikazi obubonakalayo—kufaka phakathi ilogo ye-fox ethi “around the world”—nayo ilandele indlela yayo. Isithonjana sokuqala sesimanje sethulwa nge-Firefox 0.8, esaklanywa nguJon Hicks ngokusekelwe emifanekisweni yangaphambilini. Kamuva, U-Anthony Piraino, uStephen Horlander noSean Martell Balungise uphawu, oluye lwathatha ukubukeka okuncane kakhulu eminyakeni edlule futhi lwahambisana nomklamo wesithombe we-Firefox OS.

Isikhathi esithile, ilogo yayingenalo ilayisensi yamahhala ngokuphelele, okwaholela ezingxabanweni ezifana necala elidumile ngephrojekthi ye-Debian, eyagcina iqambe kabusha ukwakhiwa kwayo yaba yi-Iceweasel ukuze ihambisane neziqondiso zesofthiwe yamahhala futhi igweme izinkinga zophawu lokuhweba. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, iMozilla yaxegisa le mikhawulo, yavumela ukusatshalaliswa kabusha okuvulekile kokubili kwesofthiwe kanye nobunikazi obubonakalayo.

I-Firefox yeselula, i-Firefox OS kanye nezinye izinhlobo zesiphequluli

Ngale kwedeskithophu, iMozilla iphinde yahlola umhlaba weselula. Ngaphansi kwegama lekhodi UFennecCishe ngo-2010, yethule izinguqulo zayo zokuqala zamadivayisi afana ne-Nokia N900 ene-Maemo, futhi ngemuva nje kwalokho ye-Android. Lezi zinguqulo zabelana ngenjini efanayo yokuhumusha njengohlelo lwedeskithophu futhi zagcina izici ezifana nokuvumelanisa, amathebhu, i-Awesomebar, kanye nezandiso ezilungiselelwe ukuthinta.

Emkhakheni wezinhlelo zokusebenza, iMozilla ikhuthaze I-Firefox OSKwakuyipulatifomu esekelwe kubuchwepheshe bewebhu (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) lapho isiphequluli sasiyinhliziyo yesistimu. Nakuba le phrojekthi ingazange ithole ukuthandwa emakethe yama-smartphone, yabeka isisekelo esithakazelisayo sokusebenzisa amazinga avulekile ukwakha izinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula eziphelele kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho.

Ngaphezu kweFirefox esemthethweni, uhlelo lwe-ecosystem lukhiqize ama-derivatives namafoloko njenge-Pale Moon, i-Waterfox, i-LibreWolf, i-SeaMonkey, i-Camino, i-Swiftfox, noma i-TenFourFox (ehloselwe ama-PowerPC Mac amadala). Iningi lawo ligxila ekulungisweni kokusebenza, ubumfihlo obukhulu, noma ukuhambisana namapulatifomu angasasekelwa yi-Mozilla.

Baphinde bathuthukisa izinguqulo eziphathekayo nezipakishiwe Kwezindawo ezahlukene: isibonelo, i-Firefox Portable ku-Windows (efakiwe ku-PortableApps.com suite), noma izakhiwo ezilungiselelwe ukusebenza ngaphansi kwe-Wine on Linux. Lezi zinguqulo zikuvumela ukuthi uphathe isiphequluli sakho ngezilungiselelo zaso kanye nezandiso kudrayivu ye-USB futhi uyisebenzise cishe kunoma iyiphi ikhompyutha.

Inqubomgomo yokukhishwa kwamanje igcina umjikelezo wenguqulo osheshayoKodwa ngenxa yokuqina okwengeziwe kwamagatsha e-ESR kulabo abangakwazi ukuvuselela njalo. Kubasebenzisi bokugcina, isibuyekezo siyazenzakalela futhi ngokuvamile sithatha imizuzwana embalwa kuphela, sinciphisa ukuphazamiseka.

Amasu okusetshenziswa kwangempela, ukwamukelwa, kanye nokusabalalisa

Kuwo wonke umlando wayo, iFirefox isishintshe yaba yindlela engaziwa kakhulu yaba ukufeza amasheya emakethe abaluleke kakhulu bese izinzile njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu, yize ingasaholi ezibalweni namuhla. Ngo-2007, yafinyelela cishe ku-28% wokusetshenziswa eYurophu, kanye namaphuzu aphezulu angu-45% emazweni afana neFinland, futhi iminyaka eminingi yayiyisiphequluli esivelele phakathi kwezivakashi ezivakashela amasayithi obuchwepheshe njengezikole ze-w3.

Izibalo zokulanda zezinguqulo zayo zokuqala ziyamangaza: I-Firefox 1.0 ifinyelelwe ukulanda kwesigidi ngosuku lwayo lokuqala futhi yafinyelela izigidi eziyi-100 esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka. I-Firefox 2.0 idlule ukulanda kwezigidi ezimbili emahoreni angama-24, kanti i-Firefox 3 yephule i-Guinness World Record ngokulandwa kwezigidi eziyisishiyagalombili ngosuku olulodwa ngesikhathi soSuku Lokulanda.

Eminyakeni eyalandela, ukulanda okuqongelelekayo kwadlula kalula isigidigidi esisodwa, kanye namakhulu ezigidi zabasebenzisi abasebenzayo. Izinhlangano ezinkulu, njenge-IBM, zaze zancoma noma zagunyaza iFirefox njengesiphequluli esizenzakalelayo sabasebenzi bazo abangamakhulu ezinkulungwane, okuqinisa ukuba khona kwayo endaweni yobungcweti.

Umphakathi ozungeze iMozilla nawo ubonakala ngemikhankaso yokumaketha enobuciko. Imicimbi efana ne Spread FirefoxIzindilinga ezinkulu ezinelogo zaklanywa emasimini, izithombe zodonga zapendwa emanyuvesi, amabhaluni esimo sezulu abonisa uphawu lwesiphequluli, ngisho namakhadi esikweletu enziwe ngokwezifiso ngesithombe seFirefox. Lolu hlobo lwezinhlelo lusize iphrojekthi ukuthi ivelele njengomkhiqizo ongaphezu nje komkhiqizo wezohwebo.

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, isabelo semakethe yomhlaba wonke siye sahlukaniswa phakathi kwabancintisana abaningi, futhi iFirefox okwamanje ibambe iqhaza. indawo yesithathu emhlabeni jikelele cishe amaphuzu ambalwa amaphesenti, yize ihlala iqinile ezifundeni ezifana neYurophu naphakathi kwamaphrofayili obuchwepheshe azisa inhlanganisela yayo yokwenza kube ngokwakho, ubumfihlo kanye nomthombo ovulekile.

Ubudlelwano nezinkampani ezinkulu kanye nemodeli yezomnotho

Esinye sezihloko ezidale impikiswano enkulu yilesi ubudlelwano bezezimali phakathi kweMozilla nezinkampani ezifana ne-Google noma i-Yahoo!Ingxenye enkulu yemali engenayo yeMozilla Foundation and Corporation ivela ezivumelwaneni zezinjini zokusesha ezizenzakalelayo: okungukuthi, iGoogle (noma ezinye izinkampani, kuye ngezwe nesikhathi) ikhokhela iMozilla ukuze ibe inketho yokusesha eyinhloko kubha yamathuluzi ehlanganisiwe.

Maphakathi nawo-2000, kwalinganiselwa ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-80-90% wemali engenayo yeMozilla Lezi zimali ezivela ezinjinini zokusesha, izibalo zikhuphuka zisuka ku-$50 million zaya ngaphezu kuka-$120 million eminyakeni embalwa nje. Ngo-2014, isibonelo, i-Yahoo! yasayina isivumelwano sokuba yinjini yokusesha ezenzakalelayo e-United States esikhundleni se-Google, futhi yakhuthaza i-Firefox nge-portal yayo.

Lokhu kuncika kwezomnotho kuphakamise imibuzo mayelana nokuthi ubumfihlo obuthenjisiwe bungavunyelaniswa kanjani nezintshisekelo zezinkampani ezinkulu zokukhangisa eziku-inthanethi. Elinye icala elixoxwe kakhulu yileli Ukuvikelwa kwe-Firefox 2 okulwa nobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayiokwakuncike ohlwini oluvuselelwa njalo lwamasayithi anobungozi avela kumaseva e-Google. Isiphequluli sithumele izicelo njalo ngekhukhi, futhi yize inqubomgomo yobumfihlo ikwenze kwacaca ukuthi le datha ngeke isetshenziselwe ezinye izinjongo, amanye amaqembu aveze ukukhathazeka.

Eminyakeni edlule, iMozilla iqhubekile nokuqinisa umyalezo wayo wokubonisa izinto obala, inikeza ukucushwa okucacile kwe- khawulela ukushintshaniswa kwedathaukukhubaza i-telemetry nokukhetha ezinye izinjini zokusesha. Iphinde yakhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe njengokuvimba amakhukhi ezinkampani zangaphandle noma ukususa iminonjana kuma-cache nakwezinye izindlela zokulandelela, imemezela izinhlelo ezithile—isibonelo, kusukela ngo-2021—ukunciphisa kakhulu ikhono labakhangisi lokulandelela abasebenzisi.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, yona kanye I-Mozilla Foundation isebenza njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzoKunikezelwe ekuvikeleni i-inthanethi evulekile, efinyelelekayo, nelawulwa ngabasebenzisi, lokhu kufaka phakathi izinhlelo zemfundo yedijithali, ukuxhasa amaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile, imikhankaso yokulwa nokubhekwa kwabantu abaningi, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obuqhutshwa ngumphakathi. Isiphequluli se-Firefox, empeleni, singesinye samathuluzi ayinhloko esiwasebenzisayo ukufeza lo mbono.

Sekukonke, iFirefox isizisungule njengesiphequluli esihlanganisa Ukusebenza okuqinile, ukunamathela ezindinganisweni, ungqimba lobumfihlo olunamandla, kanye nohlelo olucebile lwezandisoKonke lokhu kusekelwa umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba kanye nenhlangano ebeka phambili izintshisekelo zomphakathi kunenzuzo esheshayo. Kulabo abafuna ukuphequlula okusheshayo, ukuhambisana okuhle, futhi ngaphandle kokunikela impilo yabo yedijithali enkampanini enkulu yokukhangisa, kusalokhu kungenye yezinketho ezilinganiselayo nezithembekile kakhulu abangazifaka kunoma iyiphi idivayisi.