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20 years ago, Mozilla got off to a hot start when it shipped version 1.0 of its Firefox browser. Firefox went on to gain over 30% of the global market share — until Chrome came along. Can Mozilla (flipboard.social)
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20 years ago, Mozilla got off to a hot start when it shipped version 1.0 of its Firefox browser. Firefox went on to gain over 30% of the global market share — until Chrome came along. Can Mozilla restore its former glory? @Techcrunch sits down with interim CEO Laura Chambers to talk about the company getting back to growth and more: https://flip.it/1VC-Ix
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[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

It was Firebird first. Fuck I'm old...

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

You mean netscape navigator? Or Netscape communicator?

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

In between Netscape and Firefox. Lol

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Phoenix.

[-] fratermus 2 points 1 month ago

/old man voice

when I was a boy we had to browse uphill both ways with NCSA Mosaic. The web was gray and we liked it.

[-] pug50@toot.community 2 points 1 month ago

@TechDesk@flipboard.social @Techcrunch I'm guessing that their new glory will be advertising and AI bullcrap.

[-] mikej@mastodon.online 2 points 1 month ago

@TechDesk@flipboard.social @Techcrunch Firefox took off because people hated the bloated browsers.

Nobody was then, or is now, clamoring for AI bullshit. The number one thing people want from the web is less of it, i.e. working ad blockers.

[-] jamesbritt@mastodon.social 2 points 1 month ago

@TechDesk@flipboard.social @Techcrunch

LOL, no.

Mozilla is an advertising company now.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/06/mozilla-is-an-advertising-company-now/

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