Affiliated Organization of Firefox and Mozilla (Overview) Mozilla Firefox, anniversary version 1.0 released in 2004.

This is the history of Web browsers back to the dawn of Webs in 1993.

1993
NCSA リリース
Release
Marc Andreessen, et al NCSA Mosaic
・Mosaic invades the market
developed Mosaic

Controversy
Mosaic の権利を巡り対立、離反
and conflict regarding ライセンス供与
Providing license
the rights of Mosaic

Mosaic Spyglass リリース

Release
1994 Spyglass Mosaic
Communications Obtain the Mosaic license
・Establish W3C Established by Marc

Prototype
・Netscape Navigator Andreessen and James Clark
invaded the market ライセンス供与
Providing license

タブof
Microsoft

ブラ
tabウbrowsing
Opera

リリ
リリース
Release Mozilla Classic Obtain Mosaic license Software

ズ機能の原
Release
Netscape Navigator 1.0

ース
(Code name "Mozilla")
NETSCAPE リリース
Release

feature
COMMUNICATIONS

型
Windows 95 release
1995 Internet Explorer 1.0
Change the company name Support JavaScript
・Java appearance 発展
Expansion
after complaint by NCSA MultiTorg Opera 1.0
・Explosion of Internet
users Form Japanese company Internet Explorer 2.0

1996 Netscape Navigator 2.0

・Escalation of browser
race Expansion
Combine Mail and Composer
Partially support JScript,
JScript、VBScript、 Opera 2.0
Netscape Navigator 3.0 Netscape Navigator 3.0 CSS（草案）の一部を
VBScript, CSS (draft)
Standard Edition Gold Edition サポート

Support CSS and DynamicHTML Internet Explorer 3.0

Improve globalization
1997 Support CSS and
CSS、DynamicHTML を
KDE Project
Netscape Communicator 4.0 サポート
DynamicHTML
Windows with
Integrate へ統合Windows Start developing
KHTMLW
Expansion
Internet Explorer 4.0 Windows 98 release
NC4.x is distributed free Integrate with IE4.0
1998 NC5.0 is developed by open
Netscape Communicator 5.0
source and Mozilla.org is
・Dominance of IE is founded for code Investment
getting stronger maintenance and NC5 Opera 3.0
・HTML 4.0 development Inherit some codes
recommendation and design discontinued
・CSS2 recommendation concepts
Acquired by
AOL ルビ表示のサポート
Support ruby display
Started as a joint
AOL

venture with full-time

staff of Netscape and リリース
Release Add Email
E-mail クライアント
client
community with
Gecko 搭載
investments in Internet Explorer 5.0
1999 Netscape Mozilla Highly support
Communications [Milestone 3 ∼ 18] Web standard technology
(Code name "SeaMonkey")
Decide to give up Support vertical text

レン
縦書き表示のサポート
display

Provide
NC5 derived code Expansion Windows 2000 release
2000

ダリンKHTML
and redesign it as a
・Virtually the end of new rendering Mozilla 0.6 Internet Explorer 5.5 Opera 4.0
engine called "Gecko" Windows Me release

グエンジ
browser race
Use achievements
Netscape 6.0

technology
Release

ン﹁ WebCore
Expansion Opera 5.0
2001
Japanese Mozilla 0.9.2 Image tool
イメージ ツールバー
bar

as a ﹂
・Section 508 of the company パーソナルバー
Personal bar
U.S. Rehabilitation Support Japanese
日本語表示に
withdraws

base
Windows XP release 対応
language display

のベ
Act takes effect Netscape 6.1 Internet Explorer 6.0
・Improve

ofー"WebCore"
accessibility Add tab browse feature
Start working with volunteers

スとして rendering
Add popup block feature バグ修正
Bug fix
Opera 6.0
2002
・AOL/Netscape files Mozilla 1.0 Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

KHTML
an antitrust
complaint against Innovative rendering
レンダリング

の技engine
Microsoft Netscape 7.0 エンジンを
engine
刷新
術を提供
Divide/redesign
Apple
Phoenix 0.1
Computer
Mozilla 1.4 Change the name complained
Unwanted email by Phoenix
automatic judgment

2003 Netscape 7.1

・Settlement of 移管 Release
antitrust case Invest- Opera 7.0
Firebird 0.6
between AOL and 出資
ment
Microsoft Change the name complained Safari 1.0
Expansion
End of browser race by Firebird project
・Blog boom in Japan Layoff remaining AOL and
Netscape staffs
Add the extension manager feature Popup block feature
ポップアップブロック
2004 Release
機能
Security warning feature
・Appearance of post Mozilla 1.7 ダウンロードファイルの
of download file
Independent non-
browser generation セキュリティ警告機能
Add-on maintenance
profit organization
race アドオン管理機能
feature
Release
・JIS X 8341-3 is set
Firefox 1.0
Improve
Product and
製品ローカライズ、 Release Windows XP SP2
accessibility in Japan Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
ドキュメント翻訳
document Thunderbird 1.0 Automatic update feature release
2005 などについて
localization
Limited Liability
SVG
責任を委譲 is
responsibility HTML Canvas
・Ajax Partnership is
transferred
・Web2.0 formed for Opera 8.0
marketing,
Automatic update
development and 無料化
Charge-free
Affiliated company feature
deployment support Firefox 1.5
is started for
promotion
Prevent phishing
2006 Tab browse feature
Thunderbird 1.5 Prevent phishing
Improve Web Safari 2.0
Prevent phishing standard technology
support Opera 9.0
Firefox 2.0
Thunderbird 2.0
Internet Explorer 7.0
Firefox 3.0

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