NgoNovemba 9, kodwa eminyakeni eyi-15 eyedlule, kukhishwe inguqulo engu-1.0 yesiphequluli sewebhu seMozilla “Firefox” okuzoba esinye seziphequluli zewebhu ezidume kakhulu futhi lokho kunganikeza impi enzima ekuphathweni kwe "Internet Explorer" kuleyo minyaka. Njengoba emuva ngaleso sikhathi i-Internet Explorer, eyayilawulwa cishe ngama-90% emakethe kanti abanye abancintisana nabo ababeshaya kanzima babengafinyeleli emaphesentini ambalwa. IFirefox enjalo ayizange izalwe ngalolo suku, kodwa inomlando wayo.
Kusukela IMozilla ekuqaleni kwakuyigama lekhodi leNetscape Navigator. DKwaphela iminyaka eminingana, uNetscape ezama ukulwa neMicrosoft ngesiphequluli sakho sewebhu, kepha besingasizi kangako. Ngakho-ke iNetscape Communications wayenombono wokukhipha ikhodi yomthombo yesiphequluli sakhe seNetscape 4.7 futhi ngaleyo ndlela ayenze ibe yisoftware yamahhala.
Nakhu ukuqala kweFirefoxUmphakathi wabathuthukisi udalelwe ukuklama isiphequluli esisha, esithuthukisiwe esigxile ekulandeleni izindinganiso zewebhu ze-W3C. Ngakho-ke iphrojekthi yeMozilla yazalwa, ithatha igama lekhodi ye-Navigator.
IMozilla yaphinde yabhalwa cishe kusukela ekuqaleni ngemuva kokunqunywa ukuthi kuzokwakhiwa isethi entsha yamawijethi futhi isuselwe kuyo I-multiplatform esekwe ku-XML ebizwa nge-XUL, eyenze ukuthi kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuvela kunalokho obekulindelwe ekuqaleni, ikhiphe inguqulo esezingeni eliphakeme engu-1.0, ihunyushelwe enanini elikhulu lezilimi ne-multiplatform, ngoJuni 5, 2002.
IMozilla ngemuva kwalokho yehliswa kwiNetscape Communications kanye nayo iMozilla Foundation yazalwa.
Ngokwengxenye yayo isiphequluli sihlupheke ngokusetha igama kulokhu, ngoba ngaleyo ndlela igama leFirefox bekungelona igama langempela, ngoba kuthathe eminye imizamo ukusungula igama lesiphequluli esaziwa namuhla.
IFirefox, eyavulwa ekuqaleni yayinegama "Phoenix" kepha ngenxa yokuthi ibinezinkinga ngezizathu ezisemthethweni, bekufanele iguqulwe njengoba igama selivele libhaliswe ngunjiniyela we-BIOS iPhoenix Technologies.
Ngakho, kwenziwa esinye isinqumo kwathi igama lesibili lakhethwa "Firebird", Lokhu kudale impikiswano engxenyeni yolwazi ye-Firebird nokuthi ngaphezu kwalokho bekukhona ingcindezi engasohlangothini lomphakathi ebiphoqa ukuthi icubungule amanye amagama afana ne "Firebird Browser" kanye ne "Mozilla Firebird".
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ngoFebhuwari 9, 2004 ekugcineni kwaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi yiMozilla Firefox (Kubukeka sengathi iMozilla ibinemikhuba enezilwane ngomlilo).
Futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva inguqulo 1.0 yeFirefox izokhishwa "ngoNovemba 9, 2004".
Ngawo lowo nyaka namasonto ambalwa adlule, inguqulo yokuqala ye-Ubuntu yakhishwa emhlabeni, esivele sikhulume ngayo endatshaneni edlule (ungayihlola kusixhumanisi esilandelayo). Leyo nguqulo ye-Ubuntu yayine-version 0.9 yeFirefox.
Futhi kuhle, kusukela lapho isiphequluli senze izinguquko ezahlukahlukene zazo phakathi neminyaka yokuqala eziningi zazo bekungukukhanga okuyinhloko kwesiphequluli ukuthola inani elikhulu labalandeli.
Esinye sezifanekiselo kunazo zonke kwaba ikhono lokwenza ngcono isipiliyoni sokusebenzisa isiphequluli ngosizo lwe-cama-plugins, kanye nokuphequlula ngamathebhu, umphathi wokulanda. Ngakho-ke, phakathi kokunye obekuvela futhi kwaqedwa eminyakeni edlule.
Ngokuphathelene nokwakhiwa kwesiphequluli, phakathi neminyaka yokuqala bekuhamba kancane, ngoba lalingekho ikhalenda elimisiwe elinjalo, kusukela ngo-2011 asikaze sithole iFirefox 4 futhi ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva iFirefox 5 izokhishwa.
Ngawo lowo nyaka ngeFirefox 4 ne kusukela ekwethulweni kweFirefox 5 kwasungulwa inqubo yentuthuko eyahlukaniswa yaba "iziteshi" eziningana, ngamunye esebenza ekwakhiweni esiteji esihlukile sentuthuko, lapho kuzovela khona izinhlobo zasebusuku, i- "Aurora" isemavikini ayisithupha ngemuva kwe- "Nightly" eyayizobizwa kabusha ngokuthi "i-Developer Edition".
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umjikelezo wokuthuthuka uzobekwa ekukhishweni kwenguqulo entsha njalo emavikini ayisithupha.