It seems like everybody knows about Firefox these days. Do you know everything there is to know though? Probably not. Also, what about those folks who are new to the alternative browser way of thinking? How are they suppose to wrap their minds around how to best use Firefox and what it is all about?

That is where Wikipedia saves the day once again. Before today, I had never looked at all the content Wikipedia has on and about Firefox. They have just about every bit of information you could ever want to know about it. Here’s just one example:

Mozilla Firefox (originally known as “Phoenix” and briefly as “Mozilla Firebird”) is a free, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers [1]. Before its 1.0 release on November 9, 2004, Firefox had already gained acclaim from numerous media outlets, including Forbes [2] and the Wall Street Journal [3]. With over 25 million downloads in the 99 days after its release, Firefox became one of the most used free and open source applications, especially among home users [4]. On August 15, 2005, Firefox had its 80 millionth download, about 10 months after the release of version 1.0. [5]

With Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation aims to develop a lightweight, fast, intuitive, and highly extensible standalone browser based on the Navigator component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has become the foundation’s main development focus (along with its Thunderbird email client), and has replaced the Mozilla Suite as their official main software release.

Pretty cool? Well go read more and study up on your Firefox information over at Wikipedia. There will be a test on the material next week!