Talk:Firefox

The contents of Light (web browser) was merged into Firefox on 6 January 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Firefox is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 28, 2004.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 25, 2004	Featured article candidate	Promoted
February 10, 2007	Featured article review	Kept
May 2, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
April 30, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 23, 2019, and September 23, 2020.
Current status: Former featured article

Mozilla (inactive)

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Internet High‑importance

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Section sizes

Section size for Firefox (33 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	11,363	11,363
History	22,684	22,684
Features	8,832	28,940
Browser extensions	3,264	3,264
Themes	1,159	1,159
Guest session	1,439	1,439
Standards	14,246	14,246
Security	10,708	10,708
Privacy	16,856	16,856
Localizations	2,245	2,245
Platform availability	5,274	45,492
Microsoft Windows	8,160	8,160
macOS	5,950	5,950
Linux	1,390	1,390
Firefox for Android	8,535	8,535
Firefox for iOS	7,573	7,573
Firefox Reality (AR/VR)	1,261	1,261
Third-party ports	7,349	7,349
Channels and release schedule	7,878	7,878
Licensing	4,798	4,798
Trademark and logo	6,987	13,516
Branding and visual identity	6,529	6,529
Promotion	9,407	9,407
Performance	18	17,500
2000s	7,809	7,809
2010s	7,621	7,621
2020s	383	383
Firefox Quantum	1,669	1,669
Usage share	7,468	7,468
See also	231	231
References	30	30
Further reading	1,288	1,288
External links	1,345	1,345
Total	201,749	201,749

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Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:IOS version history which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 17:48, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not any more, there isn't - "The result of the move request was: pages not moved." Guy Harris (talk) 23:32, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Someone update the stable release date of firefox on this page.

According to Mozilla, a stable version 113.0 has been released on 9 May 2023 [1]https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/113.0/releasenotes/ LDM2003 (talk) 17:33, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Criticisms of Mozilla Firefox" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Criticisms of Mozilla Firefox has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 September 7 § Criticisms of Mozilla Firefox until a consensus is reached. TartarTorte 14:20, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Forks

Cpuld anyone pease include the forks of Mozilla at the end of the article? Like in See also or something, Declamados (talk) 14:10, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are too many. See Category:Web browsers based on Firefox. There is also the {{Web browsers}} navbox at the bottom. 173.206.105.221 (talk) 11:21, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Basically that! Sohom (talk) 14:16, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why no photo on infobox?

Why there no photo of Mozilla Firefox with some OS like Linux Fedora, MacOS or Windows 11 on infobox? Vitorperrut555 (talk) 01:50, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Firefox lite merge to Firefox page

I propose merging Firefox Lite into Firefox as it is a discontinued variant with limited standalone content. Feedback is welcome. CasonPlayzYT (talk) 15:46, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]