History of Firefox Release
by
Thomas Chung (UPDATED 2006-01-30)
Rel Date Name File
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1.5.0.1 2006-01-30 firefox firefox-1.5.0.1.tar.gz
1.5 2005-11-29 firefox firefox-1.5.tar.gz
1.5rc3 2005-11-18 firefox firefox-1.5rc3.tar.gz
1.5rc2 2005-11-11 firefox firefox-1.5rc2.tar.gz
1.5rc1 2005-11-02 firefox firefox-1.5rc1.tar.gz
1.0.7 2005-09-20 firefox firefox-1.0.7.tar.gz
1.0.6 2005-07-19 firefox firefox-1.0.6.tar.gz
1.0.5 2005-07-12 firefox firefox-1.0.5.tar.gz
1.0.4 2005-05-11 firefox firefox-1.0.4.tar.gz
1.0.3 2005-04-15 firefox firefox-1.0.3.tar.gz
1.0.2 2005-03-20 firefox firefox-1.0.2.tar.gz
1.0.1 2005-02-24 firefox firefox-1.0.1.tar.gz
1.0 2004-11-09 firefox firefox-1.0.tar.gz
1.0rc2 2004-11-04 firefox firefox-1.0rc2.tar.gz
1.0rc1 2004-10-27 firefox firefox-1.0rc1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz
0.10.1 2004-10-01 firefox firefox-1.0PR-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.10 2004-09-14 firefox firefox-1.0PR-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.10rc 2004-09-11 firefox firefox-1.0PRrc-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9.3 2004-08-04 firefox firefox-0.9.3-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9.2 2004-07-08 firefox firefox-0.9.2-source.tar.bz2
0.9.1 2004-06-29 firefox firefox-0.9.1-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9 2004-06-15 firefox firefox-0.9-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.9rc 2004-06-10 firefox firefox-0.9rc-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.8 2004-02-08 firefox firefox-0.8-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
0.7.1 2003-10-26 firebird firebird-0.7-0.7.1.patch
0.7 2003-10-15 firebird MozillaFirebird-0.7-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.6.1 2003-07-28 firebird MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.6 2003-05-16 firebird MozillaFirebird-0.6-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.5 2003-12-07 phoenix phoenix-0.5-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.4 2002-10-30 phoenix phoenix-0.4-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.3 2002-10-14 phoenix phoenix-0.3-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.2 2002-10-01 phoenix phoenix-0.2-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
0.1 2002-09-23 phoenix phoenix-0.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Sources:
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/?C=M;O=D
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firebird/releases/?C=M;O=D
- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/phoenix/releases/?C=M;O=D
FAQ:
What's with the new name?
Firefox is the new name for Mozilla Firebird (which was the new name for Phoenix).
The name had to change twice because of legal issues.
There was a lengthy process in picking the name, with hours of meetings and occasionally lots of frustration.