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14 | <header id="header"><div id="header-text">Mozilla History</div> | |
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27 | <article id="toc" data-title="Contents"> | |
28 | <h1><span>Contents</span></h1> | |
29 | <h2>Mozilla History: 20+ Years And Counting</h2> | |
30 | ||
31 | <div class="captionedbox"> | |
32 | <p class="captionedbox-caption">The following slides are available in this presentation:</p> | |
33 | <div class="captionedbox-content"> | |
34 | <ul id="toc-list"> | |
35 | </ul> | |
36 | </article> | |
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38 | <article id="index" data-title="Start Page" data-seconds="600"> | |
39 | <h1><span>Mozilla History: 20+ Years And Counting</span></h1> | |
cdf834e1 | 40 | <h2>An overview of origins, past, and present</h2> |
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42 | <div class="simplebox decofont"> | |
43 | <mark><a href="http://home.kairo.at/">Robert Kaiser</a></mark> | |
44 | </div> | |
45 | ||
46 | <div class="captionedbox"> | |
47 | <p class="captionedbox-caption decofont"><span id="hidesdesc" class="noadvance">Slides:</span> | |
48 | <a href="https://slides.kairo.at/fosdem2021/">https://slides.kairo.at/fosdem2021/</a></p> | |
49 | <div class="captionedbox-content small"> | |
50 | <ul class="small" id="slidesdesc"> | |
51 | <li>Created for a presentation in the <a href="http://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/track/mozilla/">Mozilla | |
52 | Developer Room</a> at <a href="http://www.fosdem.org/">FOSDEM 2021</a> in | |
53 | Brussels.</li> | |
54 | <li>Written in HTML 5 (with modern CSS and JS).</li> | |
55 | <li>Navigation via links on all slides, via access keys | |
56 | (e.g. "n"/Alt+Shift+N for "next") or back/forward arrow keys</li> | |
57 | <li><a href="#toc">Contents</a></li> | |
58 | <li><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img | |
59 | alt="Lizenziert unter CC-BY-SA," class="ccinline" src="cc-by-sa.svg"></a> | |
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61 | "Mozilla", "Firefox" and related marks/logos are |
62 | <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/list.html">trademarks | |
63 | of Mozilla Foundation</a>.</li> | |
64 | </ul> | |
65 | </div> | |
66 | </div> | |
67 | </article> | |
68 | ||
69 | <article id="introduction" data-title="Introduction - KaiRo"> | |
70 | <h1><span>Robert Kaiser - KaiRo</span></h1> | |
71 | ||
72 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
73 | <img src="kairo.jpg" class="slidepic" | |
74 | alt="Robert Kaiser"> | |
75 | <ul> | |
76 | <li>kairo@kairo.at / <a href="https://home.kairo.at/">home.kairo.at</a></li> | |
77 | <li><mark><a href="https://community.mozilla.org/en/groups/mozilla-reps/">Mozilla Rep</a></mark>, | |
78 | <mark><a href="https://community.mozilla.org/en/groups/tech-speakers/">Tech Speaker</a></mark></li> | |
79 | <li>Based in Vienna, Austria</li> | |
80 | <li>Not on most major social networks</li> | |
81 | <li>But on <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@kairo:mozilla.org">Matrix</a>, | |
82 | <a href="https://joindiaspora.com/people/eb2e0ec0ec0d04bc">Diaspora*</a>, | |
83 | <a href="https://community.mozilla.org/en/people/kairo/">Mozilla Community</a>, | |
84 | <a href="https://telegram.me/KaiRo_at">Telegram</a>, | |
85 | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kaiser-kairo-at">LinkedIn</a>, | |
86 | <a href="https://github.com/KaiRo-at">KaiRo-at at GitHub</a></li> | |
87 | </ul> | |
88 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
89 | </div> | |
90 | </article> | |
91 | ||
92 | <article id="origin" data-title="Mozilla Name Origin"> | |
93 | <h1><span>Origin of the Name "Mozilla"</span></h1> | |
94 | ||
95 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
96 | <img src="mozdino-green.jpg" class="slidepic" | |
97 | alt="Mozilla dino - © Dave Titus"> | |
98 | <ul> | |
99 | <li>1993: Marc Andreessen, co-writer of | |
100 | <abbr title="National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois">NCSA</abbr> | |
101 | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)">Mosaic</a>, | |
102 | co-founds company for commercial web browser</li> | |
103 | <li>"Mosaic killer" app, reminding of "Godzilla" --> code-name <mark>"Mozilla"</mark></li> | |
104 | <li>Used as internal name, user agent "Mozilla/..."</li> | |
105 | <li>Green dino mascot (© Dave Titus)</li> | |
106 | <li>Public/commercial name <mark><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape">Netscape</a></mark> later in 1994</li> | |
107 | </ul> | |
108 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
109 | </div> | |
110 | </article> | |
111 | ||
cdf834e1 | 112 | <article id="launch" data-title="Mozilla Project Launch"> |
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113 | <h1><span>Mozilla Project Launch</span></h1> |
114 | ||
115 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
116 | <img src="hack.png" class="slidepic" | |
117 | alt="mozilla.org: hack - this technology could fall into the right hands"> | |
118 | <ul> | |
119 | <li>Jan 1998: Netscape announces <mark>open-sourcing</mark> of code</li> | |
cdf834e1 | 120 | <li><abbr title="Netscape Public License">NPL</abbr> as a new license, written by Mitchell Baker</li> |
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121 | <li>Using <mark>Mozilla</mark> project name, <a href="https://mozilla.org/">mozilla.org</a></li> |
122 | <li>Red dino <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_%28mascot%29">mascot</a> (by Shepard Fairy)</li> | |
123 | <li>tag line "hack - this technology could fall into the right hands"</li> | |
124 | <li>Target: Internet Application Suite code as base for Netscape 5+</li> | |
125 | <li>Open-source code launch on <mark>March 31, 1998</mark></li> | |
126 | <li><mark><a href="http://archive.org/details/CodeRush_616">Code Rush</a></mark> documentary</li> | |
127 | </ul> | |
128 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
129 | </div> | |
130 | </article> | |
131 | ||
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132 | <article id="suite" data-title="Mozilla Application Suite"> |
133 | <h1><span>Mozilla Application Suite</span></h1> | |
134 | ||
135 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
136 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
137 | alt=""> | |
138 | <ul> | |
139 | <li>Late 1998: Start building on in-development Raptor/NGLayout/<mark>Gecko</mark> | |
140 | engine (HTML4+XML-compliant).</li> | |
141 | <li>Complete <mark>rewrite</mark> of suite based on browser tech ("XPFE")</li> | |
142 | <li><abbr title="XML User Interface Language">XUL</abbr> (with CSS + JS), | |
143 | <abbr title="XML Binding Language">XBL</abbr>, | |
144 | plus <abbr title="Cross-Platform Component Object Model">XPCOM</abbr>, RDF/XML, etc.</li> | |
145 | <li>M3-M18 milestone releases, 0.6 as base for Netscape 6, <mark>1.0 in June 2002</mark></li> | |
146 | <li>Regular development and releases up to 1.7 in 2005</li> | |
147 | <li>Deprecated for Firefox and Thunderbird</li> | |
148 | <li>Transition to community in 2005 ("SeaMonkey")</li> | |
149 | </ul> | |
150 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
151 | </div> | |
152 | </article> | |
153 | ||
154 | <article id="firefox" data-title="The Rise of Firefox"> | |
155 | <h1><span>The Rise of Firefox</span></h1> | |
156 | ||
157 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
158 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
159 | alt=""> | |
160 | <ul> | |
161 | <li>April 2002: <mark>m/b</mark> - | |
162 | <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/4c205237b560525550d77a47c6ca805ecc569ca6/browser/README.html">"The | |
163 | idea is to design the best web browser for most people."</a></li> | |
164 | <li>Leaner, cleaner, <mark>browser-only UI</mark> based on same technologies as suite</li> | |
165 | <li>Name changes to Phoenix, Firebird and finally Firefox</li> | |
166 | <li>Firefox 1.0 released on <mark>November 9, 2004</mark></li> | |
167 | <li>Web Search integration</li> | |
168 | <li>Rapid growth to hundreds of millions of users</li> | |
169 | <li>Started a whole new push of Internet innovation</li> | |
170 | </ul> | |
171 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
172 | </div> | |
173 | </article> | |
174 | ||
175 | <article id="mofo" data-title="Mozilla Foundation"> | |
176 | <h1><span>Mozilla Foundation</span></h1> | |
177 | ||
178 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
179 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
180 | alt=""> | |
181 | <ul> | |
182 | <li>AOL/Netscape pulling out of Mozilla in 2003</li> | |
183 | <li><mark>Mozilla Foundation</mark> ("MoFo") created with some one-time funding</li> | |
184 | <li>No employees, Mitchell Baker as chairwoman</li> | |
185 | <li>Donations, then Web Search money with Firefox 1.0</li> | |
186 | <li><mark>Mozilla Corporation</mark> ("MoCo") subsidiary since 2005 for tax reasons</li> | |
187 | <li>After that, mission-driven, non-commercial work at MoFo</li> | |
188 | <li>New <mark>moz://a</mark> logo since 2017</li> | |
189 | </ul> | |
190 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
191 | </div> | |
192 | </article> | |
193 | ||
194 | <article id="mission" data-title="Mission and Manifesto"> | |
195 | <h1><span>Mozilla Mission and Manifesto</span></h1> | |
196 | ||
197 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
198 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
199 | alt=""> | |
200 | <ul> | |
201 | <li>Initially, "act as the virtual meeting place for the Mozilla code"</li> | |
202 | <li>First actual <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031118185113/http://www.mozilla.org/about/">mission | |
203 | statement</a> on website in 2003: "preserve choice and innovation on the Internet"</li> | |
204 | <li>Today: "ensure the Internet is a <mark>global public resource, open and | |
205 | accessible to all</mark>. [...]"</li> | |
206 | <li>Since 2007, Principles of | |
207 | <mark><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/">Mozilla Manifesto</a></mark></li> | |
208 | <li>Pledge for human experience added to Manifesto in 2018</li> | |
209 | </ul> | |
210 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
211 | </div> | |
212 | </article> | |
213 | ||
214 | <article id="products" data-title="Other Products/Projects"> | |
215 | <h1><span>Other Products/Projects (Excerpt)</span></h1> | |
216 | ||
217 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
218 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
219 | alt=""> | |
220 | <ul> | |
221 | <li><abbr title="Mozilla Developer Center">MDC</a>/<abbr title="Mozilla Developer Network">MDN</a>: | |
222 | developer documentation, since 2005</li> | |
223 | <li>XULRunner: XUL application platform, 2006-2015</li> | |
224 | <li><mark>Rust</mark>: programming language, personal project since 2006, | |
225 | sponsored by Mozilla since 2010, creation of separate foundation in progress</li> | |
226 | <li>Persona/BrowserID: decentralized auth system, 2011-2016</li> | |
227 | <li><mark>Firefox OS</mark>: web-based mobile OS, 2013-2016</li> | |
228 | <li><mark>Pocket</mark> (orig. "Read It Later"): web content lists, | |
229 | independent since 2007, acquired by Mozilla in 2017</li> | |
230 | <li>Firefox Lockwise: password manager, since 2018</li> | |
231 | <li>Firefox Monitor: data breach checker, since 2018</li> | |
232 | <li>Mozilla <mark>VPN</mark>: since 2019/2020</li> | |
233 | </ul> | |
234 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
235 | </div> | |
236 | </article> | |
237 | ||
238 | <article id="now" data-title="Current State of Mozilla"> | |
239 | <h1><span>Current State of Mozilla</span></h1> | |
240 | ||
241 | <div class="simplebox"> | |
242 | <img src="" class="slidepic" | |
243 | alt=""> | |
244 | <ul> | |
245 | <li><mark>Firefox</mark> (desktop, mobile) and Pocket</li> | |
246 | <li>Plus <mark>Privacy & Security</mark> products (Monitor, VPN, ...)</li> | |
247 | <li>Mozilla Foundation: Mission (MozFest, Common Voice, ...)</li> | |
248 | <li><mark>Thunderbird</mark>: separate under MoFo umbrella</li> | |
249 | <li>Related projects: <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/">Rust</a>, | |
250 | <a href="https://www.bugzilla.org/">Bugzilla</a>, | |
251 | <a href="https://webthings.io/">Webthings</a>, | |
252 | <a href="https://www.kaiostech.com/">KaiOS</a>, ...</li> | |
253 | </ul> | |
254 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> | |
255 | </div> | |
256 | </article> | |
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257 | |
258 | <article id="end" data-title="The End"> | |
259 | ||
260 | <div class="simplebox endslidecontainer"> | |
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261 | <h1 class="cent endslidetext"><span>Thank You.</span></h1> |
262 | <h2 class="cent endslidetext"><span><a href="https://home.kairo.at/">https://home.kairo.at/</a></span></h2> | |
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263 | <img src="mozgear.jpg" class="sshot endslidepic" alt="Various Mozilla gear (T-shirts, stickers, etc.)"> |
264 | </div> | |
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