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| 28 | <h1><span>Contents</span></h1> |
| 29 | <h2>Mozilla History: 20+ Years And Counting</h2> |
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| 32 | <p class="captionedbox-caption">The following slides are available in this presentation:</p> |
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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> |
| 40 | <h2>An overview of origins, past, and present</h2> |
| 41 | |
| 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> |
| 60 | 01/2021 Robert Kaiser - |
| 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 | |
| 112 | <article id="launch" data-title="Mozilla Project Launch"> |
| 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> |
| 120 | <li><abbr title="Netscape Public License">NPL</abbr> as a new license, written by Mitchell Baker</li> |
| 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 | |
| 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="mozsuite.png" class="slidepic" |
| 137 | alt="Mozilla Suite screen shots"> |
| 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="splendid_firefox_small.jpg" class="slidepic" |
| 159 | alt="The Splendid Firefox!"> |
| 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="adoptmozilla.png" class="slidepic" |
| 180 | alt="Various Mozilla logos and graphics"> |
| 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="mozilla-open-poster.jpg" class="slidepic" |
| 199 | alt="Mozilla 'OPEN' dino poster"> |
| 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="otherprojects.png" class="slidepic" |
| 219 | alt="Logos of other Mozilla projects listed on the slide"> |
| 220 | <ul> |
| 221 | <li><abbr title="Mozilla Developer Center">MDC</abbr>/<abbr title="Mozilla Developer Network">MDN</abbr>: |
| 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>Servo: experimental browser engine, since 2012, cooperation with Samsung, |
| 228 | moved to <abbr title="Linux Foundation">LF</abbr> in 2020</li> |
| 229 | <li><mark>Firefox OS</mark>: web-based mobile OS, 2013-2016</li> |
| 230 | <li><mark>Pocket</mark> (orig. "Read It Later"): web content lists, |
| 231 | independent since 2007, acquired by Mozilla in 2017</li> |
| 232 | <li>Firefox Lockwise: password manager, since 2018</li> |
| 233 | <li>Firefox Monitor: data breach checker, since 2018</li> |
| 234 | <li>Mozilla <mark>VPN</mark>: since 2019/2020</li> |
| 235 | </ul> |
| 236 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> |
| 237 | </div> |
| 238 | </article> |
| 239 | |
| 240 | <article id="now" data-title="Current State of Mozilla"> |
| 241 | <h1><span>Current State of Mozilla</span></h1> |
| 242 | |
| 243 | <div class="simplebox"> |
| 244 | <img src="mozcurrent.png" class="slidepic" |
| 245 | alt="Current screen shot of Firefox privacy website"> |
| 246 | <ul> |
| 247 | <li><mark>Firefox</mark> (desktop, mobile) and Pocket</li> |
| 248 | <li>Plus <mark>Privacy & Security</mark> products (Monitor, VPN, ...)</li> |
| 249 | <li>Mozilla Foundation: Mission (MozFest, Common Voice, ...)</li> |
| 250 | <li><mark>Thunderbird</mark>: separate under MoFo umbrella</li> |
| 251 | <li>Related projects: <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org/">Rust</a>, |
| 252 | <a href="https://www.bugzilla.org/">Bugzilla</a>, |
| 253 | <a href="https://webthings.io/">Webthings</a>, |
| 254 | <a href="https://www.kaiostech.com/">KaiOS</a>, ...</li> |
| 255 | </ul> |
| 256 | <p class="ensurepicinbox"></p> |
| 257 | </div> |
| 258 | </article> |
| 259 | |
| 260 | <article id="end" data-title="The End"> |
| 261 | |
| 262 | <div class="simplebox endslidecontainer"> |
| 263 | <h1 class="cent endslidetext"><span>Thank You.</span></h1> |
| 264 | <h2 class="cent endslidetext"><span><a href="https://home.kairo.at/">https://home.kairo.at/</a></span></h2> |
| 265 | <img src="mozgear.jpg" class="sshot endslidepic" alt="Various Mozilla gear (T-shirts, stickers, etc.)"> |
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