Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary,the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages,which implements current and anticipated web standards. Firefox is available for Windows 10 and later versions of Windows,macOS,and Linux. Its unofficial ports are available for various Unix and Unix-like operating systems,including FreeBSD,OpenBSD,NetBSD,and other operating systems,such as reactOS. Firefox is also available for Android and iOS. However,as with all other iOS web browsers,the iOS version uses the WebKit layout engine instead of Gecko due to platform requirements. An optimized version is also available on the Amazon Fire TV as one of the two main browsers available with Amazon's Silk Browser.
This is a comparison of both historical and current web browsers based on developer,engine,platform(s),releases,license,and cost.
Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser,an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods.
XPInstall is a technology used by the Mozilla Application Suite,SeaMonkey,Mozilla Firefox,Mozilla Thunderbird and other XUL-based applications for installing Mozilla extensions that add functionality to the main application.
Add-on is the Mozilla term for software modules that can be added to the Firefox web browser and related applications. Mozilla hosts them on its official add-on website.
Filterset.G was a third-party set of filters for ad filtering extensions such as Adblock Plus used with Firefox web browser. The filterset contained pre-made and regularly updated filters that removed ads from various ad providers.
NoScript is a free and open-source extension for Firefox- and Chromium-based web browsers,written and maintained by Giorgio Maone,a software developer and member of the Mozilla Security Group.
Flashblock is a discontinued Flash content-filtering Firefox extension for Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey.
A browser extension is a software module for customizing a web browser. Browsers typically allow users to install a variety of extensions,including user interface modifications,cookie management,ad blocking,and the custom scripting and styling of web pages.
Stylish is a user style manager that can change the appearance of web pages in a user's browser without changing their content by including user-supplied CSS style sheets with those supplied by the web site itself. The Stylish browser extension includes tools with which to write user styles,and can install user styles written by other Stylish users from a companion website. These user styles may be more or less selective,targeting just one web page,or all of the pages on a domain,or every page on the web.
Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows,built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux,macOS,iOS,iPadOS,and also for Android,where it is the default browser. The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS,where it serves as the platform for web applications.
AdBlock is an ad-blocking browser extension for Google Chrome,Apple Safari,Firefox,Samsung Internet,Microsoft Edge and Opera. AdBlock allows users to prevent page elements,such as advertisements,from being displayed. It is free to download and use,and it includes optional donations to the developers. The AdBlock extension was created on December 8,2009,which is the day that supports for extensions was added to Google Chrome. It was one of the first Google Chrome extensions that was made.
Flattr was a Swedish-based microdonation subscription service,where subscribers opted in to pay a monthly patronage to help fund their favourite websites and creators. It shut down in November 2023.
Video DownloadHelper is an extension for Firefox and Chrome web browsers. It allows the user to download videos from sites that stream videos through HTTP. The extension was developed by Michel Gutierrez.
Ghostery is a free and open-source privacy and security-related browser extension and mobile browser application. Since February 2017,it has been owned by the German company Cliqz International GmbH. The code was originally developed by David Cancel and associates.
Browser security is the application of Internet security to web browsers in order to protect networked data and computer systems from breaches of privacy or malware. Security exploits of browsers often use JavaScript,sometimes with cross-site scripting (XSS) with a secondary payload using Adobe Flash. Security exploits can also take advantage of vulnerabilities that are commonly exploited in all browsers.
HTTPS Everywhere is a discontinued free and open-source browser extension for Google Chrome,Microsoft Edge,Mozilla Firefox,Opera,Brave,Vivaldi and Firefox for Android,which was developed collaboratively by The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It automatically makes websites use a more secure HTTPS connection instead of HTTP,if they support it. The option "Encrypt All Sites Eligible" makes it possible to block and unblock all non-HTTPS browser connections with one click. Due to the widespread adoption of HTTPS on the World Wide Web,and the integration of HTTPS-only mode on major browsers,the extension was retired in January 2023.
uBlock Origin is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering,including ad blocking. The extension is available for Chrome,Chromium,Edge,Firefox,Brave,Opera,Pale Moon,as well as versions of Safari before 13. uBlock Origin has received praise from technology websites and is reported to be much less memory-intensive than other extensions with similar functionality. uBlock Origin's stated purpose is to give users the means to enforce their own (content-filtering) choices.
Mercury Browser is a discontinued freeware mobile browser for Android,developed by iLegendSoft. Mercury Browser uses the Webkit engine. It was formerly available for iOS,but in 2017,it was removed from the App Store.
AdGuard is an ad blocking service for Microsoft Windows,Linux,MacOS,Android and iOS. AdGuard is also available as a browser extension.
