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		BiteCode_dev 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Willow – Protocols for an uncertain future [video] No, firefox was first called phoenix (because it was seen as a rebirth of the netscaoe ethos) then firebird. Netscape got killed by ie 5.5 and firefox competed mostly with ie 6 on Market and opera on innovation. And yep, i think 2008 was first chrome ad on google search. It hurts but we are a quarter century in now.

BSDobelix 34 days ago [–]

>And yep, i think 2008

That's late 2000

Firefox was installed on around 30% in 2010:

https://statisticsanddata.org/data/most-popular-browser-1996...

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