The Impact of Firefox 3

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Since it’s first release in November 2004, Firefox has come a phenomenally long way. Market share has sky rocketed, and a huge community has built up offering extensions and add on software. The third incarnation of Firefox offers something for web developers as well as users, continuing along their previous path of adhering to web standards and supporting the latest technologies.

This article will outline how important it is that your site is suitable for Firefox users, and explain the new features which the browser makes available to designers.

The following chart shows the percentage of users visiting Design Shack from various browsers. It is plain to see the importance of the site displaying correctly in Firefox and offering a great browsing experience to users of that browser:

Design Shack Browser Share