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Line 1: {{short description\|Discontinued Internet suite}} {{Infobox software \| name = Mozilla Application Suite Line 7 ⟶ 8: \| developer = [[Mozilla Foundation]] \| released = \| latest release version = {{wikidata\|property\|preferred\|references\|edit\|Q538588\|P348\|P548=Q2804309}} ~~\| latest_release_version = 1.7.13~~ \| latest release date = {{wikidata\|qualifier\|preferred\|single\|Q538588\|P348\|P548=Q2804309\|P577}} \| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age\|2006\|04\|21}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www-archive.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.13/ \|title=Mozilla 1.7.13 \|publisher=[[Mozilla.org\|http://www-archive.mozilla.org]] \|date=21 April 2006 \|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref> \| latest preview version = {{wikidata\|property\|preferred\|references\|edit\|Q538588\|P348\|P548=Q51930650}} \| latest preview date = {{wikidata\|qualifier\|preferred\|single\|Q538588\|P348\|P548=Q51930650\|P577}} \| discontinued = yes \| replaces = [[Netscape Communicator]] \| engine = [[Gecko (layout engine)\|Gecko]] \| operating system = [[Cross-platform]] \| language = \| ~~status~~ replaced_by = ~~Unmaintained, succeeded by~~ [[SeaMonkey]] \| genre = \| license = Mozilla [[tri-license]] \| repo = [https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/ dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/] \| website = [~~http~~https://www-archive.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ www.mozilla.org] }} The '''Mozilla Application Suite''' (originally known as '''Mozilla''', marketed as the '''Mozilla Suite''') is a discontinued [[cross-platform]] integrated [[Internet suite]]. Its development was initiated by [[Netscape Communications Corporation]], before their acquisition by [[AOL]]. It was based on the source code of [[Netscape Communicator]]. The development was spearheaded by the [[Mozilla Organization]] from 1998 to 2003, and by the [[Mozilla Foundation]] from 2003 to 2006. It has been superseded by [[SeaMonkey]] Internet suite (SeaMonkey was the original code name for the project), a community-driven Internet suite that is based on the same source code and continued to be developed with newer Mozilla codebase. The project has been superseded by the [[SeaMonkey]] Internet suite (SeaMonkey was the original code name for the project), a community-driven Internet suite that is based on the same source code, and continues to be developed with the newer Mozilla codebase. The Mozilla Suite was composed of several main programs: ''Navigator'' (a [[Web browser]]), ''Communicator'' ([[Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups]]), a Web page developer ([[Mozilla Composer]]), an [[IRC client]] ([[ChatZilla]]) and an electronic address book. Also included were tools to synchronise the application with [[PalmPilot]] devices, and several extensions for advanced Web development including the [[DOM Inspector]] and [[Venkman]] (a JavaScript [[debugger]]).▼ ▲The Mozilla Suite was composed of several main programs: ''Navigator'' (a [[Web browser]]), ''Communicator'' ([[Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups]]), a Web page developer ([[Mozilla Composer]]), an [[IRC client]] ([[ChatZilla]]) and an electronic address book. Also included were tools to ~~synchronise~~synchronize the application with [[PalmPilot]] devices, and several extensions for advanced Web development, including the [[DOM Inspector]], and [[Venkman]] (a JavaScript [[debugger]]). Versions 6 and 7 of the [[Netscape (web browser)\|Netscape]] suite were based on the Mozilla Suite. The last official version is 1.7.13, as Mozilla Foundation is currently focusing on the development of [[Mozilla Firefox\|Firefox]] and [[Mozilla Thunderbird\|Thunderbird]]. The Mozilla Suite is available under the terms of the Mozilla project's [[tri-license]], as [[free and open source software]].▼ ▲Versions 6 and 7 of the [[Netscape (web browser)\|Netscape]] suite were based on the Mozilla Suite. The last official version is 1.7.13, as Mozilla Foundation is currently focusing on the development of [[Mozilla Firefox\|Firefox]] and [[Mozilla Thunderbird\|Thunderbird]]. The Mozilla Suite is available under the terms of the Mozilla project's [[tri-license]], as [[free and open -source software]]. ==History and development== Line 30 ⟶ 37: In March 1998, Netscape released most of the code base for its popular [[Netscape Communicator]] suite under an open source license. The name of the application developed from this would be Mozilla, coordinated by the newly created Mozilla Organization, at the mozilla.org Web site. Although large parts of the original Communicator code, including the layout engine and front-end related codes, were abandoned shortly thereafter, the Mozilla Organization eventually succeeded in producing a full-featured Internet suite that surpassed Communicator in features, stability and degree of standards compliance. Under the AOL banner, the Mozilla Organization continued development of the browser and management of the Mozilla source until July 2003 when this task was passed to the Mozilla Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit organization composed primarily of developers and staff from mozilla.org and owns the Mozilla trademark (but not the copyright to the source code, which is retained by the individual and corporate contributors, but licensed under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License\|GPL]] and [[Mozilla Public License\|MPL]]). It received initial donations from AOL, [[IBM]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Red Hat]], and [[Mitch Kapor]]. However, all official ties with AOL were severed following the announcement of the end of the Netscape Navigator browser and AOL's agreement to use [[Microsoft]]'s [[Internet Explorer]] browser in future versions of its AOL software. AOL has since announced it will be using Mozilla's [[Gecko (layout engine)\|Gecko]] [[Browser engine\|layout engine]]. According to the Mozilla development roadmap published on April 2, 2003, the Mozilla Organization planned to focus development efforts on the new standalone applications: Phoenix (now known as [[Mozilla Firefox]]) and Minotaur (now known as [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]). To distinguish the suite from the standalone products, the suite is marketed as "Mozilla Suite" or the more lengthy "Mozilla Application Suite". On March 10, 2005, the Mozilla Foundation announced that they would not release any further official versions of the suite beyond 1.7.x.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/165080/\|title=Two discontinued browsers\|publisher=LWN.net\|date=21 December 2005\|~~accessdate~~access-date=19 August 2012}}</ref> However, the Mozilla Foundation emphasized that they would provide infrastructure for community members who wished to continue development. In effect, this means that the suite will still continue to be developed, but not by the Mozilla Foundation itself. To avoid confusing organizations that still want to use the Mozilla Suite, it was announced that the new, community-developed product would be named "[[SeaMonkey]]", with version numbers that start at "1.0". ==Features== ===Usability and accessibility=== Mozilla supported [[tabbed browsing]], which allows users to open multiple Web pages in the same browser window. ~~This~~Originally only available through the MultiZilla extension, the feature was ~~written~~then ~~with~~implemented directly within the ~~popular~~browser.<ref>{{cite ~~[http~~book \| chapter-url=https://~~multizilla~~pdfs.~~mozdev~~semanticscholar.org/64c2/8f3457c39d7d61bc1a52aae3f41bdbfcf84e.pdf ~~MultiZilla]~~\| ~~extension~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035716/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/64c2/8f3457c39d7d61bc1a52aae3f41bdbfcf84e.pdf \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=2018-07-28 \| last=Noll \| first=John \| title=Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation \| date=2007 \| chapter=Innovation in Open Source Software Development: A Tale of Two Features \| website=Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland \| series=IFIP — the International Federation for ~~Mozilla~~Information asProcessing a\| ~~base~~volume=234 \| pages=109–120 \| publisher=The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 234. Springer, Boston, MA \| doi=10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_9 \| isbn=978-0-387-72485-0 \| s2cid=7090935 }}</ref> Mozilla also belonged in the group of browsers who early on adopted customizable [[pop-up ad\|pop-up]] blocking, and granular cookie management, including cookie prompts. The browser had a number of features which helped users find information. First, Mozilla had an [[incremental find]] feature known as "find as you type". With this feature enabled, a user could simply begin typing a word while viewing a Web page, and the browser automatically searched for it and highlighted the first instance found. As the user typed more of the word, the browser refined its search. Line 68 ⟶ 75: ===Cross-platform support=== Mozilla ran on a wide variety of platforms. Releases available on the primary distribution site supported the following operating systems: Various versions of [[Microsoft Windows]], including [[Windows 95\|95]], [[Windows 98\|98]], [[Windows Me\|Me]], [[Windows NT 4.0\|NT]] 4.0]], [[Windows 2000\|2000]], [[Windows XP\|XP]], [[Windows Server 2003\|Server 2003]], and [[Windows Vista\|Vista]]. [[Mac OS X]] [[Mac OS 9]] (discontinued after Mozilla 1.2.1, but an unofficial Mozilla 1.3.1 is available here [http://wamcom.kuix.de/]). However, an updated branch of the Suite survives for the classic Mac OS in the form of [[Classilla]]. [[Linux]]-based operating systems using [[X.Org Server]] or [[XFree86]] [[OS/2]], also known as ''Warpzilla''<ref>{{cite web\|last=Watson\|first=Dave\|title=A Quick Look at Mozilla 0.9.2\|url=http://www.scoug.com/os24u/2001/mozilla.html\|publisher=The Southern California OS/2 User Group\|~~accessdate~~access-date=16 August 2010\|date=21 July 2001}}</ref> Mozilla used the same format to store users' profiles (which contain their personal browser settings) even on different operating systems, so a profile might be used on multiple platforms, as long as all of the platforms could access the profile (e.g., the profile was stored on a [[File Allocation Table\|FAT32]] partition accessible from both Windows and Linux). This functionality was useful for users who dual-boot their machines. However, it might occasionally cause problems, especially with extensions. Line 84 ⟶ 91: One key characteristic of Mozilla security was that its source code is visible to everyone. Proposed software changes were reviewed by at least one other person, and typically "super-reviewed" by yet another, and once placed in the software were visible for anyone else to consider, protest, or improve. In addition, the Mozilla Foundation operated{{when\|date=October 2018}} a "bug bounty" scheme: Users who reported a valid critical security bug received a US$500 cash reward for each report and a Mozilla T-shirt. The purpose of this "bug bounty" system, according to the Mozilla Foundation, was to "encourage more people to find and report security bugs in our products, so that we can make our products even more secure than they already are". Anyone in the world could report a bug. Also, access to the source code of Mozilla Firefox, internal design documentation, forum discussions, and other materials that could be helpful in finding bugs were available to anyone. The Mozilla Foundation has issued a security bugs policy to help contributors to deal with security vulnerabilities. The policy restricts access to a security-related bug report to members of the security team until after Mozilla has shipped a fix for the problem. This is intended to deter the exploitation of publicly known vulnerabilities and give the developers time to issue a patch. While similar to other "[[responsible disclosure]]" policies issued by companies such as Microsoft, this policy is opposed to the [[Full disclosure (computer security)\|full disclosure]] principle favored by some security researchers. As of June 2005, Secunia had reported ~~[http://secunia.com/product/3691/~~ three unpatched vulnerabilities] in Mozilla with the most serious one marked "less critical". ==Market adoption and project end== {{~~Main~~Further\|Usage share of ~~Web~~web browsers}} From 1998 to 2004, the global usage share of Mozilla grew from a negligible amount to about 3%. Because of the Foundation's plan to switch development focus to standalone applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird, many new features and enhancements were not available for Mozilla. This, combined with the [[community marketing]] effort named "[[Spread Firefox]]", drew more and more users away from Mozilla since late 2004, when Firefox 1.0 was released. There were no official releases of the Mozilla Suite beyond version 1.7.13. As of 2008, Mozilla Suite usage share was approximately 0.1%. [[SeaMonkey]], a community-driven Internet suite that is based on the same source code, is pursued by those that appreciated Mozilla's feature set.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.seamonkey-project.org/about\|title=About SeaMonkey\|publisher=The SeaMonkey Project\|~~accessdate~~access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal\|Free and open-source software}} [[List of web browsers]] [[List of ~~news~~Usenet ~~clients~~newsreaders]] [[List of HTML editors]] [[List of IRC clients]] [[Comparison of web browsers]] [[Comparison of ~~e-mail~~email clients]] [[Comparison of HTML editors]] [[Comparison of ~~IRC~~Internet Relay Chat clients]] [[SeaMonkey]] ==~~Notes~~References== {{reflist}} ==General references== ~~==References==~~ * Mozilla Foundation (April 2, 2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050618000315/http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-02-Apr-2003.html Mozilla Development Roadmap]. Retrieved June 11, 2005. * Mozilla Foundation (March 10, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050603082324/http://www.mozilla.org/seamonkey-transition.html Mozilla Application Suite - Transition Plan]. Retrieved March 10, 2005. Line 115 ⟶ 122: ==External links== {{commons category\|Mozilla Application Suite}} [~~http~~https://www-archive.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ Mozilla Suite - The All-in-One Internet Application Suite] [~~http~~https://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ SeaMonkey Internet Suite - all-in-one Internet application suite] {{Mozilla projects}} Line 128 ⟶ 135: [[Category:Mozilla Application Suite\| ]] [[Category:Discontinued ~~web~~internet ~~browsers~~suites]] [[Category:Free Internet suites]] [[Category:Free software programmed in C++]]