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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 28, 2004.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 25, 2004	Featured article candidate	Promoted
February 10, 2007	Featured article review	Kept
May 2, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
April 30, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 23, 2019, September 23, 2020, and September 23, 2025.
Current status: Former featured article

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The content of Light (web browser) was merged into Firefox on 6 January 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Section sizes

Section size for Firefox (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,435	11,435	386	386
Features	8,931	24,950	263	765
Browser extensions	3,249	3,249	121	121
Themes	1,159	1,159	31	31
Standards	5,982	5,982	161	161
Safe browsing	1,194	1,194	20	20
DRM content	4,435	4,435	169	169
History	2,605	24,696	96	928
Name changes	6,362	6,362	159	159
Versions	3,682	3,682	227	227
Project Quantum	3,868	3,868	197	197
Guest session	1,439	1,439	57	57
Other	6,740	6,740	192	192
Security	11,469	11,469	598	598
Privacy	14,204	14,204	661	661
Localizations	2,245	2,245	71	71
Platform availability	5,472	46,776	86	1,563
Microsoft Windows	8,205	8,205	327	327
macOS	6,106	6,106	258	258
Linux	2,041	2,373	96	138
Firefox for ChromeOS	332	332	42	42
Firefox for Android	8,341	8,341	234	234
Firefox for iOS	7,628	7,628	322	322
Firefox Reality (AR/VR)	1,262	1,262	61	61
Third-party ports	7,389	7,389	137	137
Channels and release schedule	7,709	7,709	279	279
Licensing	5,106	5,106	211	211
Logo and visual identity	7,911	7,911	530	530
Trademark	6,925	6,925	425	425
Promotion	9,406	9,406	476	476
Performance	18	17,574	0	1,005
2000s	7,809	7,809	264	264
2010s	7,627	9,298	658	711
Firefox Quantum	1,671	1,671	53	53
2020s	449	449	30	30
Usage share	6,737	6,737	281	281
Reception	6,358	6,358	301	301
See also	257	257	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	1,288	1,288	0	0
External links	1,388	1,388	0	0
Total	206,464	206,464	8,480	8,480

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Firefox Quantum: Is it still a thing?

Did Mozilla drop the Quantum project? Since when they no longer use the brand? What does the lack of "Quantum" means for the product in a practical sense? LinuxPower (talk) 10:24, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

New feature, showing nonsense

I'm not sure when it started, as I had the new update running in the background, but since today, the empty tab has been displaying weather information. Today—January 13, 2026—the display is: New York, 22 degrees Celsius, which is definitely not correct. I don't want the weather information either, so I turned it off, which is fine. I'm just wondering what this is all about. Is it a feature of the latest update? ~2026-26672-2 (talk) 09:34, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-26672-2 [1] would be a better place to ask that question, this isn't the place to ask general questions about Firefox (that being said [2] might be of your interest) Sohom (talk) 09:39, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Moving the Logo section to history section?

The logo section seems more like it belong under History rather than Trademark and logo. There should be a picture of the current logo under the Trademark and logo section, but shouldn't the history part be in the history section? It seems like a controversial move, so I want feedback before doing so. FeatherlessCat (talk) 17:22, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think the entire article has become very long and could probably use some overall restructuring. I understand what you are getting at with suggesting to move the logo history up under the "History" section, but I think it would make that entire History section so much longer. What might make more sense right now would be to separate out the "trademark" text into a section on "Trademark" and then have the logo history under "Logo" or something like that. Pull it apart that way first, and then consider whether the Logo section should be moved up by History. I still think I would keep it separate, though. - Dyork (talk) 22:54, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Separating Trademark and Logo seems like a good idea. The logo could be in history, as it explains, and shows, logo changes. I will begin by separating them at least. But I suggest the history section be moved down from the more current active things in Firefox. I will hold on to the thought of moving the Logo section into history, and break down the article into more subheadings, to make a clearer structure.. FeatherlessCat (talk) 21:53, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mascot?

Is Firefox a mascot like the Mozilla dragon? ~2026-21127-28 (talk) 12:47, 5 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 19:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]