Mozilla claims 100 million Firefox downloads

The success of the browser is directly due to the collaborative efforts of thousands of contributors worldwide, the corporation trumpeted. "Volunteer extension developers further enrich Firefox's capabilities by enabling users to customize and enhance their browser and truly take back the Web," it said.

The browser has emerged as a credible alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which many poeple don't like because it's made by Microsoft.

A beta version of Firefox 1.5 was let slip earlier this month and is available from the Mozilla web site here. µ