{"id":13557,"date":"2010-11-09T18:06:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T16:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2010-11-09T18:06:40","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T16:06:40","slug":"happy-6th-birthday-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/09\/happy-6th-birthday-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 6th birthday, Firefox!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadsquad.com\/2010\/11\/09\/firefox-is-6-years-old-today\/\">Download Squad<\/a> reminds us that it has only been <strong>6 years<\/strong> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/\">Firefox<\/a> is with us. \u00a0 That&#8217;s true, but I find it so hard to believe. \u00a0What was the web experience before Firefox came along? \u00a0I remember that Firefox made it way better, but I don&#8217;t really remember how bad it was before that. \u00a0And even though I spend most of these days using Google Chrome, I clocked thousands of hours in Firefox and it is almost like a relative to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/09\/happy-6th-birthday-firefox\/logo-wordmark-preview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?fit=195%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"195,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mozilla Firefox logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?fit=195%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13558\" title=\"Mozilla Firefox logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?resize=195%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?w=195&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?resize=160%2C82&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/logo-wordmark-preview.png?resize=75%2C38&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy birthday dear browser!<\/strong> Best wishes and may you continue to improve, especially now that you have some competition to get you going.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Download Squad reminds us that it has only been 6 years that Firefox is with us. \u00a0 That&#8217;s true, but I find it so hard to believe. \u00a0What was the web experience before Firefox came along? 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