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		n4r9 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Just the Browser According to their own blog [0], Opera implemented tabs in 2000. The earliest version of what became Firefox was released as "Phoenix" in 2002 [1]. Phoenix was renamed to Firebird in 2003 and again to Firefox in 2004 [2], in both cases due to name clashes. [0] https://blogs.opera.com/news/2026/01/opera-one-r3-new-browse... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#History

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