Firefox created by Netscape in 1998 before their acquisition by AOL. Firefox usage grew to a peak of 32% at the end of 2009, temporarily making version 3.5 the world's most popular browser. Usage then declined in competition with Google Chrome. , Firefox has 11.6% usage share as a "desktop" browser, according to StatCounter, making it the second-most popular such web browser; usage across all platforms is lower at 5.44% (and then 4th-most popular overall). Firefox is still the most popular desktop browser in Cuba (even most popular overall at 62.77%) and Eritrea with 78.3% and 91% of the market share,
Upload components for uploading files are still not part of the standard, HTML5 upload components are not common at the moment. Their support is restricted to a subset of browsers. HTML5 support has been steadily improving. The best coverage of HTML5 features is provided by the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera. Internet Explorer provides the least support. Internet Explorer 10 has less support than versions of other browsers; however the coverage will be twice as good as Internet Explorer 9. iOS 5 has a sufficiently high level of HTML5 support; however, its level of support remains lower than for