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Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0
sgarrity writes "I've written some recommendations for the branding and visual identity of the Mozilla Foundation's project and product line. I argue that the Mozilla Project should adopt a simple, strong, consistent visual identity for the Mozilla products including consistent icons across applications that mesh with the host operating system. Read Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0 and let us know what you think."
...wasn't it? Good luck going to 2.0.
We're still to see 1.0
Yeah I know, I've been using it since the first release of Pheonix (I think). What do you think about 0.7? In my opinion it didn't change much, but I know some bugs have been fixed, and it's certainly stable, although as I never had any problems with the previous version... oh well, it's a step (if small) in the right direction.
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
The title is Towards Mozilla 2.0, I was merely saying that while Mozilla can continue to evolve, I hope Firebird will also progress for many years to come (ie, build 2.0).
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
Seriously... this isn't flame bait or trolling... Does it really matter what they do? Netscape as anything other than a service name doesn't exist any more. That brings the only significant source of exposure for any of Mozilla's stuff to an end. AOL isn't rolling out Gecko, nor are any other major ISPs.
Coding web applications that support IE (which virtually everyone has in a commercial or home environment) that also work with identical capability that customers have grown to expect in Mozilla can more than double the cost of a project. I know a bunch of major web-enabled applications that are in the process of removing Netscape 7.x+/Mozilla as required support platforms, because its just not seen as a platform that has any growth potential (unlike even six months ago).
The one place Mozilla could've gotten a significant exposure to the general public might've been the Mac, but its still an inferior browser in nearly every way to Safari/KHTML.
And don't get me wrong, Mozilla is all I use here, but I could care less how well it integrates into the OS, or how the general public views it, because I know perfectly well the general public could care less, and won't ever particularly care about it. Sucks, but Mozilla and Netscape took too long building a buggy bloated browser, and missed their chance once again.
Wow, misinformed.
Favorites - in Win2K or XP, why can't it just use my IE favorites?
It does. Automatically. It's called "Imported IE Favorites" in your Bookmarks menu.
Feel - face it - mozilla just doesn't "feel" like a Windows program. I can't drag and drop the toolbars around and then lock them down like I can in IE (there might be a way to do it, but I haven't found it).
It's called "Customize Toolbar."
If someone could just make something similar to IE but without all the monopoly shit, millions of PCs could be deployed with a real browser.
And, finally, it's called Opera, and it kicks the SHIT out of the slow, laggy, resource hogs that are Mozilla and Firebird.
PS - a really cool unrelated idea that I have thought of would be a spyware/adware/scumware blocker for non-techies who don't know when to click yes/no.
All the spyware/adware/scumware is for IE.
Next.
"Sufferin' succotash."