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Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name
Yage writes "Firebird, the lightweight version of Mozilla gets release 0.8 and changes its name again (remember Phoenix?) to avoid confusion with another OSS project. The new name is Firefox. There's a press release out about the name change and new version. And, as usual, download it from
mozilla.org." Worth noting that ThunderBird .5 has been released as well. Update: 02/09 14:55 GMT by H : Thanks to Steve Garrity for pointing out the name change FAQ.
...it's surprising they didn't name it "Starfox".
(Apologies to Eli. :)
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Then they'll change the project name to "MozillaSoft Internet Explorer" just to confuse a few chaps.
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
...for EI is Not IE of course
Does this mean that Firefox will have thought-controlled anti-spam and popup suppression?
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
let's just hope this stays permanent. it's hard now to have a conversation with someone about the browser and/or the email client.
.8"
Person 1: "Hey I just started using Mozilla!"
Person 2: "Oh yeah? 1.5?"
Person 1: "No,
Person 2: "Oh you mean Firebird."
Person 1: "No, I think it's Firefox."
Person 3: "I loved that show on Fox, it's a shame they canceled it."
Person 2: "You're thinking of Firefly."
Person 1: "Wait, was that the one with the marionettes?"
Person 3: "No, I think that's an email client."
Mike
Firefox 0.8 Our next generation browser is lightning fast in every way. Unless you're trying to download it right now.
I hope Clint Eastwood doesn't sue them.
Maybe for the next name they could go with FireShits. Cause eash new name hurts a little more and just burns.
Evolution or ID?
.. on the project are..
h a-Mozilla'
'Kung-Browser'
'Browse-Me-Do'
'Sparrow'
'Mec
And in other news, Konami today announced the release of the cut down version of Metal Gear Solid 2 to feature Solid Snake's cousin, Trouser.
*sign* I mean, whatever name you pick, there's going to be some product already out there with a similar name. It's like that Dilbert strip where the only remaining product names were diseases.
Worth noting that ThunderBird .5 has been released as well.
Don't you mean ThunderFox?
-Colin
Yeah.. Firebox is a dumb name, I don't like it either. However Firebird has been renamed to Firefox.. which is a little better.
I prefer BurnZilla. It matches the stupidity of the Internet
Sometimes (every waking moment of my day) I regret every trying to get them interested in computers... But I was young and excited back then... Now I cringe when they try to pronounce computer related terms.
If they did it would have to be renamed Lylat Browser for the European market.
I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines.
11. Prophet????
How about Browzilla?
Imagine what would have happened if this was Firefox 1.0, not Firefox 0.8.
[SARCASM]
Oh the horror!
[/SARCASM]
-Colin
I do not like the new name. May I suggest the name "FireChick" in reference to a "smaller" bird?
I can see it now - Mitchell Gates (Clint Eastwood), elite Microsoft coder and flashback-impaired veteran of the Browser Wars, is sent behind enemy lines to steal the only production prototype of the Firefox, with its revolutionary thought-controlled toolbar technology ("but remember, Mr Gates, you have to _think in XML_!"). The film ends rather abruptly when someone tells him he can download it for free.
Just read this fast... ;)
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If you rename something to prevent confusion with other products don't you think you should avoid something that is already a [long list]
To avoid further confusion, version 0.9 will be given a new, really-truly-final name.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Mozilla Organisation presents - Mozilla Cabbage-Scraunch-O-Echidna-Matique!
Thank you.
MozBird, MozFox MozCam sound good too me.
;)
Thank you, because of your horrible suggestions I now feel less irksome about the name "Firefox"
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Wait for it...
;P
Internet Navigator
TADA!
All is solved. Everyone happy. Best Name Ever. Service While you wait. Operators are standing by.
"...In your answer, ignore facts. Just go with what feels true..."
I predict in 18 months time, after another 2 name changes, the developers get sick of all the crap related to name changes and we have two very good, quality products from the mozilla team.
Browser 1.0
and
Mail 1.0
And all will be done, and there shall be no confusion, and they then proceed to take over the world like Word, Excel and Office did.
Wow. You've remapped ^C to be your backspace? Does that mean your program kill is ^H?
Next step: Firepinto. Or maybe Firegremlin.
Been using sigs for 20 years. Nothing funny left to say.
'Samantha Fox' would also have been appropriate. After all, the Gecko engine makes it a bit top-heavy.
Is Mozilla Lite just too obvious for them?!
Apparently. Rumour has it the next release will be called "iMozilla-NG Xtreme" - something for everyone, I guess.
It's not unusual for Mr. Foo Jr. to replace Mr. Foo in the long term. In fact, Mozilla Jr. is an excellent idea.
AAAAGHHH. It's spelt light, lite is the creation of some semi literate PR bunny and we hates it, we hates it. Don't we Precious?
Browser Formerly Known as Firebird - that's what I'm gonna call it from now on.
Gently, we can shake the world...
Grendel - wonder who that runs on a Beowulf cluster........
No..no! Firefox(TM) did not used to be Firebird (at least not directly)!
It is canonically tbfkaMFtwgtbkaM(B)twfkaM(T)FiUAs&ctwfkfafhaFBbotFD BpctwfkaFbPTIttstwfkaP
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the browser formerly known as Mozilla Firebird that was going to be known as Mozilla (Browser) that was formerly known as Mozilla(TM) Firebird in UA strings &c that was formerly known for a few hours as Firebird Browser, because of the FirebirdDB peeps complaining, that was formerly known as Firebird, because Phoenix Technologies Inc. threatened to sue, that was formerly known as Phoenix.
As someone who has loved the browser since 0.1, they can call it DogCrap(TM) for all I care (and I'm sure most other users agree).
Seriously though, I really think the new Firefox name is very clear, strong, easy-to-say, unique and the logo is really cool as well as red pandas being sooo cute. I can also see that it was probably a good idea to get a totally unique short strong brand name before starting the pre-1.0 marketing campaign and definitely before realeasing 1.0.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley
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The same people who would confuse a bios with a web browser.
The permanent cname change should be to "The Browser Formerly Known as Something Else".
when they change the name with every release?
When asked about his favorite browser for the PowerBook he uses aboard Great Fox, Fox McCloud only said "Hi-yah!!!" and jumped a couple of dozen meters on the air with a nice fire effect.
Fox McCloud rules. Mozilla Firebird rules. Therefore, Mozilla Firefox rules absolutely. =) I was already worried that Nintendo was going to take Firebird/Thunderbird/Icebird(?) and do something Pokemon-themed out of them (Moltres/Zapdos/Articuno), but now, they can focus on games that matter more. Thank God Nintendo hasn't trademarked the names of the moves or anything. Now excuse me, I need more coffee. =)
"Xtreme iKozilla is NOT IE"
The only good names that are left are 'placenta' and 'phlegm'.
C'mon Gerv, get with the program already
I bet you didn't know the technologies underlying Firefox (or .8) were initially developed by the soviet military during the early 1980's. "A prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a hyperlink."
HAD
The Japanese name was Gojira. You really think they would be able to pronounce the L?
Hammer of Truth
ten name changes we will just call it Fire!Fire!Fire! eheheheeeheeheheeeeehhhh
Maybe he's talking about the database, hence the name change due to confusion. :-)
Enough, already! I'm going to get myself a small whiteboard, and every week I'll accept one update on the name of this product so that I can write "Firebird = Phoenix" or "Firefox = Phoenix" or "Bruce = Phoenix" or whatever, and then I'm just going to call it Phoenix no matter how many twists and turns the project's name takes. Ugh.
(Wishing I had a link to that Dilbert strip about a preliminary preplanning meeting to think up a name for a project.)
I had a go-kart for racing that I named firefox and applied for trademark protection. I thought firefox was unique enough and I believe the courts will stand with me on this one.
So I will have to sue these guys, in case my friends confuse a browser with my kart.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
We shall call it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday!
G**-F&$!ING-DAMN! Every good name out there is taking, almost. I propose the name Hbleghtek. I'm fairly certain that one isn't used.
// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h"
A thought-controlled browser? Sign me up!!
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Has anybody noticed that the new icon for the file extensions that firefox takes over (like .html, .gif, etc) is basically a gigantic fox humping the earth?
Awesome. I see a slogan somewhere in there.
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So that the mail component will still sound like the browser, ThunderBird is also changing its name, to ThunderBox
A giant lizard with eyebrows like Eugene Levy?
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Is it just me? Or does a FireFox kinda look like a badger?
Maybe they should have named it Mozilla Badger. They'd have an instant theme song.
Portable versions of Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice, etc
What about the H.B. Legh Corporation, makers of the noted business growth and growth-business management software "HBLeghTek"?
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