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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
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.
.. 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
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.
MozBird, MozFox MozCam sound good too me.
;)
Thank you, because of your horrible suggestions I now feel less irksome about the name "Firefox"
Wait for it...
;P
Internet Navigator
TADA!
All is solved. Everyone happy. Best Name Ever. Service While you wait. Operators are standing by.
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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.
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?
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 permanent cname change should be to "The Browser Formerly Known as Something Else".
when they change the name with every release?
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?
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