Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday February 9, 2004 @01:02AM from the what's-a-name-between-friends dept.

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.

14 of 902 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Re:Dammit. by hyperherod · 2004-02-09 01:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Stop playing name games. That's the sort of thing that can really hurt adoption.

Quick! Let's start an OSS project called Firefox!
Re:How creative by ghum · 2004-02-09 01:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic
Have you looked at the an all-girl hard rockin??? they make BIG mistakes:
- No pictures
- Mailadress @ hotmail
Shhhhh! by eraserewind · 2004-02-09 01:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

They'll hear you!
Re:New release... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-09 01:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Of course it is free and substantially less hideous.
Re:Movie with Clint Eastwood by InsaneCreator · 2004-02-09 01:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

But, unfortunately, in soviet russia spam blocks you!

(oww, oww... quit throwing rocks...)
Re:Help with name change by SushiFugu · 2004-02-09 01:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Mushroom, MUSHROOM!
Re:Jesus=Gay by ThaReetLad · 2004-02-09 01:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

troll? Troll??! It's funny goddamn it.

--
You can't win Darth. If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine
Re:Jesus=Gay by thumperward · 2004-02-09 01:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What, hasn't anyone got a sense of humour around here?

+5 funny you clowns.

- Chris
Re:Do you understand what Jr means? by glassesmonkey · 2004-02-09 02:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Shhhh... saying such things is considered "Troll"
Re:Mozilla convert by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-09 02:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

jeez.. why is everyone getting modded down in this thread? What is it people using IE modding everyone down?
Re:OS X by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-09 03:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

> "Do you use Mail?" "Yeah, I get mail all the time." "No no, do you use Mail?" "Well, if I get it, then I must use it, right?"

Just for laughs, Apple should rename their mail program "racial slurs."
Re:marketing school by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-09 03:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Barney is the antichrist.
Barney teaches conformity and conformity is evil.
Barney is the antichrist.
Re:Mirror by p3d0 · 2004-02-09 04:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Question: how can one trust a BitTorrent link from an untrusted source? What's the best way to ensure you're getting the real deal?

--
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
Re:Totally brutal... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-09 06:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Word and Office are definitely straightforward, but how does the name Excel obviously imply a spreadsheet?