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Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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.

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  1. firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    why the frequent name changes?

  2. damn by relrelrel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I just submitted this. Anyhoo, Firebird is/was? a great browser. It's just so simple and quick and feels really lite that it's a pleasure to use. One thing I would like, though, would be an automatic reload on right-click like Opera has got. Does anyone know of any plugins for this?

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  3. On really! by tobybuk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For god sake - It's a bloody difficuly sell when the bloody name keeps changing.

    Now I have to tell people that the Mozilla Browser was dead, was called FireBird and is now named after a 80's film.

    We should keep a book on what the next releases name will be.

  4. I'm just thinking... by ernstp · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Clint Eastwood and a big, sturdy, russian plane!

    ..what about that, don't they have a trademark on their movie?

  5. There must be Mozilla Gnomes by castlec · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1.)Change name of existing open source project with every release
    2.)????
    3.)Profit!!

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  6. Maybe they should have called it the MicroFox? by darthcamaro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    MSIE sucks. Too bad they couldn't have chosen something more descriptive

  7. Re:Crash and burn by Queuetue · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's not a sign of anything at all. Firebird(fox) is a technology preview. If you want a stable browser that installs clean, look at Netscape's Navigator.

    Both Mozilla and Firefox are intended for developers and testers that know that upgrading means lots of broken stuff, not end users.

  8. slashdotted by balster+neb · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Mozilla.org seems to be real slow now. Try downloading from the mirrors. Out of the mirrors, this one seems to be updated.