Firefox Extension Lets You Pick the Name

Rovaedne writes "Mozilla Firefox , the web browser formerly known as Firebird, formerly known as Phoenix, has a new extension which allows you to change the name to something palatable. The extension called Firesomething lets users change the name seen in the browser titlebar, Help menu, and About dialog, thus erradicating all traces of "Firefox" in Firefox (currently version 0.8). There is a name change FAQ, but it currently does not mention this extension. This extension should hopefully help curb some of the criticism that Mozilla has received from its most recent choice of name."

Comments

Actually

[PatrickThomson]

it's primary function is to randomise the browser name to avoid name clashes. I'm currently browsing in mozilla firebunny, for example.

Next step for microsoft

[peterprior]

1. Get Firefox
2. Change name to Internet Explorer
3. apply IE theme
4. Release as Internet explorer 7
5. Profi... oh ..wait... ;)

Re:Next step for microsoft

[Anonymous Coward]

It'd be easier to believe you worked in corporate if you could actually spell it.

Re:Next step for microsoft

[Anonymous Coward]

It'd be easier to believe you worked in corporate if you could actually spell it.

Actually, it wouldn't.

I'm calling mine slash dot.dot

[Amiga Lover]

I'm calling mine slash org dot.dot so I can use slash dot dot dot to go to aytch tee tee pee colon slash slash slash dot dot dot org... Because it's no sillier than 4 name changes in 12 months.

Better?

[geekster]

So now it has an infinite number of names? Great...

anti-branding.. i like it!

[plams]

Tech: Tech-support.. how may I help you?
Me: Hi, uhm... Well, I'm having trouble connecting to the internet..
Tech: *groan* Ok. What browser are you using?
Me: Eh.. It says firepanda..
Tech: Oh? Well, try opening it...
Me: Ok.... done
Tech: Now, in your.. firepanda window.. try find a menu called "preferences"
Me: Uhm.. firepanda?! it says crimsongazelle now..
Tech: *sigh*

Cool

[anonicon]

I really like this, hadn't know it existed. Now that I'm running FireBush, my entire browsing experience has become faster, leaner and a whole lot less intrusive.

Here's to hoping that the Mozilla hackers keep up the technical and political innovations. :-)

Re:On a more serious note, this extension is GREAT

[Anders]

At least my daughter was easier to set up.

Yeah, the initial set up is quite easy (especially if you are not the female). But just wait for your daughter to become a teenager.

New open-source strategy?

[plams]

Could this be used as legal immunity for linux? So, when SCO decides to sue someone for having an unlicenced linux kernel, they just reply with something like, "Sorry sir McNeal, but I checked this morning.. and what do you know, we actually run Mozillix, Fenix and Bollox... but not linux?"

Finally

[TooLazyToLogon]

Finally I can run Internet Explorer in Linux. Now if i can just get a name change extention for OpenOffice.org

Re:On a more serious note, this extension is GREAT

[ameoba]

Mozilla is, what we refer to, in theorerical computer science, as, 'Emacs Complete'. This means that it would be a fairly straightforward exercise to implement Emacs in XUL.

The upshot of is is that, if somebody were ever able to implement Mozilla in a non-bloated way, we'd have a non-bloated Emacs & by extension, have non-bloated versions of countless other programs.