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The Mozilla Foundation reassured them that the browser would always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion. After further pressure, Mozilla Firebird became Mozilla Firefox on February 9, 2004. The name Firefox was said to be derived from a nickname of the red panda, which became the mascot for the newly named project.
- November 9, 2004; 18 years ago
The name "Firefox" (a reference to the red panda) was chosen for its similarity to "Firebird", and its uniqueness in the computing industry. To ensure that no further name changes would be necessary, the Mozilla Foundation began the process of registering Firefox as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in December 2003.
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In the early 1990s, a young man named Marc Andreessen was working on his bachelor’s degree in computer science at the University of Illinois. While there, he started working for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. During that time Sir Tim Berners-Lee released an early form of the web standards that we know today. Marc was introduce...
In January 1998, Netscape open-sourced the code of the Netscape Communicator 4.0 suite. The goalwas to “harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the Internet by incorporating their best enhancements into future versions of Netscape’s software. This strategy is designed to accelerate development and free distribution by Netscape of ...
As noted above, Firefox currently has the lowest market share in its recent history. There was a time when a bunch of browsers were based on Firefox, such as the early version of the Flock browser). Now most browsers are based on Google technology, such as Opera and Vivaldi. Even Microsoft is giving up on browser development and joining the Chromiu...
Jul 18, 2011 · Sadly, Firebird (Opens in a new window) is the name of an open source database server -- and so by the time version 0.8 rolled around, Mozilla was yet again compelled to change its browser's name ...
Firefox OS [4] (project name: Boot to Gecko, also known as B2G) [5] is a discontinued open-source operating system – made for smartphones, [6] tablet computers, [7] smart TVs, [8] and dongles designed by Mozilla and external contributors.
- February 21, 2013; 10 years ago
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- 2.2.0 / April 29, 2015; 8 years ago
Mozilla Firefox - Brand Name FAQ Why change the name? To avoid overlap. The colloquial name "Firebird" is also in use by another open source project. While we don't believe our use of the Firebird name infringed on their trademark, we wanted to be responsive to the concerns of fellow open source developers. Why has it taken so long?
May 9, 2013 · September 23, 2002: Phoenix 0.1 is released, the first version of a browser that will be renamed to Firebird and then Firefox. Share in the comments any memories you have of this event, photos of any t-shirts from this period or any other interesting pieces from this time in Mozilla’s history. The information shared here will help us visually ...
