Dan Lorimer

Firebird becomes FireFox

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Firebird becomes FireFox

http://www.mozilla.org

February 9, 2004 7:48 AM from

Mozilla have announced the release of their new name for their next generation web browser Firebird.
Firefox is the new name chosen by Mozilla as it is "similar to Firebird. It's easy to remember. It sounds good. It's unique. We like it".
The name change comes from a legal issue regarding the use of firebird by another open source project that already holds rights to the name, and Mozilla felt the change would stop any confusion before it has began.

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Reply #26 February 11, 2004 2:26 PM from

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I've added a ton of optimized builds to the server.

Reply #27 February 11, 2004 2:31 PM from

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in what way is avant better?

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Reply #28 February 12, 2004 8:13 PM from

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Hey Scratch

The full screen modes rock.

The mouse browsing features are great.

The pop-up AND ad-blocker has been very effective for me.

Favorites are linked dynamically to I.E. and vise versa, I still use it occasionally.

The ability to disable almost anything on the fly, such as flash, activeX, scripts, etc.

I haven't come across a site yet that it doesn't work with.

Just an all around great browser...

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