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Mozilla backs down on browser name, 'Firebird' no longer is thy name...

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fishsponge

Posted: May 8 2003, 10:54 AM

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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134348,00.html

QUOTE (ZDNet)

10:20 Wednesday 7th May 2003
Paul Festa, CNET News.com

After a dispute over the name of its 'Firebird' browser, the open-source group appears to be going back to using its eponymous original title

After a heated war of words with a fellow open-source development group, Mozilla.org appears to be backing down on its use of the name "Firebird" for future releases of its browser.

The dispute began last month when Mozilla.org, the browser-development group funded by AOL Time Warner, announced it would change the name of the Phoenix version of its browser to "Firebird," and the "Minotaur" mail client to "Thunderbird."

But the group now appears to have changed course, returning its marketing focus to the Mozilla name.

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so first of all it was "Phoenix", then "Firebird", and now back to "Phoenix" again! oh well.... it's still a pretty good browser (hopefully).

has anyone played with the alpha version of Phoenix yet then?? :D

NTLDR	Posted: May 8 2003, 02:59 PM
User Level: 5 Group: Members Posts: 105 Member No.: 2 Joined: 14-February 03	Can't say I've tried the new versions, I've never liked it. Couldn't be much worse than 0.9 which we have here.

fishsponge	Posted: May 8 2003, 03:14 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	ok... version 0.9 was considerably worse than version 1.2.1 (which is what we have here). upgrade! :D did you mean you haven't tried the new version of mozilla? or phoenix? they are very different.

NTLDR	Posted: May 8 2003, 08:22 PM
User Level: 5 Group: Members Posts: 105 Member No.: 2 Joined: 14-February 03	I think Win32 version 1.2 was the newest I tried, and the rendering on that wasn't very good on that. I might go download it now. The liklyhood of the UWE ever upgrading from 0.9 is a billion to one.

fishsponge	Posted: May 8 2003, 11:16 PM
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 679 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-February 03	i would strongly suggest downloading Mozilla 1.4 beta, or better still - Phoenix! you can download phoenix here.

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