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Message: <blockquote data-quote="akilar25" data-source="post: 7386395" data-attributes="member: 167921">Early history  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix0.1.PNG" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Phoenix0.1.PNG/200px-Phoenix0.1.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix0.1.PNG" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Phoenix 0.1, the first official release    <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_1.0_front_page_screenshot.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Mozilla_Firefox_1.0_front_page_screenshot.png/200px-Mozilla_Firefox_1.0_front_page_screenshot.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_1.0_front_page_screenshot.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Firefox 1.0, the first release targeted for general public   Hyatt, Hewitt and Ross's browser was created to combat the perceived <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bloat" target="_blank">software bloat</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Suite" target="_blank">Mozilla Suite</a> (codenamed, internally referred  to, and continued by the community as SeaMonkey), which  integrated features such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" target="_blank">IRC</a>, mail and news, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG" target="_blank">WYSIWYG</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML" target="_blank">HTML</a> editing  into one software suite. Firefox retains the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform" target="_blank">cross-platform</a> nature of the original Mozilla  browser, using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUL" target="_blank">XUL</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface_markup_language" target="_blank">user interface markup language</a>.  The use of XUL makes it possible to extend the browser's capabilities  through the use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add-on_%28Mozilla%29" target="_blank">extensions</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_%28computing%29" target="_blank">themes</a>. The development and installation processes of  these add-ons raised security concerns, and with the release of Firefox  0.9, the Mozilla Foundation opened a Mozilla Update website containing  "approved" themes and extensions. The use of XUL sets Firefox apart from  other browsers, including other projects based on Mozilla's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_%28layout_engine%29" target="_blank">Gecko</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layout_engine" target="_blank">layout  engine</a> and most other browsers, which use interfaces native to  their respective platforms (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeon" target="_blank">Galeon</a> and  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28browser%29" target="_blank">Epiphany</a> use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B" target="_blank">GTK+</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon" target="_blank">K-Meleon</a>  uses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Classes" target="_blank">MFC</a>; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino" target="_blank">Camino</a>  uses <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_%28API%29" target="_blank">Cocoa</a>). Many of these projects were started before Firefox,  and probably served as inspiration. Although the Mozilla Foundation had intended to make the Mozilla  Suite obsolete and to replace it with Firefox, the Foundation continued  to maintain the suite until April 12, 2006<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a>  because it had many corporate users, as well as being bundled with  other software. The Mozilla community (as opposed to the Foundation)  continues to release new versions of the suite using the product name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey" target="_blank">SeaMonkey</a>  to avoid any possible confusion with the original Mozilla Suite. On February 5, 2004 the business and IT consulting company <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Management_Systems" target="_blank">AMS</a> categorized Mozilla Firefox  (then Firebird) as a "Tier 1" (meaning "Best of Breed") open source  product.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-keating-1" target="_blank">[2]</a>  This meant that AMS considered Firebird (as it was called at the time)  to be virtually risk-free and technically strong. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Mozilla_Firefox&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank">edit</a>] Naming The project which became Firefox started as an experimental branch of  the Mozilla Suite called m/b (or mozilla/browser). When  sufficiently developed, binaries for public testing appeared in  September 2002 under the name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29" target="_blank">Phoenix</a>. The Phoenix name was retained until April 14, 2003 when it was  changed (after a short stint as Phoenix Browser) due to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark" target="_blank">trademark</a>  issues with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS" target="_blank">BIOS</a> manufacturer, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies" target="_blank">Phoenix Technologies</a> (who produce a BIOS-based browser  called Phoenix FirstWare Connect). The new name, Firebird, was  met with mixed reactions, particularly as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebird_%28database_server%29" target="_blank">Firebird database server</a> already  carried the name. In late April, following an apparent name change to Firebird  browser for a few hours, the Mozilla Foundation issued an official  statement which stated that the browser should be referred to as Mozilla  Firebird (as opposed to just Firebird). Continuing pressure  from the Firebird community forced another change, and on February 9,  2004 the project was renamed Mozilla Firefox (or Firefox  for short). The name, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda" target="_blank">Firefox</a>", was chosen for its similarity to  "Firebird", but also for 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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[3]</a>  as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark" target="_blank">trademark</a>  with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office" target="_blank">United States Patent  and Trademark Office</a> in December 2003. This trademark process led to  a delay of several months in the release of Firefox 0.8 when the  foundation discovered that in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">UK</a> Firefox had already been registered<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[4]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linkrot" target="_blank">dead link</a>] as a trademark  for software by The Charlton Company.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[5]</a>  The situation was resolved when the foundation was given a license to  use Charlton's European trademark. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Mozilla_Firefox&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank">edit</a>] Branding and  visual identity  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_logo_history.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Mozilla_Firefox_logo_history.png/400px-Mozilla_Firefox_logo_history.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mozilla_Firefox_logo_history.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Various logos used during the development of Firefox   Early Firebird and Phoenix releases of Firefox were considered to  have had reasonable visual designs, but were not up to the same standard  as many professionally released software packages. In October 2003,  professional interface designer, Steven Garrity, wrote an article  covering everything he considered to be wrong with Mozilla's visual  identity.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-branding-mozilla-5" target="_blank">[6]</a>  The page received a great deal of attention. The majority of the  criticisms levelled at the article were along the lines of "where's the  patch?"[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>]  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deer_Park_Globe.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Deer_Park_Globe.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Blue globe artwork is distributed with Firefox  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code" target="_blank">source  code</a>, and is explicitly not protected as a trademark<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[7]</a>   Shortly afterwards, Garrity was invited by the Mozilla Foundation to  head up the new visual identity team. The release of Firefox 0.8 in  February 2004 saw the introduction of the new branding efforts,  including new icons designed by silverorange, a group of web developers  with a long-standing relationship with Mozilla, with final renderings by  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hicks_%28designer%29" target="_blank">Jon Hicks</a>, who had previously worked on  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino" target="_blank">Camino</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-branding-mozilla-followup-7" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-branding-firefox-8" target="_blank">[9]</a>  The logo was revised and updated later, fixing some flaws found when  the logo was enlarged.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-spot-the-difference-9" target="_blank">[10]</a> The animal shown in the logo is a stylized fox, although "firefox" is  considered to be a common name for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda" target="_blank">Red  Panda</a>. The panda, according to Hicks, "didn't really conjure up the  right imagery", besides not being widely known.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-branding-firefox-8" target="_blank">[9]</a>  The logo was chosen for the purpose of making an impression, while not  shouting out with overdone artwork. The logo had to stand out in the  user's mind, be easy for others to remember and stand out while not  causing too much distraction when among other icons. It was expected to  be the final logo for the product. The Firefox icon is a trademark used to designate the official  Mozilla build of the Firefox software, and builds of official  distribution partners.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[11]</a>  Although the core software is open source, the artwork, the <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/quality/qfa.html" target="_blank">Crash Reporter</a> until Firefox 3, and parts of the  installer, are not freely licensed without official permission from the  developers. For this reason, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian" target="_blank">Debian</a> and  other software distributors who distribute patched or modified versions  of Firefox do not use the icon. The crash reporting service switched  with version three, going from a program called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkback" target="_blank">Talkback</a>,  to the open source <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BreakPad" target="_blank">BreakPad</a> & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro" target="_blank">Socorro</a>.</blockquote>

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