Talk:History of Mozilla Firefox

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To-do list for History of Mozilla Firefox: edit · history · watch · refresh
  • Table in "Release history" section:
  • Inconsistent lines between columns—some are only present towards the end.
  • Maybe a different color for non-public releases? (release candidates, etc.)

Contents

[edit] Delicious delicacies

Removed IRC quote. Reasons below. - Ekevu (talk) 19:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Doesn't sound verifiable... IRC logs aren't authoritative.
  • Not neutral. Apparently Connor was present to rebuff, and rebuff isn't there.
  • Really, what was Ross' opinion on it? It only says Ross liked the quote, but doesn't even state clearly if he was favourable to it.
  • "Inspiring to note over IRC?" This quote doesn't sound all that insightful.


[edit] Note about "Branding and visual identity"

I've made a slight change to the section about branding and visual identity, because the conditions for using the Firefox branding were a little bit misleading. About a year ago I e-mailed the Firefox people about using the official branding for my own build – basically, unmodified source code, but built using i486 bytecode and packaged Slackware-style, and got the following response from Gervase Markham at Mozilla [1]:

Martin Ultima wrote:
> I am a Linux developer and have recently been maintaining my own system
> called "Ultima Linux."  One of the programs I wish to include is
> Firefox.  Before now, I've just been using a custom build I made a while
> ago that doesn't have any of the official branding or anything (I hope
> this isn't against your use policies, if it is I most humbly apologize),
> but recently I decided to build it again with the official branding so
> that it would be more prominent and to show that this was the "real
> deal."  (I haven't distributed this build yet, although I have been
> using it on my own machines for now.)
>
> Anyway, would it be possible for me to get permission to distribute my
> build?

This looks fine. :-)

We are currently reviewing how best to meet the needs of Linux
distributions, so the way this works may change in future. However, in
the mean time, please go ahead - your build is basically the same as ours.

Gerv

I'll be more than happy to forward a copy of the original message to anyone who wants to see it, just leave a note on my talk page or send me an e-mail.

multima 17:22, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problems in Firefox

I don't know why, but this page misrenders in Firefox 1.5.0.6, with the image overlapping the text. This is probably a bug in either Firefox or MediaWiki. --81.183.88.34 12:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TOC

The TOC has been removed from the top of the main article, and so:

  • A header pointing to the main article has replaced the TOC here.
  • The TOC has been changed to a lower priority FF community TOC, and reinserted in the main article

Widefox 14:36, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original Phoenix Logo

I vaguely remember a white angel-like logo when I first started using Phoenix. I could be mistaken. Can anyone confirm this and find that logo if it exists?

Is this it? Jecowa 09:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Firefox 2

Shouldn't there be a section on the developmental history of Firefox 2? Stephenchou0722 (talk) 20:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mozilla Firefox logo design.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mozilla Firefox logo history.png

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[edit] Mozilla Digital Memory Bank

Dear Wikipedia users,

I am a graduate research assistant at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. In recent years we have produced a number of online archives such as The September 11 Digital Archive (http://911digitalarchive.org/) and the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (http://www.hurricanearchive.org/). Our team is currently gathering digital documents related to Mozilla products for the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank (http://mozillamemory.org), and we are in the process of interviewing some of the lead members, former and present, of the Mozilla community.

I recently found your Mozilla/Firefox-related contributions located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Firefox. Given your involvement with Mozilla, we think your voice would be an excellent addition to the archive. If you are interested in having your perspectives added to the record, we can conduct the interview via Skype, instant messenger, or email—whichever method might fit your schedule and preferences best.

I have included below the first three questions of the interview in order to give you a sense of the process. For examples of completed interviews, please feel free to examine the interviews section (http://mozillamemory.org/browse.php?cat=interview) of our archive.

If you are interested in contributing your perspectives on the Mozilla community and its products, you can reach me by e-mail at gcheong@gmu.edu. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions regarding the interview process or the Mozilla Digital Memory Bank.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Best regards,

Giny Cheong
Gcheong (talk) 23:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for History and New Media (http://chnm.gmu.edu)
Department of History and Art History
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 1E7
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444


Interview Questions

When did you begin using computers? How did you get interested in computers?

What is your education background? Have you had formal computer training?

What’s the first programming project you remember working on?