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Celebrating #Firefox’s 20th birthday! 😍

Now at #MozFest ❤️🚀

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It was called Firebird in late 2003, and earlier that year it was called Mozilla.

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

I'm pretty sure it was Phoenix before it was Firebird. They had to change away from both names due to naming conflicts from other projects.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I've been here the entire time and I have never been thrilled.