![]() ![]() As might be expected with such an early release, Phoenix 0.1 was buggy, but nevertheless it was surprisingly functional with features such as toolbar customization already accounted for. The user interface itself was given a distinctive appearance with large orange buttons and icons. The first version of Phoenix-the "Firefox" name still being over a year away-was released to testers for Windows and Linux in September 2002.Ĭompared to Mozilla 1.0.1 or 1.1 (which were current at the time), the user interface of Phoenix was drastically simplified, with the inessential "Go" and "Window" menus removed along with the "Search" and "Print" toolbar buttons. The Mozilla e-mail client and HTML composer tools were re-developed as the standalone Thunderbird and Nvu applications in the same manner. ![]() Unlike the existing Mozilla suite-which included e-mail and HTML composer utilities in addition to the core browser-Phoenix was conceived as a standalone browser and nothing more (actually quite similar to Netscape Navigator 1.x and 4.0 in that respect), with attention focused instead on advantages in software size, performance, and customizability. This software originated in mid-2002 as an experimental branch off the existing Mozilla 1.x codebase, and used a number of codenames (initially "Phoenix") prior to the adoption of the "Firefox" name in February 2004. A Visual Browser History, from Netscape 4 to Mozilla Firefox Part 4: Phoenix, Mozilla Firebird, and Mozilla Firefox (2002-)įirefox is the next major step in the Mozilla story. ![]()
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