Name that Firefox port

Software Ports
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Although it is too early to suggest names. I couldn’t help myself:

Haifox
Aerofox

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Name and icon already exists: Bezilla.

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Fennec is the code name for Firefox for mobile devices, they called Android build, Maemo(!) build, and Windows Mobile build Fennec as far as I know.

They replaced Firefox for Android to new version codenamed fenix you know.

We can use (and it is default) Minefield branding as an unofficial development build.

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“Bezilla” no more. It should be new:

Haizilla

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Or even Haikuzilla/Haikozilla

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I have to express support for calling it Bezilla personally, as a nod to Be and the previous port. Makes me nostalgic for Seamonkey and the entire Mozilla suite as a whole.

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I don’t mind if we keep the name, but that icon is awful (no offence meant), it had always bothered me, unfortunately i can’t provide a better one, i’m not good at designing icons.

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Some proposed alternate brandings (besides Bezilla or Fennec):

  • Waltzilla
  • Clawzilla
  • Redpanda (Firefox is another name for red panda)
  • Bearcat (as in red bear-cat)
  • Kitsune (nine-tailed fox in Japanese mythology mentioned often in haikus)
  • Basan (a fire-breathing bird in Japanese mythology)
  • Haiga/Haigazilla
  • Redfox (commonly depicted fox species and what Mozilla often uses as a reference)
  • Corsac
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If it’s not going to be BeZilla, I like Bearcat (still got Be in it) and Redfox.

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The phrase “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” springs to mind :grinning:

Chris

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I have a soft spot for red pandas.

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Firefox is another name for… well, red panda

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Bezilla is good because people already knows the name and associate it with Firefox.

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:loudspeaker: Why!!!

It’s Firefox, so just call it that!

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Because it requires prior written permission from Mozilla: Distribution Policy for Mozilla Software

[…] if you make any changes to Firefox or other Mozilla software, you may not redistribute that product using any Mozilla trademark without Mozilla’s prior written consent and, typically, a distribution agreement with Mozilla. For example, you may not distribute a modified form of Firefox and continue to call it Firefox.

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Because Mozilla doesnt allows it. Now if you are interested, check Mozilla’s trademakrk policy regarding this topic for more info.

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I would really like it if there were no Be or Hai prefixes. Something original would be preferable.

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What about Corsac?

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LizardCore could be a codename for Gecko until official branding is approved.

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Well this is Haiku and no BeOS anymore …

But I can offer a name that cover a … khm, a s p e c i a l (f i r e) f o x

Vatasi va …

… Kurama !

He is the so called Kyubi (Nine Tails)

This way its name contains
HaiKu - in Kyu
Be - in bi

But of course Kurama - as he names himself - is also a good name for this rebranded Firefox.
Its logo/icon can be this such cute young version above.

Ok I know, it must be investigated and/or possibly asked for permission if it turns out it is copyrighted.
Kyubi I think it’s a regular japanese word - some might confirm it.
I am not certain Kurama is a generally used name or a new word like Naruto or Boruto.

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