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Mozilla (a.k.a. the Mozilla Suite or the Mozilla Application Suite and codenamed SeaMonkey) is a free, cross-platform Internet software suite, whose components include a web browser, an email client, an HTML editor and an IRC client. Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation based on the source for their Netscape Communicator, but the Mozilla Foundation now spearheads development.
1 Overview
The name Mozilla had been used internally for the Netscape Navigator web browser from its beginning. It was a contraction of Mosaic-killer, referring to the hope that the project would unseat Mosaic as the web's most popular browser, along with the name of the fictional monster Godzilla. Externally, the name was used only in the browser's HTTPHTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol is the primary method used to convey information on the World Wide Web. The original purpose was to provide a way to publish and receive HTML pages. Development of HTTP was co-ordinated by the World Wide Web Consortiu user-agent string and as the name of the company mascot, which took the form of a cartoonA cartoon is a form of art with diverse origins and even more diverse modern meanings. In its historical original meaning, a cartoon is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for a further artwork, such as a painting. However, cartoons were typicall lizardThis page is about Lizards the order of reptile. For alternate uses, see Lizard (disambiguation Many, see text. Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes. They are usually four-legged, with external ear openings and mova; for more information, see Mozilla (mascot)Mozilla was the mascot of the now disbanded Netscape Communications Corporation. Mozilla takes the form of a cute green and purple cartoon lizard. He was designed by Dave Titus in 1994. The name 'Mozilla' was already in use at Netscape as the codename for and The Book of MozillaMozilla Firefox 0. 8 The Book of Mozilla is a well-known computer Easter egg found in the Netscape and Mozilla series of browsers. About The Book of Mozilla There is no real book entitled The Book of Mozilla''. However, apparent quotations found in Netsca.
In MarchFor alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Named for Mars, the Roman god of war. In ancient Rome, March was called Martius. It was named after the war god ( Mars) and 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, Netscape released most of the code baseThe code base of a computer program is the source code that implements a program's core functionality. for its popular Netscape Communicator suite (including the Netscape Navigator browser) under an open source license. The name of the application developed from this would be Mozilla, coordinated by the newly-created Mozilla Organization, at the mozilla.org website.
Although the large parts (layout engine, all front-end related code etc.) of original Communicator code were abandoned shortly thereafter, the Mozilla organization eventually succeeded in producing a full-featured Internet suite that surpassed Communicator in both features and stability.
Under the AOL banner, Mozilla.org continued development of the browser and management of the Mozilla source until July 2003 when this task passed to the Mozilla Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit organisation composed primarily of developers and staff from mozilla.org and owns the Mozilla trademark (but not the copyright to the code, which is retained by the individual and corporate contributors, but licensed under the GPL and MPL). It received initial donations from AOL, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat and Mitch Kapor; however all official ties with AOL were severed following the announcement of the end of the Netscape Navigator browser and AOL's agreement to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in future versions of its AOL software. (AOL has since announced it will be using Mozilla's Gecko layout engine.)
Like many other large software projects, Mozilla itself has become a platform for other programs and libraries written in its domain specific programming environment. Extensions vary widely in complexity, ranging from simple JavaScript-based bookmarklets, to Mozilla feature extensions (such as support for mouse gestures and pie menus), to full-fledged standalone programs. A partial list of programs and extensions for the Mozilla platform can be found on the Mozdev.org website.
