Firefox Zealotry August 3, 2006
When you really care about an idea, it’s easy to come off as a nutcase. It is vital to our cause that we not alienate civilians. This is not so important to them as it should be, but we have to respect that.
Christian posted:
“The religious language may be in jest, but the fact that Firefox “evangelism” has become like unto a religion ought to bother the Mozilla crew, and I’m disappointed to see Asa perpetuate the problem. Don’t love software - it can’t love you back. Recommend Firefox as a good alternative (on Win32, at least), but please don’t start using quasi-religious language, even if it is in jest; it does nothing to help the MoFo’s image.”
I posted:
You’re 1000% right. If we become dismissable as “fanatics”, we will be.
While Firefox and the whole opensource movement inspire PASSION, let’s be careful to divert that passion ALWAYS into logical arguments… more
Firefox Wallpaper Mania August 2, 2006
Those of us who love Firefox, and I mean really love firefox, just can’t even of that clever, clever logo. It’s just so inspirational! Anyway, here’s a great (and funny) wallpaper, courtesy of gorgeous wallpaper… yay!
Get more great firefox wallpapers.
Yay, World FireFox Day July 20, 2006
From the very earliest of Spread Firefox days, we’ve been trying to find ways to make it as easy as possible to spread the word. We’ve got a great affiliates program for people with blogs and websites, we’ve pushed the envelope with amazing campaigns like the New York Times promotion, and we’ve harnessed the talents of creative types worldwide to capture the Firefox message in 30 second commercials with Firefox Flicks.
We’ve relied heavily on blog posts and buttons but to date, we haven’t made it easy enough for “regular users” to spread the word. That’s all about to change with World Firefox day.
Today we’re launching a new program that will make it super-easy for each and every Firefox user to rescue one more person from the pain and perils of surfing the web with an oudated and unsafe browser. This new site, located at World Firefox Day will guide users through the simple steps of 1. selecting one person (and only one person) who needs to be saved. 2. inviting them to download and install Firefox. 3. registering to have both of their names listed and celebrated in an interactive display inside of the Firefox 2 program… more
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