The book Mozilla
The Book of Mozilla is a fictional book of the Bible , from which on a screen in the form of a computer Easter Eggs in both Netscape Navigator and in the web browsers of Mozilla is quoted.
About The Book of Mozilla
The name The Book of Mozilla is based on the names of biblical books . If you type about: mozilla typing in the address field of the browser are different, the books of the New Testament of the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation reveals similar quotes. Different versions of the web browser show different text passages. So far there are eight different passages.
The book is named after Mozilla , a green lizard who is the mascot of Netscape . The Mozilla project was later named after this lizard, but it got a red dinosaur as its mascot .
The Internet Explorer shows in versions 4.0 to 6.0 (up to SP1) on the first call a dark blue screen if about: mozilla is called there. It's probably based on a blue screen . (As of SP2, the text "mozilla" is displayed because Internet Explorer up to version 7 interprets and displays when you enter "about:" followed by HTML code) If the page is reloaded, it cannot be found become. The Easter Egg will only work again after restarting the browser.
The verses of the book of Mozilla
The book of Mozilla, 12:10
The book Mozilla first appeared in version 1.1 of Netscape (before that, typing about: mozilla produced the text “Mozilla Rules!”) And stayed up to version 4.8. The following prophecy was displayed:
And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days.
from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10
“And let the beast appear, surrounded by a dark cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers is to be razed to the ground and its inhabitants burned to ashes. Your tags should flash until the end of the day. "
The "beast" is Netscape. The punishments for the "infidels" (non-Netscape users) are biblical in style. The term "should flash until the end of days" is interpreted by many as a reference to the controversial <blink>- HTML tag , which was introduced in an earlier version of Netscape. This proprietary HTML flashing extension was seen as annoying and ugly - so it wasn't a very desirable punishment. In a document on the official Mozilla website, however, a different explanation is given (although only there in the page source text): This expression is intended to warn bad web designers, because in Netscape up to version 3 incorrect HTML tags were flashing when they were used with the internal source -Viewer looked at. The chapter and verse number 12:10 refer to the date Netscape 1.0 was released on December 10, 1994.
The book of Mozilla, 3:31
All versions of Netscape from 6.0 were based on the source code of Mozilla and had the following message, which could also be found in the Mozilla browser:
And the beast shall be made legion . Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold. The din of a million keyboards like unto a great storm shall cover the earth, and the followers of Mammon shall tremble .
from The Book of Mozilla, 3:31
(Red Letter Edition)
“And the animal should form an army. Their number should grow to a fellowship of a thousand thousand. The noise of a million keyboards should envelop the earth like a great storm, and the followers of Mammon should tremble. "
Again, the "beast" is Netscape. The text probably refers to Netscape's hope, by publishing the source code, to attract hosts of developers around the world who would improve the software with the "noise of a million keyboards". The mammon could refer to Microsoft since Microsoft's Internet Explorer was its main competitor to Netscape (and since the word "mammon" or "ממון" in Hebrew means "money" that was used by Microsoft to destroy Netscape). The number 3:31 refers to March 31, 1998, when Netscape published its source code. This day can be considered important enough to get an entry in the "Book of Mozilla".
The Book of Mozilla, 7:15
The next quote was written by Neil Deakin and appears in all versions of Mozilla since July 2003 and in all versions of Netscape from 7.2 and Flock from version 2.0:
And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird . The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed , and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.
from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15
“And finally the beast fell and the unbelievers cheered. But not all was lost, for a large bird rose from the ashes. The bird stared down at the unbelievers and brought fire and thunder upon them. Because the beast has been reborn with new strength and the followers of Mammon crouched in fear. "
The case of the "beast" refers to the shutdown of Netscape by the parent company AOL (although AOL has re-released new versions of Netscape after this verse was written). The "big bird" that rose from the ashes is the Mozilla Foundation , which was created to sustain Mozilla's development. The bird that breathes "fire" is Mozilla Firebird (now Mozilla Firefox ) and the "thunder" is Mozilla Thunderbird . The development of both products has been particularly focused on Netscape's a few months before the end. The fact that the beast was "reborn" shows that the spirit of Netscape will live on in the foundation (which is made up entirely of ex-Netscape employees). The animal's strength has been "renewed" as the foundation is less dependent on AOL. That Mammon's supporters would crouch in fear could be an allusion to the fact that Mozilla is under a free license and that commercial providers ( Mammon = money) would therefore be inferior to it. The fact that the animal was reborn like a phoenix (from the ashes of its own company) could also refer to the earlier name of Firefox. The number 7:15 indicates July 15, 2003, the day Netscape closed and the Mozilla Foundation was established.
The book of Mozilla, 8:20
The next verse of the book Mozilla was written by Netscape's chief developer, Chris Finke . It was first distributed on June 5, 2007 with Netscape Navigator 9.0b1.
And thus the Creator looked upon the beast reborn and saw that it was good.
from The Book of Mozilla, 8:20
"And so the Creator looked at the born again animal and saw that it was good."
The "creator" is Netscape, the "reborn animal" the Mozilla Foundation, "that it was good" is a thank you to all employees. The "reborn animal" can also be understood as an indication that Netscape wants to carry out the browser development itself again; Version 8, however, was programmed by Mercurial Communications. The verse number 8:20 points to August 20, 2006, when an email was sent internally by Netscape in which the possibility of developing the next browser version of the Netscape Navigator was mentioned for the first time.
The book of Mozilla, 8:23
Another verse is hidden as an Easter egg in the HTML editor Nvu . You can get it by going to “About Nvu” in the “Help” menu item and then clicking on “Acknowledgments” while holding down the Shift key . The website on which the verse is written opens in the browser . Unlike the other verses, this one is purple instead of red, which is due to the color of the Nvu logo.
The elementals fought and sent back the armies of Mammon to the inner world. The scribe ended the inspired parchments, letting the believers cry over that new view on Earth. Long after the thunder and the fire , came the sun and finally the long awaited rainbow ...
from The Book of Mozilla, 8:23
“The elemental forces fought and pushed the armies of Mammon back into the inner world. The scribe completed the inspired parchments and the believers sobbed at the new view of the world. Long after the thunder and the fire came the sun and finally the long-awaited rainbow ... "
Sun, Fire and Thunder are italic and larger. This is due to the beginning of the name of the three most famous Mozilla products ( Sun bird, Thunder bird and Fire fox).
The book of Mozilla, 11: 1
The new verse 11.1 of the book Mozilla can be read in the Flock Browser 1.0+ (no longer from version 2.0), a "social web browser" based on Firefox. It's white on a blue background.
And when the Beast had taken the quarter of the Earth under its rule, a quarter hundred Birds of Sulfur flew from the Depths. The birds crossed hundreds of mountain views and found twenty four wise men who came from the stars. And then it began, the believers dared to listen. Then, they took their pens and dared to create. Finally, they dared to share their deed with the whole of mankind. Spreading words of freedom and breaking the chains, the birds brought deliverance to everyone.
from The Book of Mozilla, 11: 1
“And when the beast had taken control of the quarter of the earth, a quarter of a hundred sulfur birds fled the depths. The birds crossed hundreds of mountain views and found twenty-four wise men who came from the stars. And then the believers dared to hear. Then they took their pens and dared to create. At last they dared to share their deed with all of humanity. Spreading words of freedom and breaking chains, the birds brought redemption to everyone. "
The verse number indicates November 1, 2007, the release date of version 1.0 of the Flock browser. Mountain views could represent a reference to the city of Mountain View , in which the headquarters of the Mozilla Corporation is located.
The book of Mozilla, 11: 9
The verse can be read in the final versions of Firefox 3 to 20 and in the Songbird media player .
Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes . And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words , and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower.
from The Book of Mozilla, 11: 9
(10th Edition)
“The mammon was sleeping. And the reborn beast spread on the earth and grew into an army. And they proclaimed the times and offered the fruits of the harvest to the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image, as promised by the holy words, and talked about the beast with their children. The mammon woke up and behold! He was nothing but an imitator. "
The verse number indicates November 9, 2004, when Firefox 1.0 was officially released.
The book of Mozilla, 15: 1
The verse first appeared in the final version of Firefox 21.
The twins of Mammon quarrelled. Their warring plunged the world into a new darkness , and the beast abhorred the darkness. So it began to move swiftly , and grew more powerful, and went forth and multiplied. And the beasts brought fire and light to the darkness.
from The Book of Mozilla, 15: 1
“Mammon's twins quarreled. Their war plunged the world into a new darkness, and the beast loathed the darkness. So it began to move in a hurry, and it got bigger, and it went forward and multiplied. And the animal brought fire and light into the darkness. "
The "twins of Mammon" refers to Apple and Google , whose mobile operating systems iOS and Android together held a duopoly. The "new darkness" refers to the fact that the respective app stores are closed systems, in contradiction to the free software movement . The "hasty" movement alludes to the accelerated development cycle of Firefox. "Moved forward and multiplied" refers to the fact that Firefox "multiplied" through Firefox OS and a browser version for the Android platform.
The verse number indicates January 15, 2013, when the Firefox OS 1.0 source code was frozen .
The book of Mozilla , 11:14 am
The verse was added to the source code on September 22, 2017 and appeared in the final version of Firefox 57.
The Beast adopted new raiment and studied the ways of Time and Space and Light and the Flow of energy through the Universe. From its studies, the beast fashioned new structures from oxidized metal and proclaimed their glories. And the Beast's followers rejoiced, finding renewed purpose in these teachings.
from The Book of Mozilla, 11:14 am
“The animal took on a new garb and studied the nature of time, space and light and the flow of energy through the universe. Thanks to his teachings, it formed structures from oxidized metal and proclaimed their fame. And the followers of the beast rejoiced and found new meaning through these teachings. "
The verse refers to significant changes in Mozilla's Quantum project, culminating in version 57. "Time" and "space" refer to the project itself, "flow" to the Quantum Flow project . “A new garment” and “light” refer to the Photon project , a redesign of the user interface. As part of the Quantum project, the first component from the servo engine was integrated into Firefox. Servo is written in Rust , referring to "oxidized metal".
The verse number refers to November 14th, 2017 when Firefox 57 was released.
Web links
- The Book of Mozilla , 8:23 (English)
- Easter Eggs: Laying eggs in the data thicket . Spiegel Online netzwelt, including about Das Buch Mozilla
- Excerpts from the book Mozilla - a compilation of official and unofficial passages from the book Mozilla
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michelle Slatalla: User's Guide; It's Time to Hunt For Easter Eggs . In: The New York Times , April 9, 1998. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
- ↑ Firefox hacks . O'Reilly Japan, 2005, p. 279 (Retrieved January 3, 2008).
- ↑ Stan Miastkowski: Find software Easter eggs . In: PC World , April 1, 2003. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
- ↑ Scott Granneman: Don't Click on the Blue E !: Switching to Firefox . O'Reilly, 2005, p. 284 (Retrieved January 3, 2008).
- ↑ Ian S. Graham: xhtml 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook: Building Better Sites and Applications . John Wiley, 2000, p. 293 (Retrieved January 3, 2008).
- ↑ mozilla.org
- ↑ NVU 1.0 . In: Easter Eggs - the programmers' hidden gimmicks . ( svensoltmann.de [accessed on March 27, 2018]).
- ^ A b Johnathan Nightingale: Bug 830767 - we should implement a new about: mozilla text for B2G. January 15, 2013, accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ^ Mozilla: Release Management / B2G Landing - MozillaWiki. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Mozilla developer: Quantum Flow. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Martin Brinkmann: Firefox Photon: new design mockups show interface, and more. gHacks.net, March 31, 2017, accessed September 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Mozilla developer: Stylo. Retrieved November 17, 2017 .