GNU bug report logs - #56464
browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 16:00:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 56464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 56464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56464: browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 19:50:55 +0200

On Jul 09 2022, Stefan Kangas wrote:

> Is there even a web browser called "Mozilla" around these days that is
> separate from "Mozilla Firefox"?

Apparently mozilla was the name of Netscape browser after it was open
sourced, before the Phoenix browser (now known as Firefox) was developed
from it.

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