Firefox [SEP] named after
from the Firebird database software project. The Mozilla Foundation reassured them that the browser would always bear the name Mozilla Firebird to avoid confusion. After further pressure, Mozilla Firebird became Mozilla Firefox on February 9, 2004. The name Firefox was said to be derived from a nickname of the red panda, which became the mascot for the newly named project.
The Firefox project went through many versions before version 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004. For the abbreviation of Firefox, Mozilla prefers "Fx" or "fx
For a period of time, Mozilla used code names which are mostly named after national parks to reference different versions of the Mozilla Firefox browser:
- Firefox 2.0: Bon Echo
- Firefox 3.0: Gran Paradiso
- Firefox 3.5: Shiretoko
- Firefox 3.6: Namoroka
- Firefox 4.0: Tumucumaque
- Firefox pre-beta: Aurora
- Firefox trunk builds: Nightly
- Nintendo often uses code names for new consoles. The best-known is that of Wii, which was code-named Revolution