{"id":8453,"date":"2017-07-22T19:09:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T02:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=8453"},"modified":"2017-07-22T19:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T02:20:55","slug":"mozilla-firefox-easter-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/mozilla-firefox-easter-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Firefox Easter Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know Mozilla Foundation started in 2003 after Netscape closed its browser division on July 15. If you type <strong>about:mozilla<\/strong> in the address box you well see the subliminal message from Mozilla. For example, in December 2007, the following verse appeared where the reference was made to the fire (Firefox) and thunder (Thunderbird) from the so-called <em>The Book of Mozilla, 7:15<\/em>. The numbers 7:15 referred to the date Netscape ceased to exist and Mozilla was born.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/about-mozilla-2007.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/about-mozilla-2007.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/about-mozilla-2007.png 667w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/about-mozilla-2007-300x89.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, if you type <strong>about:mozilla<\/strong> in Firefox, you will notice the following verse. The reference to Mozilla Firefox&#8217;s success is obvious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/mozilla-easter-eggs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/mozilla-easter-eggs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"726\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/mozilla-easter-eggs.png 726w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/mozilla-easter-eggs-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Book of Mozilla<\/em> is not really a book, it only contains verses poking fun at Netscape and contains subliminal messages about Netscape&#8217;s battle against Microsoft Internet Explorer and the rise of Phoenix (Firefox&#8217;s original name) from the ashes of Netscape. For a\u00a0complete history of <em>The Book of Mozilla<\/em>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/book\/<\/a>. You will see the following 5 verses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/the-book-of-mozilla.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/the-book-of-mozilla.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/the-book-of-mozilla.png 684w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/the-book-of-mozilla-164x300.png 164w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/the-book-of-mozilla-560x1024.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The About pages in Firefox contain a bunch of Easter Eggs. Check them out by typing the following commands in Firefox&#8217;s address box.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About:About<\/li>\n<li>About:Config<\/li>\n<li>About:Crashes<\/li>\n<li>About:Credits<\/li>\n<li>About:Mozilla<\/li>\n<li>About:Permissions<\/li>\n<li>About:Robots<\/li>\n<li>About:Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mozilla&#8217;s blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/easter-eggs-come-from-foxes-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easter Eggs Come From Foxes, Too<\/a>\u00a0contains more details on these Easter Eggs. You can even run an instance of Firefox-in-Firefox in Firefox by typing <strong>chrome:\/\/browser\/content\/browser.xul<\/strong>. And if you really get bored and have nothing else to do, you can keep on typing\u00a0<em>chrome:\/\/browser\/content\/browser.xul <\/em>and it will keep on starting a Firefox Window inside Firefox, something like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/firefox-in-firefox.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/firefox-in-firefox.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/firefox-in-firefox.png 611w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/firefox-in-firefox-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e3e3; text-align: left;\">Thanks for reading my article. If you are interested in IT training &amp; consulting services, please reach out to me. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZubairAlexander.com<\/a> for information on my professional background.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana;\">Copyright \u00a9 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattlepro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SeattlePro Enterprises, LLC<\/a>. All rights reserved.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know Mozilla Foundation started in 2003 after Netscape closed its browser division on July 15. If you type about:mozilla in the address box you well see the subliminal message from Mozilla. 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