Just type about:mozilla in the Firefox address bar and hit enter. You'll be pleasantly surprised to see a mysterious verse from the Book of Mozilla.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, 7:15It refers to the day when America Online shut down its Netscape browser division and the Mozilla Foundation was launched. Wikipedia has more information. [via Bored.com]
The "beast" falling refers to Netscape being closed down by its now parent company AOL. The "great bird" that rises from the ash is probably the Mozilla Foundation, which was established to continue Mozilla development. The "Mammon" is probably Microsoft, Mozilla's main commercial competitor.And here are a few other about: hidden pages in Firefox:
Type about: to get information about your current browser version.
Type about:credits to see a list of people who have contributed to the development of the browser.
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On installing this extension, you get access to the following cool about: links in the HELP > ABOUT menu:
about:config
about:plugins
about:
about:about
about:buildconfig
about:cache
about:cache(Disk)
about:cache(Memory)
about:credits
about:license
about:mozilla
about:kitchensink
about:myconfig
Apart from this humorous part of the extension (you know I'm tallking about the kitchensink), it has many many useful properties for the avid Firefox user.
Written on 30/11/06 11:08 AM
It's also in 1.5....
Written on 30/11/06 8:06 PM
This has been in Firefox since before it was called Phoenix, back in version 0.4 or 0.5 I believe.
Written on 30/11/06 8:44 PM
This has been known for ages.
Written on 30/11/06 9:01 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mozilla
Written on 1/12/06 12:12 AM
also
mozilla.org/book/
and
mozillazine.org/misc/about:mozilla
Written on 1/12/06 12:42 AM