Firebird renamed to Firefox. 0.8 available for download

[Asa Dotzler]

The Mozilla Foundation has renamed its next generation browser from the
code name Firebird to "Firefox" and has released version 0.8 - the best
preview yet.

The new release features streamlined downloading, an installer for
Windows users, a new aqua-rific theme for MacOS X users and numerous
other improvements. Mozillazine has full coverage
<http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4278>. For more
information about the name change read the FAQ
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.html> or read
the MozBlog post by Firefox lead Ben Goodger
<http://www.bengoodger.com/weblog/archives/cat_mozblog.shtml> which
provides some additional background.

Don't forget to read the release notes
<http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/>.

--Asa