“the name “firefox” comes from the red panda & the icon apparently from a fox, so you’re both right in a way.This repository contains a set of reusable assets for Mozilla's websites. “Would you mind putting that information in the other replies and in your FAQ section? This caused quite an argument between my girlfriend and I.” “hi, the logo is clearly depicting a fox – however the red panda (common name: firefox) is also a cute mascot for our browser” Is the information in the linked article correct? Did your designer draw a fox as it says or did you just start calling it a Red Panda because your are sponsoring 2 of them?” This clearly shows it to be a fox instead of a red panda.(….) the following link shows an article complete with concept art and quotes from your design team. “Ok so I know that not only have people asked this before and you have replied Red Panda. “The animal for which this computer program is named is actually a red panda. I have nothing against red pandas, but the truth is the truth, and there’s nothing we can do to deny it, and you want to know what the truth really is?Ī “Firefox” is another name for the red panda.”įrom Jeopardy! ( Episode #30.9 ~ Sept. Heck, the artist himself even was also inspired by seeing a Japanese brush painting of a fox while working on the logo design, and Mozilla’s mascots are often elemental animals (i.e. Many people donate to zoos that have all kinds of animals, but that doesn’t mean that a certain animal is their mascot instead of what themselves or the company they work for designed it to be. The whole ‘firefox is a red panda’ thing is just a coincidence from the red panda’s alternate name, and donating to red pandas at the zoo is just like what everyone else does when it comes to helping zoo animals by support. It’s like saying that a komodo dragon is a dragon when the fact is that it’s just a lizard and not a dragon. Just because ‘firefox’ is another name for the red panda doesn’t mean that Mozilla’s Firefox is a red panda. The logo was influenced by a painting of the scene found in the storybook.
The cornfields were burnt, and Samson was avenged. In the story about Samson, Samson had revenge against the Philistines who remarried his wife, by tying pairs of foxes together with flaming ropes and letting them go in the cornfields of the Philistines. The icon was inspired by a bible story picture book. To be honest, the Mozilla Firefox animal is officially a fox (Based on the red fox, or Vulpes Vulpes, to be exact).
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