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Deer Park Alpha - Firefox Nightly Build.

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Deranged
Deranged
(Sorry if this is a repost, I didn't find anything on here about it via google) Ok let me explain the situation, I like to keep up do date with my browzer, which is why i frequently download the Firfox Nightly Build (Scroll Down), But this time when I ran the installer I was greeted by a program by the name of Deer Park, which seems to have come right out of the nightly build and replaced firefox completely. It installed from the nitely build into the firefox folder, has the same version info as firefox, and behaves exactly like firefox. Why would they change the name of such a wonderful browzer to Deer Park Alpha 1, which I must say doesn't have the nice catch to it that Firefox does, It runs well, but why the sudden change, and is it an accident that i have gotten this from the nightly build? Also in the GDNet who's online, it says firefox by my name, same with many other checks like this. WTF 0.o Edit: Upon further review, it seems it is the code name for 1.1, but still unexpected. Still doesn't see right as it says 1.0 in the help screen.
nagromo
nagromo
It's probably just a joke by the developers; they've done other stuff like that (like the cookie description a while ago).
Rayno
Rayno
There is a actually a extension called Firesomething that will randomly rename firefox. I'm not saying thats what happened to you, I just thought it was cool.
Ilici
Ilici
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Original post by DerAnged

Why would they change the name of such a wonderful browzer to Deer Park Alpha 1, which I must say doesn't have the nice catch to it that Firefox does, It runs well, but why the sudden change, and is it an accident that i have gotten this from the nightly build?



When I read that I looked at the window title bar for Firefox and saw "Deer Park Alpha" and for a moment I panicked, went like "WTF! how can they do that?". Then i realized it was the thread title [smile]

BlackReign
BlackReign
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Original post by Ilici

When I read that I looked at the window title bar for Firefox and saw "Deer Park Alpha" and for a moment I panicked, went like "WTF! how can they do that?". Then i realized it was the thread title [smile]


Same. [smile]

Mavrick71
Mavrick71
I just downloaded it for fun, and when i ran into this
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"All I want to know is who the man is that looked at a cow and said "I think I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them."Calvin and Hobbes
Deranged
Deranged
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Original post by Mavrick71
I just downloaded it for fun, and when i ran into this
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Yeah, install it, i like it better than FF1.0, it has a lot of bug fixes ive noticed, like the page doesnt constantly shoot to the top when images are loading.
Colin Jeanne
Colin Jeanne
You download the nightlies but you dont read Mozillazine? *shakes head* You missed this.

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Deer Park Alpha 1 intentionally uses a codename rather than the Mozilla Firefox branding to dissuade end-users from downloading the preview (an end-user beta will be available closer to the final 1.1 release).
Drakkcon
Drakkcon
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Original post by nagromo
It's probably just a joke by the developers; they've done other stuff like that (like the cookie description a while ago).


I wondered about the 'cookies are delicious delicasies(sp?)' thing....

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