New PGP key

I've created a new PGP key, since my old one expired on 5 November 2004. You can access my public key here. I have revoked my old key, so you will need to update your keyrings.

New Netscape project shades of Firefox

More specifically, it's based on Firefox. According to MozInfo701, AOL's Netscape division is creating a new version of their trademark browser, titled as "Netscape Browser". This new web browser will be based on Firefox code, much as the Netscape Communicator suite is based off of Mozilla 1.x code. Posters on mozillaZine have compared this to a Gecko-based Netscape Navigator.

The prototype browser will be available for testing on 30 November 2004. This program is (so far) "hidden" behind AOL's ScreenName servicel; however, if you have an AIM account, you should also have a ScreenName account, so check it out, if you're interested. The one-time registration code is prototype1104.

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released on 9 November 2004

Yes, I know I'm a little late on this one, but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I didn't say anything.

Firefox, for those who don't know, is a stand-alone web browser based off of the Mozilla Project, an open-source, standards-compliant web browser, email client, and application suite. Firefox started out it's life as a concept called the "Mozilla Browser" (as opposed to the "Mozilla Application Suite", the concept name for the Seamonkey project -- what most people think of when they hear the word "Mozilla"), which then became the Phoenix project. When the naming scheme changed over to the current one, Phoenix was renamed to Firebird. However, another open-source project with the same name was discovered, so to prevent confusion, Mozilla Firebird's name was again changed to "Mozilla Firefox".

More information -- and a more detailed history (I only glazed over the events for the purposes of this post) -- on Mozilla Firefox can be found in the Wikipedia article. For the record, the next milestone for Firefox -- 1.1 -- is currently planned for March 2005.