63976 - Front page incorrectly describes Mozilla as "a web browser"

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

In the "Download" section:

"Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, 
performance and portability. "

I suggest "Mozilla is an open-source internet applications framework, designed 
etc..."

Gerv

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Dawn, you have permissions to change the front page - could you fix this?

Gerv

Comment 2

[Henri Sivonen (:hsivonen)]

Is mozilla.org losing its focus? Wasn't *the browser* supposed to be the main thing and 
the framework a by-product?

Comment 3

[Dawn Endico]

agreed with henri. "internet applications framework" has about zero
information content. marking wontfix

Comment 4

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

I think we can just say something like "internet suite".  It's better to be
vague than misleading.

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

I think Shaver, for one, would argue with you that the browser is the main focus 
:-) Whatever, "a web browser" does not do Mozilla justice, and we need a 
different wording. I'm quite happy with anything else anyone comes up with - 
"internet applications suite" or whatever sounds fine.

Gerv

Comment 6

[Mitchell Baker]

I agree this ought to be changed to something.  Agree with Dawn that we don't
have the right phrase yet.  I'm sure we can come up with something.  Asking Dawn
to reopen.

Comment 7

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Reopening at mitchell's request, on Dawn's behalf :-)

Gerv

Comment 8

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

So can we go with "internet suite"?

Gerv

Comment 9

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

Maybe we can say internet suite and list the apps afterwards.  The right column
is shorter than the left.

Comment 10

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Er... what's happening on this bug? Are we going with "internet suite", or does 
that get a thumbs down from anyone important?

Gerv

Comment 11

[timeless]

see also netbeans.org which had the same problem w/ their netbeans core api and 
their netbeans ide product. news://news.netbeans.org/netbeans.nbdev iirc.

aren't growing pains grand?

Comment 12

[James Cox]

this should be in the [e-mail] component.

Comment 13

[Brant Gurganus]

looks like the vocabulary has changed so marking fixed.