Finally! No more "You know, you should really get Firefox, it's super easy. First you need to go to this other website though. Yes, I know, I know. Just trust me, okay?"
Edge = Microsoft.com
Safari = Apple.com
Seems like Firefox is now the outlier, not the other way around.
Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name.
(Note: I’m not saying that I think it’s a bad thing.)
No one has to download Edge or Safari.
FTFY
If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.
Anecdotally, I’ve heard both people older and younger than you calling it Mozilla. And not tech-illiterate people, either.
Yeah, again, probably because tech-literate (not tech-illiterate) people are more likely to know the history of the organization beyond when they started using the software. My point was pretty much that the know-nothing user learning about the software today/recently knows it's called Firefox and might never have heard of Mozilla. The branding is clear about Firefox and the Mozilla name is essentially background knowledge.
Then they made a trimmed-down version of the browser with only essential features. That was initially called Phoenix, then Firebird, then Firefox. They did the same with the email client and called it Thunderbird. These existed alongside Mozilla Browser for a while until it was discontinued.
Can you imagine the cheesy user-agent strings we'd have?
> Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name.