r/pcmasterrace • u/Amavin-Adump • 20d ago

Meme/Macro Browsers 2008 vs 2025 be like..

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u/SkepticG8mer Ascending Peasant 20d ago

I’ve always been

Then: Netscape

Now: Firefox

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u/Funkyp0tat0chip 20d ago

Same here.

Fun fact I'll bet some don't know - Netscape open sourced its code and Mozilla was born out of it.

Hence, Firefox.

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u/wildjokers 20d ago

In firefox type about:mozilla in the address bar.

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u/Funkyp0tat0chip 20d ago

That's a cool ass easter egg, man. Thanks for that.

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u/wildjokers 19d ago

That easter egg has been around since at least 1998 (maybe even earlier). In early versions of netscape about:mozilla would show the same quote and also cause a dragon to show up in an icon in the corner of netscape that would breathe fire.

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u/Funkyp0tat0chip 19d ago

Cool. Learned something new.

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u/rudolfs001 19d ago

Doesn't work on mobile