New Firefox Mascot 'Kit' Unveiled On New Web Page (firefox.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/2136253/new-firefox-mascot-kit-unveiled-on-new-web-page
- Source link: https://www.firefox.com/en-GB/kit/
Slashdot reader [2]BrianFagioli believes the new mascot "is meant to communicate that message in a warmer, [3]more relatable way ."
And Firefox is already [4]selling shirts with Kit over the pocket (as well as stickers)...
[1] https://www.firefox.com/en-GB/kit/
[2] https://www.slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[3] https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/firefox-kit-mascot-refresh/
[4] https://mozilla-na.myspreadshop.com/say+hi+to+kit!?collection=pFGwhvwYfR
Sure, do this instead of better tech (Score:3)
Mozilla is really broken.
Re: (Score:2)
Clippy is nothing compared to what's coming in the way of AI "companions". You could make Clippy go away for good. Let's see how that goes with this new wave coming.
Sorry, but no... (Score:2)
There is no new Firefox for OS/2, I will not supporting Kit.
This Kit has no Pockets. (Score:4, Funny)
> And Firefox is already selling shirts with Kit over the pocket (as well as stickers)...
Those shirts do not appear to have any breast pockets. The decoration is just on the base shirt front panel.
Mozilla said they were removing Pocket and they have kept their word.
Re: (Score:2)
OMG, LOL!
Remove a dimension (Score:2)
it's now Chrome's roadkill. Other than us, almost nobody uses it.
No. Why? (Score:2)
No. Why?
Clearly, This Was Mozilla's Most Pressing Issue (Score:2)
"Hey, everyone! Don't pay any attention to those [1]Japanese translators who'd been volunteering their time and expertise for the last 20 years that we just insensitively and comprehensively shit on... [slashdot.org] Look! New mascot logo! Giz cash..."
(Narrator: New revenues did not materialize.)
[1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/08/0754249/japanese-volunteer-translators-quit-after-mozilla-begins-using-translation-bot
Lack of Mozilla Focus (Score:2)
A decade of micro-features or no forward movement for HTML, JavaScript and HTTP.
The Mozilla Foundation could push for better web standards, better web programming languages and improvements so that developing for the web does not require a 5,000 file framework for a hello world application.
We have known since the 1960s that typeless variables introduce whole classes of programming errors that a more strongly typed language avoids at compile time. Yet, JavaScript and the layers on top of it such as TypeScri