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Stop Calling it FF by John Anderton on 11-15-2005 at 07:59 AM

quote:
How do I spell Firefox? How do I abbreviate it?

8. Firefox is spelled F-i-r-e-f-o-x - only the first letter capitalized (i.e. not FireFox, not Foxfire, FoxFire or whatever else a number of folk seem to think it to be called.) The preferred abbreviation is "Fx" or "fx".

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So stop calling it FF its Fx :P
RE: Stop Calling it FF by user27089 on 11-15-2005 at 08:01 AM

I don't see any major problems with calling it FF, apart from the fact I sometimes get confused and think people are talking about Final Fantasy (;p).

If people want to call it FF, then I think they should let them... I don't see why it is called Fx anyways :s...

I know it is all explained there, but what they're saying still makes no sense, if it is only one word, then it would be called "F" rather than Firefox. Plus, when you abbreviate you don't usually abbreviate the first and the last letters of the word to get "Fx", you usually abbreviated the most obvious letters... Either way "Firefox" seems like two words anyway, which is most probably why people called it FireFox or FF.

RE: Stop Calling it FF by Hank on 11-15-2005 at 08:04 AM

lots cal it FF , i dont really see any problem in calling it FF,

RE: Stop Calling it FF by Varish on 11-15-2005 at 08:09 AM

When u say it (Firefox) the 2 FF stand out, so imo, FF is better since people will understand it more easily...

Fx..? sounds like an effect or somethin...

RE: Stop Calling it FF by user27089 on 11-15-2005 at 08:10 AM

Isn't Fx then name of a television channel anyway? The Fox channel?

RE: Stop Calling it FF by Hank on 11-15-2005 at 08:41 AM

FX is really the name AMD use for there Cpu's an i dont know if it could really be called Fx

RE: Stop Calling it FF by John Anderton on 11-15-2005 at 09:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Varish
When u say it (Firefox) the 2 FF stand out, so imo, FF is better since people will understand it more easily...

Fx..? sounds like an effect or somethin...
True but thats what mozilla want apparently :S

I guess they want it to be Fx not FF cause FF is an established acronym for Final Fantasy. FirefoX :S
RE: Stop Calling it FF by Aeryn on 11-15-2005 at 02:33 PM

I always call it MF, it seems the most logical acronym to me.

RE: Stop Calling it FF by hmaster on 11-15-2005 at 02:50 PM

^true but FF sounds better. Fx is just wack, sounds like a version group like msn7x

RE: Stop Calling it FF by wj on 11-15-2005 at 04:16 PM

I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.

RE: Stop Calling it FF by stoshrocket on 11-15-2005 at 04:16 PM

maybe all you lazy, erm, people could just type Firefox instead of having to abbriviate it. This then leads to the bonus of having no-one be confused, not even people new to PC's who wouldnt understand the abbriviations meant FF for Firefox and IE for Internet Explorer, i know it took me a while to work out IE = Internet Explorer.... :D

RE: RE: Stop Calling it FF by Chris4 on 11-16-2005 at 01:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by wj
I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.

[Image: lol2.gif] Lmao your hilarious.

Who's stopping you :P
RE: Stop Calling it FF by MeEtc on 11-16-2005 at 02:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by traxor
Isn't Fx then name of a television channel anyway? The Fox channel?

No, their name is Faux News
RE: Stop Calling it FF by Hank on 11-16-2005 at 02:15 AM

in aussie its called Fox News Channel on the Foxtel paytv

RE: Stop Calling it FF by albert on 11-16-2005 at 02:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by wj
I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.

Agreed! :)
RE: Stop Calling it FF by surfichris on 11-16-2005 at 03:08 AM

quote:
Originally posted by wj
I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.
What about your image editing software?

http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop
RE: Stop Calling it FF by ddunk on 11-16-2005 at 03:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Boulton
quote:
Originally posted by wj
I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.
What about your image editing software?

http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop
Does Chris Boulton enjoy using the Adobe® Photoshop® software?
RE: Stop Calling it FF by prashker on 11-16-2005 at 04:24 AM

I call FX = IE because all my friends (that arent on this forum) they as what browser I use. I have to say IE because if I say FireFox/FX they are like "what is that" then I give them the download and explain how to use.

IE=Internal Error

IE, There everyone when you use it :P

RE: Stop Calling it FF by Underlord on 11-16-2005 at 04:27 AM

quote:
Originally posted by beamy-kitty
Everytime I see FF i think of Free Form...and everytime I see you guys type the word "emo" I cant help but think Of "elmo" from sesame street...This is all too dayum confusing I'm going back to bed...

I shall call My Firefox  "browser" there done~!
I shall call it Firefox. It's just as long as "browser" and much more descriptive.
RE: Stop Calling it FF by thc2010 on 11-16-2005 at 05:37 AM

I call it fireffox, becuase FF is already taken by Final Fantasy.. it would be too confusion to talk to some game maniac and say.. hey .. did you get the new version of FF?

"ohh yeah, ff is the best man, great pop up blocker, ad remover"

then the game dude will just be like:

"WTF are you talking about? pop up blocker? I was talking about FInal Fantasy X2"

im not trying to be funny, im just trying to tell you what would happen

RE: Stop Calling it FF by Chris4 on 11-16-2005 at 09:19 PM

If they want you to all it Fx, why have FF on the buttons?

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RE: Stop Calling it FF by Negro_Joe on 11-16-2005 at 09:29 PM

Im not sure, maybe just because they want to be confusing...:S

RE: RE: Stop Calling it FF by Salem on 11-16-2005 at 09:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Methos2
maybe all you lazy, erm, people could just type Firefox instead of having to abbriviate it. This then leads to the bonus of having no-one be confused, not even people new to PC's who wouldnt understand the abbriviations meant FF for Firefox and IE for Internet Explorer, i know it took me a while to work out IE = Internet Explorer.... :D

True, if we werent so lazy we wouldnt be having this conversation. And i agree that using the full names would make it so much easier for people new to PCs and especially Forums. I remember that i too didn't know that IE stood for Internet Explorer (and trust me that wasn't to long ago).

I must admit, i too have become lazy and have started using abbreviations. I guess once we get used to it and post on places like forums we assume everyone knows what we mean when we say things like IE, FF (or Fx), WMP, MSNMsgr, MsgPlus! etc.

But i must also say that i do not see why Mozilla want Firefox abbreviated to Fx. I saw that on there website a while back, and have since then tried to get into the habit of abbreviating as Fx and not FF. But it is very difficult.

quote:
Originally posted by chris4
If they want you to all it Fx, why have FF on the buttons?

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True, i've never come across the FF buttons, but you have a point there. Maybe they saw that people call Firefox FF and not Fx like that suggested, and thus modified the buttons. This is just a guess though
RE: Stop Calling it FF by lizard.boy on 11-16-2005 at 11:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wj
I'll call my browser what ever I damn well please.

Mozilla Firesomthing anyone?
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=31