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How will it create confusion? Nobody types moz:// in regular usage, so this only effects you if you are specifically looking for an easter egg or something.

a012 10y ago
I didn't think to type moz:// but I'm starting to read "moz" instead of "mozilla" now.
- wlkr 10y ago
  Same here, although perhaps that's because for some unknown reason internally I've always said dot-dot-slash-slash for :// so it's odd trying to read it as 'ill'. I don't expect the protocol logo will appear in print form in text very often though so it's not an issue.
- puredlx 10y ago
  The guys from moz.com will be happy about that.
acqq 10y ago
In the comments, JR Conlin: "REALLY ought to register "moz" with IANA as well. Otherwise it might pop up as a "real" protocol declaration in the future and we might have a conflict. We can just reserve the prefix so that it's not available for general use. " But it's just marketing. Marketing "decisions" change all the time, and the approaches are discarded forever. And we all have one more technical debt. Let the marketoids do what they do, just keep them as away as possible.
mtgx 10y ago
You don't think at the very least older people will see Moz://a and try to type that into the browser's address bar? Also, Moz.com should expect a huge increase in its revenues soon. I imagine they already have the celebration party planned for the weekend.
- toxican 10y ago
  I don't think older people know/care about Mozilla. Hell these days I'm not sure younger people do either, unfortunately.
  - PKop 10y ago
    In other words, how does this logo help to generate interest in the company Mozilla, then? If the goal wasn't to generate interest in the company, what was the goal?
- slig 10y ago
  > Also, Moz.com should expect a huge increase in its revenues soon. How so? People "savvy" enough to type "moz://a" on a search bar aren't the same type of people interested in the services of a SEO company.
  - toyg 10y ago
    The opposite might well be true: people believing seo is a real thing tend to be the unsavvy ones. Moz.com should throw a party.
dkresge 10y ago
It does tend to bork the unified search bar.

a012 10y ago

I didn't think to type moz:// but I'm starting to read "moz" instead of "mozilla" now.

wlkr 10y ago
Same here, although perhaps that's because for some unknown reason internally I've always said dot-dot-slash-slash for :// so it's odd trying to read it as 'ill'. I don't expect the protocol logo will appear in print form in text very often though so it's not an issue.
puredlx 10y ago
The guys from moz.com will be happy about that.

acqq 10y ago

In the comments, JR Conlin: "REALLY ought to register "moz" with IANA as well. Otherwise it might pop up as a "real" protocol declaration in the future and we might have a conflict. We can just reserve the prefix so that it's not available for general use. " But it's just marketing. Marketing "decisions" change all the time, and the approaches are discarded forever. And we all have one more technical debt. Let the marketoids do what they do, just keep them as away as possible.

mtgx 10y ago

You don't think at the very least older people will see Moz://a and try to type that into the browser's address bar? Also, Moz.com should expect a huge increase in its revenues soon. I imagine they already have the celebration party planned for the weekend.

toxican 10y ago
I don't think older people know/care about Mozilla. Hell these days I'm not sure younger people do either, unfortunately.
- PKop 10y ago
  In other words, how does this logo help to generate interest in the company Mozilla, then? If the goal wasn't to generate interest in the company, what was the goal?
slig 10y ago
> Also, Moz.com should expect a huge increase in its revenues soon. How so? People "savvy" enough to type "moz://a" on a search bar aren't the same type of people interested in the services of a SEO company.
- toyg 10y ago
  The opposite might well be true: people believing seo is a real thing tend to be the unsavvy ones. Moz.com should throw a party.

dkresge 10y ago

It does tend to bork the unified search bar.