As others have noted, it’s more of a fox wrapped around a globe — the icon made at a time when the competition (IE) had a circular icon which was an “e” with a

As others have noted, it’s more of a fox wrapped around a globe — the icon made at a time when the competition (IE) had a circular icon which was an “e” with a ring around it. I did think it harked back well to the old Gecko icon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(software)