Firefox 3 Easter Eggs
5 months ago (Monday, June 23, 2008)
Last update Friday, June 27, 2008
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There are some moderately amusing Easter Eggs in Firefox 3. Simply type one of the following into the address bar (no spaces or http) and you'll get a message:
about:robots
about:mozilla
about:config
(ok, technically "about: config" isn't an Easter Egg, but the title on the warning screen is relatively amusing!)
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robot
2 months ago (02.33 on Thursday, October 2, 2008)
Does anybody also reads the other comments before posting a shit?
oceangray
2 months ago (17.27 on Saturday, September 27, 2008)
about:config
about:cache
about:credits
about:license
about:buildconfig
about:mozilla
about kitchensink
miragana
3 months ago (20.40 on Tuesday, September 2, 2008)
Good day!
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I like it...
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Thank you very much for your time.
HouseMaster
4 months ago (23.21 on Saturday, August 2, 2008)
I liked the The Day the Earth Stood Still reference.
Frank
4 months ago (10.46 on Sunday, July 27, 2008)
Love the h2g2 references!
Tony
4 months ago (12.38 on Tuesday, July 15, 2008)
since some people are pointing out the references of the about:robots page...
'And they have a plan' is a reference to Battlestar Galactica
mike
4 months ago (11.11 on Tuesday, July 15, 2008)
Don't think I saw a comment on this yet...
the last line on the robots "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten." is a Futurama reference, as Bender always says "Bite my shiny metal a$$"
The fist line is from the Isaac Asimov book, I Robot. It is the first of the three laws for robots. It is even stated in the sort of film version staring will smith.
Kcin
4 months ago (01.00 on Thursday, July 10, 2008)
Photoshopped!
Nomiad
4 months ago (18.23 on Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
everyone who says about:config isent an easter egg even read up the top where the poster says its not, he just said the new warning message is lolarific (i've been tweeking FF on previous versions and not seen it before) thanks for the post xD
Brian
4 months ago (17.50 on Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
about:mozilla has actually been around for years, if I remember correctly, it was even available in Netscape browsers. However, I don't feel like downloading/installing an older version of Netscape to confirm. Can anyone else either confirm/deny this?
mrsleep
4 months ago (14.28 on Wednesday, July 9, 2008)
Also a nice reference to Bladerunner on the robot page.
dingus
5 months ago (22.29 on Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
"http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul
What's that about?"
It's a ghostbusters reference....
Josh Sommers
5 months ago (18.58 on Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
Very Cool
CJs
5 months ago (14.45 on Tuesday, July 1, 2008)
Wow...love it! Thanks
Jake D
5 months ago (18.00 on Thursday, June 26, 2008)
on the "about:robots" thing, if you click on the button until it dissappears, then view the source code, you get this link:
http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul
What's that about?
Pandora
5 months ago (03.15 on Thursday, June 26, 2008)
Ignore the morons who complain and whinge about stuff.
Yes, the about:config message was on FF2 but it's the MESSAGE that it gives that's funny.
Seriously, to all those who whine and whinge, what happened to your sense of humour? Did it get lost? Was it amputated? Or did you even have one in the first place...
Oh noes, here be humour!
jimd
5 months ago (19.56 on Wednesday, June 25, 2008)
thanks matt, those were neat easter eggs. @ you two humorless know-it-all dorks, go outside for some nice, polluted fresh air. You need some sunshine. kind regards lol.
negro_flash
5 months ago (19.34 on Wednesday, June 25, 2008)
OH NO SHIT? ABOUT:CONFIG ISN'T A JOKE?! GOOD THING YOU INTERNET GURUS WERE HERE TO TELL ME THE REAL REASON THAT IT'S THERE!!!!
o
5 months ago (08.22 on Wednesday, June 25, 2008)
i like 'the try' again button in about:robots ; how it says 'please do not press this button again' and then the fact that it disapears when you do press it again.
kid
5 months ago (20.41 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008)
idiots he's referring to the amusing warning message that pops up at least the first time you try to access the about:config page. where you're warned it may void your warranty and makes you click a button saying i'll be careful i promise before entering. it is an easter egg.
Init0
5 months ago (13.44 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008)
about:config and about:mozilla works in firefox2.
about:config is no a easter egg, is a tool for expert configurationf firefox.
kind regards
sqrlking
5 months ago (12.59 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008)
klaatu barada nik... nik... nektie?
I love that movie.
Joe
5 months ago (10.34 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008)
At least two Douglas Adams jokes in the Robots thing. very nice.
anonymous
5 months ago (09.38 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008)
the easter egg is when it says "It might void your warranty"
matt
5 months ago (15.51 on Monday, June 23, 2008)
Yeah, its just the message you get before the settings come up is the easter egg: "Dragons be here!" (which can be switched off if you've seen it before)
mc2w
5 months ago (12.35 on Monday, June 23, 2008)
I don't believe about:config is an easter egg at all? It's been used to modify complex settings of firefox since FF2 or before.
