<s>
The	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
depicts	O
an	O
orange	O
fox	O
partially	O
surrounding	O
and	O
overlooking	O
the	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
initial	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
depicted	O
a	O
phoenix	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
depict	O
a	O
fox	O
after	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
was	O
changed	O
from	O
Phoenix	B-Application
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
logo	B-Device
was	O
updated	O
three	O
times	O
:	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
these	O
redesigns	O
,	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
transitioned	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
flat	O
and	O
textureless	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
's	O
developer	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
redesign	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
to	O
accompany	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
,	O
each	O
representing	O
a	O
different	O
product	O
under	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
gathering	O
feedback	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
proposed	O
sets	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
were	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
singular	O
set	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
October	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
also	O
introduced	O
a	O
unifying	O
logo	B-Device
to	O
represent	O
the	O
brand	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
widely	O
mistaken	O
for	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
variations	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
have	O
differing	O
logos	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Firefox	B-Application
Nightly	O
,	O
whose	O
logo	B-Device
featured	O
the	O
globe	O
from	O
the	O
base	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
its	O
logo	B-Device
was	O
switched	O
to	O
an	O
alternate	O
color	O
scheme	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
,	O
changing	O
the	O
fox	O
from	O
red-orange	O
to	O
blue-purple	O
,	O
and	O
darkening	O
the	O
globe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
depicted	O
a	O
phoenix	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
a	O
fox	O
,	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
name	O
during	O
early	O
development	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Phoenix	B-Application
and	O
Firebird	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
decided	O
to	O
be	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
10	O
to	O
15	O
graphic	O
designers	O
within	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
began	O
working	O
on	O
its	O
logo	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
came	O
alongside	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
's	O
first	O
release	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
John	O
Hicks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
revealed	O
a	O
new	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
in	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
featuring	O
less	O
detailed	O
textures	O
than	O
previous	O
incarnations	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
globe	O
and	O
the	O
fox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
redesigned	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
combat	O
Firefox	B-Application
's	O
waning	O
market	B-Application
share	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
market	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
began	O
an	O
internal	O
design	O
project	O
that	O
aimed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
Firefox	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
July	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
revealed	O
proposals	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
series	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
an	O
icon	O
,	O
that	O
fast	O
fox	O
with	O
a	O
flaming	O
tail	O
does	O
n’t	O
offer	O
enough	O
design	O
tools	O
to	O
represent	O
this	O
entire	O
product	O
family	O
"	O
,	O
⁣	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
intended	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
family	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
with	O
a	O
blank	O
slate	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
tweaking	O
previous	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposals	O
consisted	O
of	O
two	O
"	O
design	O
systems	O
"	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
both	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
for	O
individual	O
Firefox	B-Application
products	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
singular	O
logo	B-Device
to	O
represent	O
the	O
brand	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
logo	B-Device
in	O
the	O
first	O
design	O
system	O
was	O
a	O
stylized	O
,	O
geometric	O
fox	O
head	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
brand	O
logo	B-Device
in	O
the	O
second	O
design	O
system	O
was	O
a	O
simplistic	O
,	O
circular	O
flame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2019	O
logo	B-Device
was	O
more	O
simple	O
and	O
stylized	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
logos	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
closer	O
in	O
appearance	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
design	O
system	O
presented	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
system	O
of	O
logos	B-Device
as	O
a	O
whole	O
was	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
second	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
logo	B-Device
aimed	O
to	O
become	O
more	O
abstract	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
"	O
fit	O
visually	O
with	O
everything	O
else	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
logo	B-Device
depicts	O
a	O
swirl	O
of	O
fire	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
circular	O
motion	O
of	O
the	O
spinning	O
browser	B-Application
icon	O
,	O
as	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
"	O
got	O
a	O
very	O
clear	O
signal	O
that	O
we	O
did	O
n't	O
actually	O
have	O
to	O
show	O
a	O
fox	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
know	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
Firefox	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
redesigned	O
browser	B-Application
logo	B-Device
and	O
brand	O
logo	B-Device
,	O
logos	B-Device
were	O
introduced	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
Send	I-Operating_System
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
Monitor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
Lockwise	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logos	B-Device
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
Monitor	I-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
Lockwise	I-Operating_System
were	O
unveiled	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
marking	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
redesigned	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logos	I-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
logos	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
brand	O
,	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
Send	I-Operating_System
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
Monitor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
Lockwise	I-Operating_System
were	O
implemented	O
in	O
Firefox	B-Application
70	O
on	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
depicts	O
a	O
stylized	O
fox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fox	O
is	O
seen	O
either	O
overlooking	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
logos	B-Device
from	O
2004	O
to	O
2019	O
)	O
or	O
surrounding	O
it	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
2019	O
logo	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Application
Nightly	O
,	O
an	O
alternative	O
version	O
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
for	O
features	O
to	O
be	O
tested	O
before	O
their	O
public	O
implementation	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
differing	O
logo	B-Device
to	O
the	O
base	O
Firefox	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
Nightly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logo	B-Device
preceded	O
the	O
2017	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
logo	I-Operating_System
,	O
introducing	O
the	O
more	O
"	O
flat	O
"	O
and	O
textureless	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
updated	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
to	O
match	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
2019	O
Firefox	B-Application
brand	O
redesign	O
,	O
while	O
keeping	O
the	O
alternative	O
color	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Hollister	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
likened	O
the	O
2019	O
redesign	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
world	O
on	O
fire	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
something	O
"	O
many	O
of	O
us	O
can	O
easily	O
identify	O
with	O
these	O
days	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
saying	O
that	O
he	O
believes	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
will	O
"	O
grow	O
on	O
 [ him ] 	O
 "	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2019	O
logo	B-Device
change	O
,	O
many	O
mistook	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
family	O
of	O
products	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
for	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
of	O
the	O
Firefox	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
,	O
several	O
internet	O
memes	O
circulated	O
surrounding	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
fox	O
in	O
the	O
redesigned	O
logos	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
confusion	O
between	O
the	O
overarching	O
brand	O
logo	B-Device
and	O
the	O
logo	B-Device
for	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
