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''The Book of Mozilla'' is a computer Easter egg found in the Netscape and Mozilla series of web browsers. It is viewed by directing the browser to about:mozilla.There is no real book titled ''The Book of Mozilla''. However, apparent quotations hidden in Netscape and Mozilla give this impression by revealing passages in the style of apocalyptic literature, such as the Book of Revelation in the Bible. When about:mozilla is typed into the location bar, various versions of these browsers display a cryptic message in white text on a maroon background in the browser window.There are six official verses of ''The Book of Mozilla'' which have been included in shipping releases, although various unofficial verses can be found on the Internet. All six official verses have scriptural chapter and verse references, although these are actually references to important dates in the history of Netscape and Mozilla. The six verses all refer to the activities of a fearsome-sounding "beast". In its early days, Netscape Communications Corporation had a green fire-breathing dragon-like lizard mascot, known as Mozilla (after the code name for Netscape Navigator 1.0). From this, it can be conjectured that the "beast" referred to in ''The Book of Mozilla'' is a type of fire-breathing lizard, which can be viewed as a metaphor for, or personification of Netscape. While part of the appeal of ''The Book of Mozilla'' comes from the mysterious nature, a knowledge of the history of Netscape and Mozilla can be used to extract some meaning from the verses. Furthermore, the Book of Mozilla page has annotations for each of the first, second, third and fifth verses hidden as comments in its HTML source code. These comments were written by Valerio Capello in May 2004 and were added to the Mozilla Foundation site by Nicholas Bebout in October that year. Neither Capello nor Bebout are 'core' Mozilla decision-makers; and there is no evidence that Capello's interpretations received any high-level approval from the senior management of the Mozilla Foundation. ==''The Book of Mozilla'', 12:10== ''The Book of Mozilla'' first appeared in Netscape 1.1 (released in 1995) and can be found in every subsequent 1.x, 2.x, 3.x and 4.x version. The following "prophecy" was displayed: And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days. from The Book of Mozilla, 12:10 The chapter and verse number 12:10 refers to December 10, 1994, the date that Netscape Navigator 1.0 was released. The Book of Mozilla page,〔 which includes four of the verses from ''The Book of Mozilla'', contains the following explanation in its HTML source code: <!-- 10th December 1994: Netscape Navigator 1.0 was released -->The "beast" is a metaphor for Netscape. The punishments threatened towards the "unbelievers" (most likely users who didn't conform to standards) are traditionally biblical but with the strange threat that their "tags shall blink until the end of days". This is a reference to a feature in early versions of Netscape that would make bad tags blink, as seen in the source code comments from the Book of Mozilla. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Book of Mozilla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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