Application Name Paranoia
Situation
Mozilla builds have 2 values to set application name, MOZ_APP_NAME and MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME.
- MOZ_APP_NAME is a internal name. typically lower-cased string e.g. "firefox".
- MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME is a user-visible name. tipically title-cased string e.g. "Firefox".
| Firefox 2.0 | Firefox 3.0 | Nightly (1.9) | Debian Iceweasel 2.0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOZ_APP_NAME | firefox | firefox | firefox | firefox | |
| MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | Firefox | Firefox | Minefield | Iceweasel | |
| - | |||||
| nsXREAppData::name | Firefox (hardcoded) | Firefox (hardcoded) | Firefox (hardcoded) | Firefox (hardcoded) | |
| nsXREAppData::vendor | Mozilla (hardcoded) | Mozilla (hardcoded) | Mozilla (hardcoded) | Mozilla (hardcoded) | |
| Executable Name (unix) | firefox-bin (hardcoded) | firefox-bin (MOZ_APP_NAME) | firefox-bin (MOZ_APP_NAME) | firefox-bin (hardcoded) | |
| UA String | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | |
| Archive Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME | MOZ_APP_NAME | MOZ_APP_NAME | iceweasel (hardcoded) | |
| Installer Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME | MOZ_APP_NAME | MOZ_APP_NAME | (iceweasel (hardcoded)) | |
| MacOSX (.app) Name | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | (MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME) | |
| Windows DDE (installer) | Firefox (hardcoded) | Firefox (hardcoded) | Firefox (hardcoded) | (Firefox (hardcoded)) | |
| XRemote (-a APPNAME) | firefox (nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases) | firefox (nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases) | firefox (nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases) | firefox (nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases) | |
| - | |||||
| Default Profile (script) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (hardcoded) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (hardcoded) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (hardcoded) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (hardcoded) | |
| Default Profile (Directory Service) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (nsXREAppData::vender, nsXREAppData::name) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (nsXREAppData::vender, nsXREAppData::name) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (nsXREAppData::vender, nsXREAppData::name) | ~/.mozilla/firefox (nsXREAppData::vender, nsXREAppData::name) |
Proposal
Actually, the browser needs 3 names, that is, "firefox", "Minefield" and "Firefox" (See "Nightly" in the above table), respecitively MOZ_APP_NAME, MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME and nsXREAppData::name. So I'd like to suggest to add a new flag MOZ_APP_BRANDNAME as below.
| Nightly (proposal) | |
|---|---|
| MOZ_APP_NAME | firefox |
| MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | Firefox |
| MOZ_APP_BRANDNAME | Minefield |
| - | |
| nsXREAppData::name | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME |
| Executable Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| UA String | MOZ_APP_BRANDNAME |
| Archive Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| Installer Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| MacOSX (.app) Name | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME (Minefield -> Firefox) |
| Windows DDE (installer) | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME |
| XRemote (-a APPNAME) | nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases |
| Nightly (proposal2) | |
|---|---|
| MOZ_APP_NAME | firefox |
| MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | Minefield |
| MOZ_APP_TITLENAME | Firefox |
| - | |
| nsXREAppData::name | MOZ_APP_TITLENAME |
| Executable Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| UA String | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME |
| Archive Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| Installer Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| MacOSX (.app) Name | MOZ_APP_TITLENAME (Minefield -> Firefox) |
| Windows DDE (installer) | MOZ_APP_TITLENAME |
| XRemote (-a APPNAME) | nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases |
| Nightly (proposal2) | |
|---|---|
| MOZ_APP_NAME | Firefox |
| MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME | Minefield |
| - | |
| nsXREAppData::name | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| Executable Name | MOZ_APP_NAME + ToLowerCases |
| UA String | MOZ_APP_DISPLAYNAME |
| Archive Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME + ToLowerCases |
| Installer Package Name | MOZ_APP_NAME + ToLowerCases |
| MacOSX (.app) Name | MOZ_APP_NAME (Minefield -> Firefox) |
| Windows DDE (installer) | MOZ_APP_NAME |
| XRemote (-a APPNAME) | nsXREAppData::name + ToLowerCases |