---
title: "Bye Bye, Gormozilla"
date: 2004-07-17 02:55
status: published
description: >
  The gormless Mozilla Support mascot goes AWOL

tags: Mozilla

links:
  - url: http://www.mozilla.org/images/support.png
    title: "Gormozilla"
    description: "Mozilla Support's newly-retired mascot"
    rel: related
    type: image/png
  - url: http://www.mozilla.org/support/
    title: "Mozilla Support"
    description: "Gormozilla's former home"
    rel: related
    type: text/html

---

<p>
Hurrah! <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/support/" title="Mozilla Support - now Gormozilla-less">The Gormozilla has gone!</a>
</p>
<p>
I bet the ugly git was scaring off customers.
</p>
<p>
<img src="/byebyegormozilla/gormozilla.png" alt="Gormozilla was a particularly gormless-looking picture of Mozilla - mouth open, eyes staring impassively - complete with a tech-support headset." title="Gormozilla">
</p>
<p>
According to <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/webtools/bonsai/cvslog.cgi?file=mozilla-org/html/support/index.html&amp;rev=&amp;root=/cvsroot/">the document history</a>, Gormoz has been out of action for two weeks. Also in the last two weeks, Firefox has been getting many more downloads. Coincidence?
</p>
<p>
The official line is that security problems in IE are persuading users to switch. Yeah, right!
</p>