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Blackbird

2008 – 2013 Discontinued
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Firefox 3-based browser designed for the African-American community: news ticker, “Black Search”, community bookmarks and video channels, social sharing and a “Give Back” donation program. Its release sparked a heated debate.

Facts

Developer
40A, Inc. (PDG Ed Young)
Website
web.archive.org
Engine
Gecko
Derived from
Mozilla Firefox 3
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Details
Windows XP and Vista (beta Dec. 2008); Mac version launched in October 2009; last editions “Firefox v18” then “Firefox v20 Blackbird Edition” offered in 2013-2014, nothing afterwards
Popularity
50/100 — 100,000 downloads in 2.5 months (CIOL, March 2009); “a quarter of a million users” claimed (NewsOne, Oct. 2009)

Sources

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/blackbird-is-a-custom-browser-for-african-americans-built-on-top-of-mozilla/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20100105220901/http://www.blackbirdhome.com/
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20100105215512/http://blackbirdhome.com/about.html
  4. https://www.ciol.com/black-browser-celebrates-100-downloads/
  5. https://newsone.com/316447/blackbird-custom-browser-for-black-americans-launches-for-mac/
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20130401022441/http://blackbirdhome.com/
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20140217203714/http://blackbirdhome.com/