Wrong.  Phoenix was produced as a small, light, extensible replacement for the perceived bloat of Netscape.  it started as an experimental project.<p>See the announcement by Eich &amp; Hyatt announcing Firefox would be the focus, not Communicator: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-archive.mozilla.org&#x2F;roadmap&#x2F;roadmap-02-Apr-2003.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-archive.mozilla.org&#x2F;roadmap&#x2F;roadmap-02-Apr-2003.h...</a><p>&quot;Firefox is simply smaller, faster, and better -- especially better not because it has every conflicting feature wanted by each segment of the Mozilla community, but because it has a strong &quot;add-on&quot; extension mechanism&quot;<p>&quot;Take Back the Web&quot; came a year or two later as I recall.