Editing ChatZilla (section)

==Early history==
On April 20, 1999, it was reported that Mozilla, at the time the open-source arm of [[AOL]]'s [[Netscape|Netscape Communications]] division, had announced the commencement of "an instant messaging and chat project with the stated goal of supporting a wide variety of chat protocols, including "the venerable Internet Relay Chat". Other companies were also developing chat systems. {{" '}}We recognize that there's a lot of interest in the instant messaging space,' said AOL spokesperson Catherine Corre, referring to the Mozilla project. 'This is a recognition of the interest in that area.{{' "}}<!--cites for prev. 3 sentences--><ref>{{cite web |date=April 20, 1999 |title=Mozilla develops chat/messaging software |first=Paul |last=Festa|publisher=[[CNET News]] |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-224715.html}}</ref>  At the time, the new chat client proposal was reported as being "competition" to AOL's own [[AOL Instant Messenger]] chat client, and on April 21, 1999, the announcement was rescinded "pending further review by Netscape."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/chat/ |title=Instant Messaging and Chat in Mozilla |publisher=Mozilla.org |date=April 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=April 21, 1999| title=Mozilla yanks chat proposal |first=Paul |last=Festa | publisher=CNET News |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-224779.html}}</ref> Independently, programmer Robert Ginda developed an IRC client and submitted it to the Mozilla project, which as of September 1999 planned to introduce it with the planned release of Mozilla browser.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 9, 1999 |title=Mozilla's messenger may compete with AIM, others|first=Paul |last=Festa|publisher= CNET News |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-278288.html}}</ref>
Named "ChatZilla", the client was available in development form in May 2000 for the Netscape 6.01 browser, and Mozilla 0.8.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRC in Mozilla, aka ChatZilla  |work=mozilla.org |publisher=Mozilla Organization |date=May 18, 2000|url=http://mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054352/http://mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/ |archive-date=2000-08-15 |access-date=2010-10-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 15, 2000 |title=AOL instant messaging efforts may be at cross purposes |first=Paul |last=Festa |publisher=CNET News |url=http://news.cnet.com/AOL-instant-messaging-efforts-may-be-at-cross-purposes/2100-1023_3-240504.html |access-date=2010-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Revision history |publisher=hacksrus.com |year=2006 |url=http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/revs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325091425/http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/revs.html |archive-date=2006-03-25 |access-date=2010-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="homepage">{{Cite web |url=http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ |title=ChatZilla! Official website |publisher=hacksrus.com |access-date=2010-10-12}}</ref>