dmoz

⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

dmoz, also known as the Open Directory Project or ODP, is an open content hierarchical web directory (similar to Yahoo!).

Names And Domains

dmoz was originally called: Gnuhoo. But because of a mostly over at , the name was later changed to Newhoo.

When bought it, it was then renamed the Open Directory Project, and given the domain directory.mozilla.org. This domain was then shortened to dmoz.org, which is where the current name comes from.

Editors

From about the 1997 to the year 2000, I was an editor at dmoz, and went by the handle (nickname) tnt. While I was an editor at the Open Directory Project, work I did included:

the creation of new content,
• approving of (or disapproving of) submutted content, and
• searching for new content.

Back when I was a editor dmoz, dmoz editors largely communicated via private forums.

The dmoz editors were organized into a class-system; where some editors were more equal than others.

Smilies

One thing that I find amusing is that there is a custom smiley named after me in the (private) dmoz forums. And in particular, name my handle (nickname).

The code for the custom smiley is —

	==-*

And dmoz forum software would swap that code for this image:

(I.e., a cartoon'ish image of a stick of tnt or dynamite.)

I also created the images for a couple of custom smilies. In particular —

I created the image for the custom smiley with the code —

	<moz>

Which the dmoz forum software would swap that code for this image (that I created):

(I.e., the head of the classic green Mozilla creature that was associated with Netscape.)

And I also created the image for the custom smiley with the code —

	:>

Which the dmoz forum software would swap that code for this image (that I created):

Inside Jokes

Other things I feel somewhat nostalgic towards are: YKYATODPW and the Canadian Sekrit Forces.

They are both inside jokes known to certain ODP editors at the time.

(YKYATODPW was an abbreviation for "You Know You Are Addicted To ODP When.)