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Mozilla Moves Into 2002? Maybe.
alanjstr writes "MozillaQuest reports that Mozilla 1.0 has been pushed back into 2002 (from Oct 2001) in its latest schedule update. Since the end of 2000, the rate of new bugs being submitted has doubled (according to the pretty graph)." However, the Mozilla guys, whom our own HeUnique talked to have said that they are still on target, and that the 2002 story is not true. So - you be the judge on this one. Or not. Whatever.
Occam's Razor says that you're wrong, and that Mozilla is getting buggier. Sorry for the cold glass of reality thrown in your face. Of course, now I get downvoted.
Go Kathryn Thurber!
You can try to make fun of him, but the fact is, Internet Explorer is by far the best browser at the moment. Mozilla/Opera/Konq/etc. all have specialities but lack in other area's. IE has it all: speed, rendering, functionality, footprint, etc.
Hate to say it but the Mozilla project has had their chance. In 2,5 year they didn't produce anything that is better than codebase they started with.
They fell in the typical 'committee' trap, where a committee decides what goes into a product. These are usually personal projects of the committee members which haven't a lot to do with the project at hand. But they put them in the project anyway. User wishes are not found interesting.
Well, we now have the result. After 2,5 of dabbling, Mozilla - overall - still hasn't risen above the Netscape 4.x level. Everything that has been improved has been compensated, unfortunately, by the bloatedness, instability, memory hunger, static look and feel, etc.
This isn't really a product for actual use by people. It's the result of committe-steered software development and in that context it's really a disgrace for the open source community. It only serves as an icon for those in the committee who saw their useless ideas get into the project.
Sorry, but 2,5 years for this? I valued my time better and moved on.
Been there, done that. I've been installing new milestones every once in a while because "it's really good now" advices, but each and every time my conclusion is that it is still NOT good. It remains a bloated, slow, pig.
You people WANTING it to be good doesn't make it so. I much rather use Netscape 4.x than Mozilla. But then, I much rather use IE than Netscape, so why even bother?
I have no intention of selling myself short by using a bloated product that just didn't fulfull its promises (and my needs) at all. I abhor using it, and I can decide for myself what I think is software that sucks. Is it mandatory on Slashdot to speak raving about open software, even when it's about a failed product? Not every one falls into the "it's so good now, really" trap, dude.