Gecko May Replace IE In AOL/CompuServe

ShaunC writes: "According to this C|Net article, pieces of Gecko have been spotted in a beta version of the next CompuServe client, and AOL has confirmed that Gecko is being tested as CompuServe's default browser. AOL 7.0 is shipping with IE, but perhaps future versions will widen the gap between AOL and Microsoft. (I'm glad we won't be seeing AOL-TW-MS-NBC.)"

Comments

IE 6 vs others

[sheriff_p]

This is all well and good - no one wants to see M$ monopolising *everything*. Still, IE 6 is leaps ahead of any other browser that's available at the moment, and I for one feel that not using IE 6 if you're using Windows is somewhat akin to cutting off one's nose to spite one's face...

Why not KHTML?

[redcliffe]

KHTML is better IMHO.

David

Re:Number of AOL Users vs IE Users

[Nailer]

>>this is one of the few rays of light with regards to any kind of widespread adoption of mozilla.

>Bullsh*t

Strong words. That depends on your definition of widespread, and I agree with the post you're replying to - none of the platforms you've mentioned are anything near widespread or common on desktop machines. Certainly none of them approach the circa 1998 Mozilla hype coming out of the Mozilla / Netscape camp.

Don't be so agressive and realize for a second that there's a reason so many people think Mozilla has failed. Their being uninformed isn't one of them.

Stability, advancement

[Penguinoflight]

KHTML is way less stable than Mozilla, even though Mozilla isn't to 1.0 yet, it's the most stable browser ever made. I've had repeated problems in Konqueror when using kde 2.2.1, plus Mozilla already has windows supported quite well... If people are going to switch to Linux, why are they using AOL?

Plus Mozilla is truly a bigger browser than Konqueror. You have email, an address book, a WYSIWYG editor, and email handling just works better if it's in the same application as your browser. All that and I didn't even get into the speed advantage...