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Mozilla Development Roadmap Updated

Posted by timothy on from the one-point-oh-in-april-perhaps dept.

yota writes: "The guys at mozilla.org just published an updated development roadmap with some interesting thoughts about what will happen after Mozilla 1.0 will be released. Enjoy!" This is worth reading even if you skim toward the bottom and jump to the Intertwingle link. The Mozilla project isn't slapped together -- this kind of forethought and explanation is proof.

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  1. Re:Mozilla as a primary browser by DodgyGeezer · · Score: 0, Troll

    I upgraded my dual P2-450 to dual P3-850 last week. That seems to have fixed the Mozzila performance problems I was having under Linux (mainly long delays rendering pages).

  2. mozilla is dying by ideut · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unfortunately for the community, just as mozilla was becoming usable for everyday use, AOL TW have decided to close the source for the product once again. While this is certainly the best commercial decision they could make, it does leave the free software community with the rather daunting prospect of lacking a credible browser rendering engine. khtml is all very well and good, but I for one am not looking forward to the return to the dark old days of using a desktop which depends forever on proprietary libraries. Unfortunately, it looks like this problem will never be resolved, despite large efforts of persuasion on my part. It seems that some people just won't be told.

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  3. Obviously, but... HAVE YOU TRIED IT? by DaveWood · · Score: 2, Troll

    I am well aware of this - the fact that I can manually install an OJI-equipped plugin is why I'm able to test anything at all.

    You should try this for yourself. Once you do what you suggest, go check out some applets. Yes, the news ticker at java.sun.com works. But try almonst _anything_ more complicated. You can use any of the applet directories... Even as of a few informal tests today, the 90% rule appears still in effect with 0.9.8. Almost no applets of any substance work, and Mozilla/JVM will quickly wedge in a busy loop (in my experiences after < 3 attempts).

    Obviously, the fact that the installation glue is so abyssmal is a massive problem of its own, albeit a superficial one. But the API you refer to (the OJI) apparently is itself in a state of serious disrepair.

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  4. Re:one of the great things about GIMP by timothiy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Come on, folks mod me up -- this about as unix-savy as I get!

    timothy

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