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AOL Beta Testing Gecko-Based Browser

Posted by timothy on from the insert-sound-of-geckos-chirping dept.

Bedouin X writes: "MozillaZine is reporting that AOL has released a Gecko client for Windows! Scuttlebutt says that it's based on Gecko .94.2. While I think that the common assumption that AOL including Gecko equals 34 million new OSS users is fallacious (most AOL hits on my site are 5.0), there is no denying that it would be a major - though seemingly inevitible - win and great for a more standard web. Maybe Capital One would quit being the lone holdout of my creditors that don't support Mozilla." Reader SEE also adds a link to a story on CNET.

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  1. New Startup Sound by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Welcome!! - You Got Scales!!!

  2. One question: by iceT · · Score: 4, Funny


    Could this mean a AOL client for LINUX?

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  3. Slashdot Code of Conduct by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Anything Microsoft does is BAD.
    2) AOL users are all morons.
    3) If AOL or its users do something that goes against Microsoft, then they're suddenly GOOD.
    4) Be nice to Junis

  4. alright! by anal-johnson · · Score: 0, Funny

    now AOL can be even slower!

  5. Re:MSIE vs Mozilla/Gecko by dimator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.

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