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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. hypocrisy by defunc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    it just hurts my eyes to see the hypocrisy that exists here about AOL. just because AOL is using Gecko makes them suddenly lose the propriety behemoth that they are. i wonder what would have been the reaction should it have been Microsoft who had decided to use Gecko.

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  2. Not when using the mail client by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't think the latest mozillas have crashed on me when browsing, but when I have the mail client up, it crashes about once per day. I have a mix of IE6 and Mozilla and Opera in day to day use, and Opera is far more "stable and fast" than either of the other two, but less 'compatible' (only slightly ime).

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