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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. things happen faster when there's money around by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 0, Troll

    notice how fast AOL took on this project? the Open Source community has been farting around for years with Mozilla and Gecko, not really going anywhere with it (4 years to 1.0 is not good time), but now that AOL has jumped in, things happen immediately.

    having money behind a project must be nice...

    1. Re:things happen faster when there's money around by csbruce · · Score: 4, Troll

      How long did SpyGlass work on the IE predecessor before being swindled by Microsoft?

  2. How's the Mozilla footprint these days? by ChrisWong · · Score: 0, Troll
    Mozilla is the bulkiest, slowest browser available for Linux. I mean that not as a troll, but as a fact from which I am asking this question. I check it out every few months, but have been disappointed with its bulk. Can anyone tell me what the trend is with the memory footprint? Are there measurable improvements?

    There are possible replies that have nothing to do with my question, but will probably come up anyway:
    • "The rendering speed is great!": yeah, but the UI is a slug.
    • "Galeon bla bla bla ...": I am not talking about Galeon, but Mozilla. Besides, Galeon's footprint is not that small either.
    • "Use a lightweight browser ...": I already have links, lynx, Konq, Opera and Dillo. This is a question about Mozilla.
    • "Get a REAL computer! Memory is cheap!": let me call attention to my PayPal account, where you can deposit funds for my next computer purchase. Seriously, even on a fast PC a slow browser will still look bad relative to its competitors.
    • "Standards compliant, open source, bla bla": yeah, but it's still a dog.