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Mozilla 1.0 Officially Here
hhg writes "People of the world, rejoice! At last, the long awaited Mozilla 1.0 is released, and has emerged on the ftp.mozilla.org ftp-server. Let the release parties loose!" And there's even an Ann Arbor party now ;) Congratulations
to all the developers that contributed to the mighty lizard. And bahtama writes "The latest IE gopher hole patch is out! :) ... Check the release notes and then grab it from here."
Hit reload. I checked it this morning too.
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And bahtama writes "The latest IE gopher hole patch is out! :) ... Check the release notes and then grab it from here."
Why did they attach a comment that should have been mentioned in slashback and put it in such an historic post?
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Wow, my post generated a lot of feedback. I myself would rather have a 100% compliant browser without fluffy stuff in it, but what mathers in the end is : does this web page load. And if it doesn't well all the "Mozilla respects the standards" in the world won't save you from having to use IE. I'm not saying that Microsoft is doing the right thing in embracing and extending, I'm only saying that features and market share are what drives the industry, and not standards, even though how very important standards are. If IE can do something the other browsers can't and it's damn usefull (don't give me shit about being poorly implemented, this is a whole other debate), webmasters will target these features. Anyone not implementing these features in their browser is placing itself in the dangerous position of losing users, visibility and ultimately, a job (except the mozilla team, who does this for free of course).
Times have changed, sadly visions and dedication are worth less and less these days. It's a shame. I understand the Mozilla team standing against all things not standard, but if they don't compete on features against Microsoft, then the "war" is already over, with Microsoft laughing it's way back to Redmont.
Only one page not rendering correctly in Mozilla and correctly in IE will make the average user stich to IE. And browsing the net a lot, I've never stumbled across a webpage that I couldn't render with IE. And right now, if it doesn't then I'm probably on the web page of some crazy Linux zealot who doesn't want his webpage to load on IE. And that's not how you win a war. It's by either
a) beating the enemy at it's game and making it better then what they offer
or
b) convincing the 3rd parties to ally with you, not your enemy
And since the Mozilla team consist mostly of part-time voluntary workers and doesn't have a team to evangelize the benefits of Mozilla, then unless this problem is settled, it's better to mimick everything Microsoft does and do it better then them (now that would be a good way for all of you whiners saying that IE is bugriden to prove to the world that you are better than Microsoft and implement their features correctly). Then Mozilla will have a chance to beat IE. Otherwise, it,s gonna be VERY difficult, if not impossible.
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