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Mozilla Jumps on 'Lean Browser' Bandwagon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-it-doesn't-runs-on-osx dept.

fader writes "Following in the footsteps of fast (and often fantastic) wrappers around Gecko (the Mozilla rendering engine), Mozilla has just released their own lightweight browser, Phoenix. Only Phoenix will still use XUL, the cross-platform markup language used for the current Mozilla interface. Will it still be fast enough to overcome the final gripe about Mozilla, namely that it's just too slow?"

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  1. My complaint about Mozilla... by Marijuana+al-Shehi · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...is that their mascot looks like a horse with hydroencephalitus. Why is he red also?

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  2. Re:Standalone or component in new "Mozilla Suite"? by Chainsaw · · Score: 5, Funny
    What happened to the old and proven Unix approach of "Do only one thing, but do it well!"?

    It was destroyed with the release of Emacs, as you might have noticed. By releasing a text editor that also could control your toaster, the Unix philosophy was dead.

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  3. Re:I timed it by crawling_chaos · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have a hard time using my online banking correctly, applying for jobs, and viewing a lot of imbedded video

    Didn't your mom warn you that looking at all the embedded video would make you go blind?

    Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go shave my palms now...

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