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Why Browser Innovation Matters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the building-the-best-ones-out-there dept.

dvanatta was one of a several people who noted a new article by Mitchell Baker on Mozilla.org about why browser innovation matters - especially Gecko, and why it will survive things like Safari Whoops - got the name wrong. Updated.

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  1. Author is Mitchell Baker by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 2, Funny
    The author of the piece is Mitchell Baker. He's a bit miffed you got his gender wrong.

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    1. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by vondo · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is Mitchell Baker, but Mitchell is a woman. So, I don't know who she is more pissed at, people who spell her name wrong or people who mistake her gender.

    2. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by 4of12 · · Score: 5, Funny

      people who spell her name wrong or people who mistake her gender.

      Reminds me of "It may be spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronouned "mozilla""

      Her name may be spelled M-i-t-c-h-e-l-l, but it's pronounced "Chief Lizard Wrangler"

      Anyone with a title like that is likely to be on the receiving end of sexual advances more adventurous than most of us.

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    3. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by blair1q · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, maybe if her name followed one of the many "standards" for gender identification we wouldn't have this rendering problem...

    4. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Only terrorists use the word "sex" in public forums.

    5. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by fobbman · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Anyone with a title like that is likely to be on the receiving end of sexual advances more adventurous than most of us."

      Like that's saying much. *sigh*

    6. Re:Author is Mitchell Baker by The+J+Kid · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am Mitchell Baker. You misspelled my name. Prepare to be wrangled.

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  2. Inovate by A+Swing+Dancing+Dork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing beats the web gestures of opera. It has not only made me a faster researcher, it has improved my social life.

    1. Re:Inovate by bongoras · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'd like the web gestures of opera more if I could understand German, French, or Italian. Why don't more people write Opera in English? Now "Tommy" by The Who, that's a great Opera written in english, and the gestures are beautiful...

      still I don't really see how that fits into the technology motif...

    2. Re:Inovate by miTTio · · Score: 1, Funny

      Microsoft makes killer pointing devices :^) ...because they're so used to pointing their fingers at others

  3. Whatever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will it let me find pr0n faster? No? Not interested.

    1. Re:Whatever... by Idarubicin · · Score: 2, Funny
      It's easier to just move the mouse a little than it is to hit the little x in the corner.

      Come on people, use keyboard shortcuts.

      In certain circumstances, it is much easier to hit Alt-F4 (left hand) than to use a close-window gesture (right hand). Think about it.

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    2. Re:Whatever... by TKinias · · Score: 3, Funny

      scripsit Idarubicin:

      In certain circumstances, it is much easier to hit Alt-F4 (left hand) than to use a close-window gesture (right hand). Think about it.

      In those, um, ``circumstances,'' there are probably more important things to hide than a window.

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  4. Re:Why Browser innovation is irrelevant... by reaper20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Flash popups anyone? That's innovation for ya.

    I get neither Flash nor popups in Mozilla, to me that's innovation.

  5. Re:Speaking of innovation with browsers by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where the hell is phoenix

    Ummmm. Arizona?

    *ducks* :)

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  6. innovate, now! by XshadowstarX · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder when any browser will truly compete with the speed and precision of the almighty Lynx! Bring forth your pretty GUI "innovations"! The power of the lynx should not be questioned!

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  7. Re:Why Browser innovation is irrelevant... by ray-auch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I get neither Flash nor popups in Mozilla, to me that's innovation.

    Only the USPTO would call that innovation - lynx clearly has years of prior art on Mozilla.

  8. GIS for Mitchell Baker Mozilla reveals.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    A redheaded, german speaking woman.

    Intriguingly, there appears to be a similarity in her red hair and her hair style and that of the lizard she wrangles.

    Showing that as people grow older they do start looking like their pets.

  9. "Why Browser Innovation Matters" or, by amarodeeps · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Why We Still Feel Okay About Ourselves Even Though Those Nasty Safari Developers Chose to Use Khtml instead of Gecko, Those Jerks."

    by Mitchell Baker

  10. Re:What innovations? by FooBarWidget · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Who cares if it convinces IE users to switch? The goal is to be better, not convince people that it's better."

    Yeah wait until 10 trolls flame at you with "YOU SUCK!!! IE IS KING!!!" _every single day_. People will laugh and flame you just because you don't use IE.

  11. Re:"Netscape, I only use Netscape" by FooBarWidget · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I think that Mozilla's current feature set is good enough. It doesn't wash your dishes for you,"

    *gasp*
    The kitchen sink they put in Mozilla doesn't wash dishes for you?
    Wow, I never knew!!!