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Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the digging-up-the-wars-of-the-past dept.

adamsmith_uk writes "For the first time in three years something has happened in browser land. In fact, major events have started happening at a breathtaking pace. Time for a long overview that tells the whole story. "

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  1. OK, I'll bite by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 1, Troll
    From the article:

    The Mozilla Project is in serious trouble. It has been ready for prime time for over a year now, but except for an increasingly meaningless string of new releases nothing seems to happen.

    Nothing seems to happen? Hello, what of all these features:

    • Tabbed browsing
    • Popup blocking
    • XML
    • XUL, the interface skinning defintion language
    • Halved ping times
    • Vastly reduced download size and memory footprint
    • Incredible stability
    • Except for proprietary formats like QT and MSHTTP, total protocol compatibility.

    It's really funny that they'd over look this stuff, since they bitch and moan about how bad IE is (and will be for another 6 years). They clearly don't understand the power of Open Source.

  2. Paid by the word? by pubjames · · Score: 1, Troll


    Was the guy that wrote that article paid by the word? It sure reads like it. And it claims to tell the whole story, but it didn't. Pile of poo.