4 Years Later, The Mozilla Tide Has Turned

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4 Years Later, The Mozilla Tide Has Turned

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 11, 2004 @05:08AM from the more-than-slightly dept.

dave writes "In 1999, I editorialized that the browser was the battleground that would win or lose us the whole thing. 4 years later, in light of the excellent Firefox 0.8 release it is time to update the article with a slightly more optimistic view."

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But what about my question? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You Are Ell or Earl?
Netscape 7.1 : The best browser for Windows so far by DR+SoB · 2004-02-11 05:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just tried out Netscape 7.1, and I must say, I was really impressed. Having used many web browsers (and even programming my own), Netscape 7 is by far the best. Built in pop-up blocking, way better cookie handling (and cookie management), faster download times, a better download manager, are just a few of the benefits that I've already noticed, and I've only been using it for a short time..

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Who is dave? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And why does it matter what he editorialized in 1999?
Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 56 by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
1. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 56 by Warlover · 2004-02-11 05:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  WTF! Oh that sucks!
2. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 56 by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  How the fuck is this "off topic?" It is directly relevent to it's parent. Sure, the Steph King post may be off topic, but the reply is a reaction to that post. Is off-topic-ness an inheritable property? Well, fuck, practically every fucking child post on this page is off-topic, since most of them deviate from the parent quite rapidly.
Already? by Knuckles · 2004-02-11 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

So, you submitted the story yourself, yet after 3 replies at time of writing you are already slashdotted? Good work, dude :o)

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happens in the best families by Jotaigna · 2004-02-11 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

from teme to time, even the greatest had lost its faith.

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Slashdotted, here is the text of the article: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah.
you fucking SUCCEED it by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

good job on the first post

can i suck your cock??
A vote for Kerry is a vote against Freedom! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

See for yourself.
Kerry would turn US into UN's puppet. The organization where rogue countries like Libya and Iran are allowed not only to sit in but also chair commitees like the commitee of human rights.
Vote for Kerry and you're voting against Freedom and Human Rights everywhere!
MOD DOWN KARMA WHORE! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's a complete dupe of the AC post a full minute before it.
Re:Easy to solve by Ilgaz · 2004-02-11 05:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't tell stuff like that... Remember, Netscape is from "evil" company, whatever such evil companies do, we should never admire them. Entire source is open? Closed/commercial part is coded by people who we know and IRC chat even? Nevermind. Its from AOL.

Another example could be Real Networks.

At last AOL dropped the entire browser thing. Forget that 2M even. So I hope the geeks are happy.

In otherway, with Firefox whatever, Netscape 8 would ship instantly, usual bribes, ahem download listings/ads given to those major 10 websites and the opensource loving community would benefit too. No site with brain could reject coding for gecko which is simply web standards...

Anyways, the evil "AOL" is gone... ;)

ps: Its not really "flaming" your post I hope you understood.
Racist Bastard by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-11 05:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The world should have a sign that says "best viewed without Racism!"
test by johnjay · 2004-02-11 06:05 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This post is just a test of something to do with posting to /. and using Firefox.
Re:The Popup Killer spreads the Gospel by TheHornedOne · 2004-02-11 08:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I think there are a LOT of compelling features in Mozilla. Mozilla is, IMO, the technological leader, not the follower. IE may have more users, and it may be the leader in usage, but it's simply not as good as Mozilla, IMO.

s/Mozilla/Mac OS X/m