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FireFox and Longhorn: Meant For Each Other?
News for nerds writes "According to the internetnews.com report, Microsoft's technology evangelist Robert Scoble said in his blog and interview that while he is a user of Firefox it can be improved if Mozilla developers take advantage of Longhorn technologies such as XAML, Avalon and WinFS, instead of making it only within GNOME/Mozilla coalition."
Yeah, Mozilla should start using Microsoft technologies. It's too damn boring that I can block pop-ups in my Firefox and I don't have any spyware on my system. Hey Mozilla developers, use IE engine for Mozilla and make my day.
Hmmm those flying pigs sure do look pretty up there in the sky.
Peanut butter and chocolate for example.
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Tv and remote.
Geek and computer.
Arsenic and old lace.
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You forgot the "annihilate" step, before you begin washing your hands.
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I think this is a great idea. Currently, Firefox is just not slow, bloated and buggy enough to fit into a Windows work environment. It is upto the Firefox team to change this.
I will applaud any effort to add new, worthless, features into Firefox. This is what makes Open Source great, and could one day make Firefox a match for Internet Explorer.
Well it could make an offline cached internet within the WinFS that could be searched much like the rest of the filesystem.
Thats just one idea I had.
One would think that since XAML is built into Longhorn, it will run faster than the open-source equivalent. Kind of like using Aqua/Carbon/whatever for Camino's interface...
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A programmer had been missing from work for over a week when finally someone noticed and called the cops. They went round to his flat and broke down the door. They found him dead in the still running shower with an empty bottle of shampoo next to his body. Apparently he'd been washing his hair.
The instructions on the bottle said:
1. Wet hair
2. Apply shampoo
3. Lather
4. Rinse
5. Repeat
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I think it should be obvious what the goals of a person named Robert SCOble working for Microsoft would be.
Microsoft's technology evangelist Robert Scoble said in his blog and interview that while he is a user of Firefox it can be improved if Mozilla developers take advantage of Longhorn technologies such as XAML, Avalon and WinFS, instead of making it only within GNOME/Mozilla coalition.
I'm all for the idea.
Once Microsoft makes sure the XAML, Avalon and WinFS technologies run on FreeBSD that is. Other platforms would be Solaris, Mac OS X and a GNU/Linux platform.
If Microsoft's technology is not as portable as GNOME, then there is no point.
But it would be much better driving experience with a huge spoiler, bigger exhaust pipes, a VTEC plate, and few stickers. For good measure, perhaps you could add some neon glow runners.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
And their first objective will be to bring with them all of the ridiculous buffer overrun exploits plaguing Internet Explorer. For every engineer Microsoft throws at an open-source project, someone else needs to proofread their code.
So what is it? Make your apps work for longhorn or make longhorn work with existing apps? A little bit of contradiction there.
You're making a false dichotomy. Who says that in this fantastic world of software you can't build something that works with *gasp* both platforms at the same time?
Having said that you can bet your bottom dollar that "certain applications" Office perhaps ? will offer a reduced experience on longhorn requiring you to purchase a newer longhorn version.
I don't really get what you mean by this... Microsoft has by and large been about backwards compatibility. So minus anything written to the metal (like linking Outlook 2002 and Word 2002 and then upgrade only to Outlook 2003 and having Word no longer integrate), Longhorn should be a super set of XP, and all XP apps should work just fine with Longhorn.
is this the same Microsoft that stressed that Lotus should focus their 1-2-3 GUI efforts soley on OS/2 and forget about that interim toy called Windows?
just wonderin'
But... But I thought the Internet came on CDs from AOL.
I demand the Cone of Silence!
MS: Together we can rule the software industry.
Firefox: Never.
MS: I am your father.
Firefox: Noooooooooooooo...........
Why did I lurk so long before registering for a Slashdot account? I could have had a Slashdot ID of less than 100000.
Or for that matter, fork the codebase.
... oh, right. The license. What was I thinking?
Gee, while they're at it, why don't they just dump IE and just integrate MS Firefox?
The ugliness of Open Source is that their engineers would be met with scorn and contempt by the jobless basement dwelling smelly zealots plaguing the OSS movement.
> The instructions on the bottle said:
>
> 1. Wet hair
> 2. Apply shampoo
> 3. Lather
> 4. Rinse
> 5. Repeat
I actually noticed on a bottle of shampoo recently that the step 5 you show had been changed to "Repeat if desired"... I guess this is for those who get stuck in the infinite loop....
There is no Avalon, only XUL.
Being a smartass is a much better thing than being the alternative.
Surely you mean file://C%3A/bl~1/bl~1/bl~1 ?
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Activision's job web site doesnt work in firefox?
What are we going to do with such a keystone of the internet not compatible with FF?
I use FF and the only websites that dont work with it dont work with any other browser either because they are coded by retarded monkeys disguised as humans.
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They found him... in the shower. Right. ;)
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Wouldn't running out of shampoo have eventually thrown an exception at step 2?