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Mozilla's Goodger on Firefox's Future

An anonymous reader writes "The New Zealand Herald has an interview with Ben Goodger, lead engineer for Firefox at the Mozilla foundation. In it he describes how he got started, his reasons for Firefox's existence and what the future may hold for the little browser that could."

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  1. firefox by techefnet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its nice to see firefox is doing so well. Mozilla is just a resource hug.. Thats why i changed :)

    1. Re:firefox by Jeff+Mahoney · · Score: 5, Funny

      Aww, Mozilla, the touchy feely browser. It hugs my resources!

    2. Re:firefox by pyrrhonist · · Score: 3, Funny
      Slashdotters seem always to find a way to make fun of my comments. :/

      Alright, it's make fun of Techefnet's comments day! Here we go...

      Thats so unfear.

      Techefnet does not fear the undead, but he sure unfears the dead!

      That sucked. Damn. Forget I said anything...

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  2. Re:I just swithced a coworker today! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's not spyware. That's multiple IE windows :)

  3. Process for Takeover by syntap · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) Take 90% of browser market share

    2) Integrate into Windows Explorer and tell judges it can't be ripped out

    My best sig is this one.

    1. Re:Process for Takeover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      >It'd be interesting if MS started including Firefox instead of IE

      Yeah, it'd also be interesting if Hell started importing ice.

    2. Re:Process for Takeover by BandwidthHog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, it'd also be interesting if Hell started importing ice.

      I think they already do that. It's the export market you wanna keep an eye on.

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    3. Re:Process for Takeover by polin8 · · Score: 2, Funny

      What IE development?

  4. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by Trillan · · Score: 5, Funny

    An easier wish might be "Slashdot updates its HTML for 2001."

  5. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    2. Firefox renders slashdot correctly, since this is the site that promotes it the most.

    No, the IT theme is meant to be like that

  6. That title... by over_exposed · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...just cracks me up. "Mozilla's Goodger on Firefox's Future"

    It just sounds DIRTY... If there was some guys Goodger in my future, I'd certainly try to do something about it...

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    1. Re:That title... by dosius · · Score: 2, Funny

      A snake, a snake a snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake, ooh, it's a snake.... o/`

      Sorry, couldn't resist. Now watch my karma take a nosedive.

      Moll.

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    2. Re:That title... by atomm1024 · · Score: 2, Funny
      You can make almost anything sound dirty if you say it in the right tone. For example:
      "Problems regarding accounts or comment posting should be sent to CowboyNeal."
      Teeheehee, "comment posting"...
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    3. Re:That title... by xpatiate · · Score: 3, Funny

      even better, in my Firefox tab the title is trunced to read "Mozilla's Goodger on Fire..."

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  7. Why those suburbs? by CynicalGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's wrong with Ponsonby or Remuera - much classier. Or Manukau, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe - much more authentic. They could offer a porn-optimised version of Firefox codenamed "K-Road".

  8. Re:I just swithced a coworker today! by TheDarkener · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I just switched a coworkers todays toos! He had 10-11 different spywares on his computers toos! Wows!

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  9. Re:Only 3 days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, I personally downloaded 300,000 of them myself, just to stuff the ballot box, so to speak... :-) :-)

  10. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by recursiv · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's well known (by me, and for no good reason at that) that they don't use CSS because they think HTML should be enough for any web page. After all, everyone knows that CSS is for LiveJournal lusers to set their scroll bar colors, and could not possibly have any practical application. Real men use tables for layout, and that's that. A real programmer would never prefer CSS's long spelled out english words like border-color in favor of HTML's ULs and TDs. People who use CSS to obtain some result that could be possible with straight HTML are obviously being inefficient. They are probably wasting several bytes on those long, spelled out words.
    The content is the only thing matters is the content anyway. If it's so bad, why don't you make your own front end for the RSS feed? That's the true Open Source way! Plus, what if someone tries to access /. in Netscape Navigator 3.0. It will surely choke on the CSS, and give some unpredictable result.

    Better safe than sorry.

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  11. Re:I suggested to my boss today........ by savagedome · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mods, how is this funny? This is interesting, maybe insightful or at the least informative? Underrated if you will. Flamebait if you are hardcore IE'er. Troll if msft gives you a pay cheque. Redundant if you don't know what it means. But not funny. ARRRLovin is making a good point. Come on.

  12. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Funny

    And here chimes in Mr. Doesn't-Get-The-Joke to spoil everyone's fun.

  13. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by MrHanky · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, he'll get modded up for saying 'Now mod me down'. Didn't you get the memo?

  14. Re:Only 5-6? by thephotoman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm an undergrad that saw both the Firefox and Linux light. I'm now prostletyzing for both.

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  15. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by seti32 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No. This is normal... they're just dupes.

    But seriously, I am getting current articles from the feed.

  16. Re:Firewall Port by DA-MAN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try blocking port80, that should get most of them. If that doesn't work, try port 21 as well.

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  17. Is Goodger a new extension? by signingis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ohh... It's a guy. Okay. Carry on.

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  18. Re:Only 5-6? by maxpublic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm now prostletyzing for both.

    I'd suggest that you put off preaching to the masses until you've finished the more important task of completing English 101.

    Either that, or apply for a job as a Slashdot editor. In two sentences you've managed to make an excellent case concerning your qualifications.

    Max

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  19. Re:Won't help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If all you're doing is looking at porn then you don't need Trojans.

  20. Who should i blame then... by Insipid+Trunculance · · Score: 5, Funny

    i was going to blame /. for the way the web site renders in Firefox.

    Then i read that its not Slashdot ,its actually firefox.

    Then i read that it actually is /. since its HTML is not valid.

    So can i continue blaming /. or shall i play safe and blame MicroSoft.

    many thanks for your invaluable opinions.

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  21. Real Men by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny
    Real men use tables for layout, and that's that. A real programmer would never prefer CSS's long spelled out english words like border-color in favor of HTML's ULs and TDs.

    Yeah! And real men read web pages using only cat, parsing the HTML in their heads!

  22. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by mcrbids · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really think Slashdot updating their HTML would be _much_ harder than what was suggested above. MUUUUUCH harder. I think what was suggested above will happen much sooner.

    I think you are probably right. And so does somebody else!

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  23. Re:My Wishlist for FireFox by LPetrazickis · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Modern Slashdot, 2004 is updated for HTML 3.0.

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  24. Re:Oh? Then why do you block wc3 validator? by jamie · · Score: 2, Funny
    Presumably because w3.org has an ill-behaved script that triggered our self-defense scripts at some point in the past. If they published the IP they used in some obvious location I'd be happy to unblock it. But I couldn't find it in their FAQ or anything.

    The conspiracy theories are fun to read though... hey, I said we emitted HTML 3.2... I never said it was valid :)