FireFox Sets the World Ablaze

An anonymous reader submitted a story about Blake Ross and his involvement in the Firefox project. Just the latest in a steady stream of Firefox PR pieces, although with a more human take than just the 'Firefox is a good browser' stories.

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Plug-ins part of the browser?

[smooth wombat]

One main complaint made by critics is that the browser cannot open sites or requires plug-ins that are already part of Internet Explorer.

As to the first issue of the above comment taken from the article, the reason FireFox can't open some sites is because the sites themselves are not coded correctly or require ActiveX *cough*SAP*cough*

Run a page through the W3C HTML Validator and you'll see how poorly those sites are coded or are hacked about to render correctly only in IE.

As far as the second issue is concerned, since when are plug-ins part of a browser? The very definition of a plug-in means they are something to added after the fact to do something.

Maybe the author meant Extensions for FireFox.

As far as I'm concerned FireFox does exactly what I want it to do right after the install. Other than making a few tweaks to turn things off and on, just like you would have to do in IE, FireFox runs as right as rain.

Re:http://www.google.com/firefox

[NetNifty]

It is the default Firefox start page for Firefox 1.0 . I didn't have a home page set (well, set to a blank page) and after installing Firefox 1.0 on two machines it set to http://www.google.com/firefox. Maybe the 1.0 installer only changes the start page to http://www.google.com/firefox if you don't have a start page set.

Re:Where is the NY Times Ad?

[fobsen]

Seems like there is a little delay, but everything is fine:

So what's up with the ad? Rob Davis and I are managing the production of the ad and making sure that it gets done to our exacting standards. It's painstaking work, but we are committed to getting the ad in print sometime in early to mid-December. We've got a good deal of the design and thinking behind it worked out, so expect a preview sometime next week (we can't wait either)! Of course, embarking on this kind of design project is no easy task. Frankly, we need some help (what, you thought you could donate and leave the hard work up to someone else?!). So here's what I need and here's how we're gunna do this:

Read the full blog-entry here: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/6291.

Keyword Bookmarking

[Starluck]

I've read better articles on firefox and Interviews with their creators. I found it sad that they didnt include probably the most powerful feature of the browswer that is leaps and bounds ahead of explorer. That feature that wasn't mentioned was KeyWord bookmarks, basicly the association of a keyword to your bookmarks! Imagine using the address bar on your browser as if it were a customizable search engine unto itself. An example is that you can bookmark FedEx.com then right click on it and attach multiple keywords to the bookmark, now if you need to track packeges via fedex.com there is now no need to actually visit the site; all you have to do is type in your address bar: track: (enter tracking number here) and firefox will plug that tracking number into FedEx and immdiately return the status of your package and all pertinent details. The possibilites of this feature are endless and saves so a lot of time that you would be normally be spending on load times from navigating said site. Like I said this feature is so awesome and unique I fail to see why anyone would leave it out when talking about FireFox.

to read more about this feature: http://mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/sear ch/