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Firefox In Print

Posted by michael on from the no,-not-the-nyt-ad dept.

hoovernj writes "It seems that O'Reilly is ready to release two books about Firefox in March. The first is Firefox Hacks, which will be targeted at Firefox power users. And the second is Don't Click on the Blue E!, which will be targeted at less-savvy users transitioning from Internet Explorer. Could this be the end of lazy IE-only scripted webpages? (thanks to mozillaZine for the original pointer)." And reader ledmirage writes "Wired Magazine's February issue on Firefox: 'It's fast, secure, open source - and super popular. The hot new browser called Firefox is rocking the software world. (Watch your back, Bill Gates.)'."

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  1. Re:Another nail... by RobertTaylor · · Score: 4, Funny

    *another* nail?

    How bloody big is this coffin?!

  2. Thats it.... by pploco · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm giving up Lynx.

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    1. Re:Thats it.... by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Your "if it looks good in lynx" theory made me feel a lot better about my website design, thanks.

  3. Oh Great, Wired's going to kill it by happyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Wired kiss-of-death will strike again. They can't tout a "next big thing" without absolutely killing it.

    1. Re:Oh Great, Wired's going to kill it by ader · · Score: 3, Funny

      That Wired quote should have come from the Life-imitates-Springfield dept. It had Kent Brockman all over it.

      Ade_
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  4. Am I the only only old fart feeling deja vu? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Am I the only old fart feeling deja vu? Open source...fast...not Microsoft...lemme see, that's the Mosaic browser before it became Netscape, right?

    Now what do I do with the "winsock.dll" file again?

  5. Possible Title??? by FerretFrottage · · Score: 2, Funny

    The O'Reilly FireFox Factor

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  6. Star Trek Ref by devnullkac · · Score: 2, Funny

    All I can think of is the scene where Uhura is re-learning English and trying to pronounce "blue" on her own:

    Buh -- Luu -- Eee
    Blue E?
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    1. Re:Star Trek Ref by Jakhel · · Score: 5, Funny

      The geek is strong in this one.

  7. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Gates files charges against Firefox's Blake Ross and Ben Goodger for allegedly making threats against Mr. Gates' life.

    The two deny all charges, and intend to plea not guilty if the case goes to trial, however a report from a recent "Wired" magazine article alleges that Mr. Gates should 'Watch his back'

    In completely unreleated news, Microsoft has filed to pattent the phrase "Watch your back", and will be suing the Firefox developers as well as Wired magazine for royalties and copyright infringement.

    1. Re:In other news... by NinjaFarmer · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think you got that wrong. It's "In completely unrelated news, it was discovered that Microsoft had patented the phrase 'Watch your back' 500 years ago and due to patent extensions it is still in effect. Microsoft has commenced suing Firefox developers and anyone else who has used the phrase without permission for royalties and copyright infringement."

  8. Re:Necessary? by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes.

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  9. Re:More control over EXE Files? Search Pluggins? E by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    You need to do this if you want to be able to Remove the Kiddie Gloves and let Firefox allow you to run EXE files you've downloaded out of the browser cache

    Oh and put on the *script kiddie* gloves instead? You Windoze users sure love to browse promiscuously. I guess it's the side effect of using Internet Exploiter all those years.

  10. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Among other things, it certainly spells the end of the era wherein O'Reilly could be taken as a serious publisher of excellent computer books.

  11. Re:Necessary? by roystgnr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does anyone *really* need a book telling them how to use a browser? Doesn't that suggest that the browser UI design is inadequate?

    Inadequate compared to what?