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Mozilla 1.8b1 Released, Firefox Growth Slowing

Posted by Zonk on from the get-out-there-and-download-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla 1.8 Beta 1 has been released, and in addition to numerous bug fixes now includes ECMAScript for XML (E4X). Mozilla 1.8 will serve as the code basis for Firefox 1.1. In other Mozilla related news, WebSideStory saw Firefox's usage growth slow down to just 15% (Jan-Feb) from 22% (Dec-Jan) making Firefox's 10% marketshare goal for 2005 potentially more challenging. Their stats also saw Internet Explorer usage drop below 90% for the first time in many years."

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  1. Slow Firefox Growth by prisen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, by God, it's Microsoft Anti-Spyware's fault!

    Disclaimer: The previous statement was not intended to spread FUD. Results may vary, click link at your own risk, yadda yadda yadda.

  2. Re:Mozilla still good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, is your sister available?

  3. Its because... by jrushton · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its because some people dont like to think their stupid and dont know what theyre doing, and the more you point out to them that you know vastly more - the more theyll stick their heads in the sand. Let them be sypwared and laugh from your open source throne.

  4. Re:Is this the end of the ride? by skraps · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...and at the other end of the spectrum, I have had people put up a fight because "[the toolbar icons] are weird looking". After introducing them to themes, the problem subsided temporarily, but I eventually got the call.

    Them: "This site doesn't look right in this new thingy. How to I open it in the windows one?".
    Me: (lying at this point) "That probably means there is a virus at that site!!! You don't want to go there."
    Them: "But I used to go here all the time!"
    Me: "That's why your computer was so fucked."
    Them: "Oh. Well let's say my bank didn't work right with this one.. then how would I open it in windows?"
    Me: "*click*"

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