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Firefox on RISC OS

Posted by timothy on from the spreading-wealth dept.

Ian Chamberlain writes "RISC OS users have crowed for years about the intuitiveness of their operating system's GUI. But that vaunted usability is of little utility in this modern world without a modern web browser to go with it. So you'll understand the importance of the RISC OS Firefox port released today."

7 comments

  1. paraphrasing... by ealfert · · Score: 1

    One small step for man, one giant leap for RISC OS.

    1. Re:paraphrasing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hardly. It's far too slow to be usable..

      It takes over a minute to load, another 30 seconds if you want to open a new tab, longer still if you want a web page in that tab..

  2. What is the "Giant Leap for Mankind?" by RandomLetters · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Besides the fact that it runs on this OS, what is different between this version of Firefox and any other? Why was it so difficult?

    1. Re:What is the "Giant Leap for Mankind?" by tomstdenis · · Score: 1

      *clap* *clap* *clap*..... and?

      I can't honestly say I know anyone who uses or considers running RISCOS...

      Why not post the number of Firefox users on the original Mac Classic? I've got an Atari 2600 that could use some lovin!

      This is a very niche OS that few people care to use.

      Tom

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    2. Re:What is the "Giant Leap for Mankind?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is a very niche OS that few people care to use.

      Yes, like OpenBSD. Except that RiscOS has a much more recent version of Firefox.

    3. Re:What is the "Giant Leap for Mankind?" by MrBoombasticfantasti · · Score: 1

      To bad you posted AC or you would have made a friend...

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  3. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1996 called -- they want their web designers back.

    I mean, does the search button really need to rotate continuously in 3d space? I suppose it's the only way to distract from the eye-burning caused by the color-explosion of puzzle pieces on the rest of page.

    I guess they're busy working on how intuitive their OS is and not their website.

    Of course, now that the OS has a web browser, the screams you hear will be their users seeing the website for the first time.