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The Future of Firefox

Posted by Zonk on from the phoenix-rising-indeed dept.

sebFlyte writes "As Firefox moves swiftly towards 1.1 and Internet Explorer keeps trundling towards IE7, ZDNet UK has an interesting set of articles about Mozilla. Among other things, they look at the history of Firefox all the way from the pre-phoenix days, and have an interview with chief evangelist Asa Dotzler looking at what has driven the browsers success and why he thinks the release of IE7 will cause a massive boost in the uptake of Firefox."

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  1. and... by cryptoz · · Score: 4, Informative

    an article to go nicely with the story http://netscape.com.com/Opera,+Firefox+squabble+ov er+best-browser+claim/2100-1032_3-5740879.html shows another side to the whole FF thing.

  2. Re:Main advantage by Zathrus · · Score: 5, Informative

    q[ I'd be happy if firefox can just fix the CPU hammering/memory leak with Flash by 2.0.]q

    Given that the issue in question also occurs in IE, Safari, and any other browser with a flash plugin regardless of OS I'd guess that this is not a browser bug.

    My guess is that it's a race condition inside the Flash code itself. It doesn't appear on all systems, even if they are running the same OS/browser/flash revision (and viewing the same content).

    At least with Firefox you can install Flashblock and not be annoyed by CPU gobbling flash unless you really want it.

  3. Re:Dicey logic? by QuantumRiff · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the downloads are only for new installs. The upgrade servers are not counted. There was an article here on slashdot talking about that, but I'm too lazy to look it up. It was when firefox released version 1.0.

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  4. The Future of Firefox is another 5 MB download... by Steve_Jobs_HNIC · · Score: 5, Informative


    Coding misstep forces new Firefox release

    http://news.com.com/Coding+misstep+forces+new+Fire fox+release/2100-1002_3-5792635.html?tag=nefd.top


    well....at least we have extensions.... here's my list:

    TextZoom - because I'm blind as a bat
    Adblock - use with Filterset.G from http://www.pierceive.com
    Session Saver - saves tab sessions _when_ firefox crashes
    Web Developer - lot of web dev options
    IE View - click to view in IE
    Target Alert - let's me know what I'm clicking on
    ForecastFox - show forecast
    FindBar Switch - makes the find bar toogle hide/un-hide with CTRL+F
    Download Statusbar - much better than the download window/popup
    SpellBound - because my spelling sux