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IBM Donates Code to Firefox

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the browser-arms-race dept.

OS24Ever writes "Internetnews.com is reporting that IBM has donated new DHTML code to the Mozilla foundation specifically targeted as accessability and rich interactive applications (RIA). These new features are expected to be in the next major update of Firefox (v1.5). Is this the first OSS application to get RIA/DHTML support for accessability? I would think this could open some doors for Firefox to replace IE in many Windows environments."

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  1. I bet it attracts attention by Saven+Marek · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I bet it attracts attention from SCO. No open source project related to IBM will be safe until they are put underground.

  2. SCO by wimp_org · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    I think SCO is now looking through their SVR5 versions to see if they can somehow link this publicly released code to there existing case.

  3. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They stole this code from SCO. You owe $699 per processor, CSTBs!

  4. Re:One step forward... by Nimrangul · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Who said Internet Explorer son? I don't recall mentioning it.

    Perhaps you confuse Internet Explorer with all web browsers not named Firefox? My, but that's rather silly of you.

    Things like being totally unable to turn Firefox into a pop-up-less, completely tab-based web browser like Opera is?

    I'd spent so long trying to get that alone to work, and it flat out doesn't. Not to mention the tab related extensions turned an already unstable browser into a crashing hell.

    I want to like Firefox, I really do, but it's just so terrible that I find I am compeletely unable to.

    The biggest thing outside of those two, relatively simple things is that I cannot configure damned-near anything in the Options, so what the hell is it for?

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    I'm sick of following my dreams - I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
  5. Re:New versioning... by m50d · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Java's versioning is fucked. But then Java itself is fucked.

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    I am trolling
  6. Re:Sounds like . . by halivar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it just me, or does this sound like functionality that has been available in Opera for some time now?

    Nobody knows, since no one pays for a web browser, regardless of feature-set.

  7. Re:Sounds like . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Translation: I use shit, hell, I even like shit, but when something better comes along, don't tell me, I prefer the shit I have and have enjoied it's stench for quite some time now thank you very much.

    Opera singing!!!

    (Seriously, FF is just too slow for me)

  8. Re:Don't take your eye off the ball by juanescalante · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I want a simple,fast, non-Microsoft browser
    Whoa! non-Microsoft is actually a required feature in your list? Talk about closed-mindedness.
  9. Re:Accessibility helping FF replace IE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Your post sucks!