A History of Firefox

chrisd writes "Firefox module owner Ben Goodger has written what I think is a very interesting post about how Firefox came into being. It goes into details unheard of to date about the inner workings at Netscape and he fills in a timeline spanning from the open sourcing of Netscape to the release just recently of Firefox 1.5. Especially interesting and poignant are comments like this: 'I was told I could not expect to use Open Source tricks against folk who were employed by the Company (all hail!). I held true to my beliefs and refused to review low quality patches. I was almost fired. Others weren't so lucky.'. Anyhow, I consider this required reading for any fan of the Firefox browser." Or even just a programmer. Worth reading.

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anal

[Anonymous Coward]

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dupe?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it matter. Taco just recycles the same old stories. Over and over. No stories on President Bush's call for expanding the guest worker program targeting computer programmers ... but we do get another fluff story on Apple/kde/firefox. yawn.

Hey, taco, you better kickban the dissidents again.

Firefox: Most unstable program in common use = +5

[Futurepower(R)]

Note that the Firefox is the most unstable program in common use was moderated up to +5 in a former discussion.

An honest history of Firefox would include the fact that it has been unstable for more than 2 1/2 years.

Re:Pardon?

[CyricZ]

And being better than Internet Explorer somehow makes Firefox a superior browser? I think not, my young friend!

What you're saying is that a huge, chunky piece of shit (Firefox) is only slightly better than a liquidy stream of fecal matter (Internet Explorer). Regardless, they're both still doodoo.