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Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition
Chris Blanc writes "Mozilla Lab's push is to blur the edges of the browser, to make it both more tightly integrated with the computer it's running on, and also more hooked into Web services. So extended, the browser becomes an even more powerful and pervasive platform for all kinds of applications. 'Beard wants the new online/offline, browser/service to be more intelligent on behalf of its users. Early examples of this intelligence include the "awesome bar," which is what Mozilla calls the new smart address bar in Firefox 3. It offers users smart URL suggestions as they type based on Web searches and their prior Web browsing history. He's looking to extend on this with a "linguistic user interface" that lets users type plain English commands into the browser bar. Beard pointed me towards Quicksilver and Enso as products he's cribbing from.'"
Microsoft integrating a browser with the OS = bad.
/. loves to Microsoft bash, but this demands a loud "WTF?"
Mozilla integrating a browser with the OS = good.
I know
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Cleartype fonts will clear that right up. That's just the text edges, what you really need is good antialiasing.
Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.