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A Mozilla Plugin to Help Overcome IE Rendering Flaw

Posted by timothy on from the like-a-screaming-monkey dept.

least_weasel writes "An article on Ars Technica reveals Mozilla's intention to create and release a plugin for Internet Explorer that would allow the often-criticized IE to utilize some of the cooler rendering code developed for Firefox. The current WIP focuses on rendering using HTML5 standards, but the plans seem to be more ambitious than just fixing this one small piece of IE. The article covers some of the plans, hurdles, and potential benefits. It also spills the beans on the code name for the project: Screaming Monkey."

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  1. Re:Look at me I'm the ginger bread man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Within your subjective, post-modern, truthless, non-judgemental world, you are correct.
    You can have "hope" and "change" and all those amorphous things that make you feel good.
    You can look to the government as some sort of God, and expect policy, programs, and processes to ensconce you in a warm, fuzzy glow for your whole life.
    I just hope you don't run out of anti-depressants.

  2. Screaming Monkey vs. Stupid Monkey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Screaming Monkey brings you serious code with good graphics.
    Stupid Monkey brings you hilarious 60s-era claymation.
    Screaming Stupid Monkey is a subhuman primate forced to use Redmonian browsers without third-party add-ons.

  3. Re:Er... by rts008 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "It also spills the beans on the code name for the project: Screaming Monkey."
    LOL!

    "What's the advantage over just installing Firefox?"

    Uhmm...because you can then spank your Screaming Monkey with abandon?

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  4. hmmm by __aamisb9940 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dunno if you can *prevent* LAN theft...but I bet you could _patent_ Lan Theft(tm)

  5. Re:Oh, snap. by jeremypv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not only did you fail to get first post, but you weren't even close. The English language lacks the ability to express the sheer magnitude of your monumentally epic failure; CowboyNeal's waist is anemic by comparison. I would suggest you try again, but failing so spectacularly has probably left both your body and mind in a highly unstable state. It's probably best for everyone involved if you just killed yourself. But you would probably just fail at that, too. Sometimes you just can't win.

    --Summer Glau

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