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Why Mozilla Is Committed To Using Gecko

Posted by Soulskill on from the gecko,-not-geico dept.

Ars Technica has published an article about Mozilla's commitment to use the Gecko rendering engine instead of using Webkit, which was adopted by Apple and Google for use in the Safari and Chrome browsers. I have been using Chrome on my work PC and find many of its features compelling, and wonder how soon we will see its best innovations in Firefox. Why is Gecko worth keeping if it is outdated and bloated?

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  1. I am committed to first posting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this a firsty?

    You bet your ass butter filled hairy ass crack!

    1. Re:I am committed to first posting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You lost the bet. Now where's my ass?

    2. Re:I am committed to first posting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Forget your ass, where's my hair?

    3. Re:I am committed to first posting by I_Heat_Sexylaid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Forget your hair, where's my poll lead?

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  2. hello? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first!!! LOL

    1. Re:hello? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      nope. LAST! ROFL

  3. Why use GEICO (advertisement) by fm6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, I saved about 50% when I switched from Progressive to Gecko, I mean GEICO. It's the insurer if well off enough be worth suing, but too cheap to replace your 10-year-old Honda that still runs great but has a negative Blue Book value.

    1. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Got a quote from Geico, was a good 25% higher than my current car insurance from NY Central Mutual. Buffalo NY area. Sticking with NYCM.

    2. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Good to see other people from Buffalo!

    3. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Watch out, VP wanabee inbound, and she's packin'.

    4. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by yoyhed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I got a quote that was about 25% higher than my rate with State Farm and promptly closed the browser window. Then, a couple months later, I get a call from Geico (at 9 in the morning, which for me is a really fucking annoying time to be woken up by an insurance company). They're offering an even lower rate, which STILL ends up being 10% higher than what I pay my good neighbor who's always there. After all the fucking commercials I've endured over the years, you'd think they could muster a lower rate. I just hung up on the bastard when I heard the 6-month premium spew out his mouth.

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    5. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by nwf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's basically my experience. I got a free quote, and they were 20% higher than I was paying to Amica. I never heard of Amica until a friend got rear ended by one of their customers. We were both shocked at how professional and decent they were. So, almost everyone we knew switched. They said they get a lot of new customers that way. As I recall, they were higher than Farmers when I was with them as well.

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    6. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by Miseph · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      So are they. Apparently you've never been to Buffalo.

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    7. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by mweather · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's why I never insure with anyone who advertises heavily. That money has to come from somewhere.

    8. Re:Why use GEICO (advertisement) by erroneus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yeah, it's off-topic, but what the hell... I hate Geico. I was going through them for a while and all was well... then at every renewal, they would raise my rates a little. I called to ask why and they just said "costs are going up everywhere... everyone is doing it." What a lie. When you are with an insurance company for a couple of years or more and have no incidents, your rates should go down and that is what everyone else does... just not Geico. So I switched away from Geico, got a lower rate and never looked back. I have gotten occasional mails asking me to come back but they go in the trash.

      GEICO, you suck. GEICO, you lie to customers. GEICO, you falsely advertise. GEICO, you should be shut down.

  4. Re:Amendment by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah. That makes a thousand times more sense. I like how the original incorrect post is +5 insightful and this is only at +2. Good Job Mods. Good Job.

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  5. Re:Why use Gecko? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    McCain/Palin '08. Now THAT's hope and change!

    Thanks, but no thanks.

  6. Re:lite by bigstrat2003 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't see why this was modded troll...

    You must be new here. ;)

    I learned a while ago that Firefox has lots of zealots in the moderator ranks. That, coupled with the fact that plenty of people who moderate are worthless moderators, and use their power to censor viewpoints they don't like rather than keep a discussion going, means that saying things against Firefox have a high probability of getting you modded down. I accept this, stick my mental middle finger up at these abusive pricks, and move along with my life. :)

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  7. Amica by sconeu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just went to their site.

    They won't even give you an online quote if you've had a ticket in the past 3 years.

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