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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 Why is Gecko worth keeping if it is outdated and bloated?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. Re:lite by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know about you, but I'll take stable over lightweight any day. The only word that suffices to describe Firefox's lack of threaded tabs is "shameful". There is no excuse for a modern browser to not have this, especially in light of the fact that their main competitor (IE) is developing it.

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    "16MB (fuck off, MiB fascists)" - The Mighty Buzzard
  2. Re:Gecko is not outdated or bloated. by FishWithAHammer · · Score: 0, Troll

    And with threaded tabs, it kicks Firefox's ass up and down the street.

    At the moment, Firefox and Safari are competing for "suckiest browser." Chrome and IE8 are hanging out at the cool kids' table.

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    "You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time."