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Mozilla Slams Chrome Frame As "Browser Soup"

Posted by kdawson on from the strange-bedfellows dept.

CWmike writes "Mozilla executives today took shots at Google for pitching its Chrome Frame plug-in as a solution to Internet Explorer's poor performance, with one arguing that Google's move will result in 'browser soup.' The Mozilla reaction puts the company that builds Firefox on the same side of the debate as rival Microsoft, which has also blasted Google over the plug-in. Mitchell Baker, the former CEO of Mozilla and currently the chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, said in a blog post, 'The overall effects of Chrome Frame are undesirable. I predict positive results will not be enduring and — and to the extent it is adopted — Chrome Frame will end in growing fragmentation and loss of control for most of us, including Web developers.' Baker says Chrome Frame's browser-in-a-browser will confuse users and render some of their familiar tools useless. 'Once your browser has fragmented into multiple rendering engines, it's very hard to manage information across Web sites. Some information will be manageable from the browser you use and some information from Chrome Frame. This defeats one of the most important ways in which a browser can help people manage their [Web] experience.'"

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  1. They just wish they'd thought of it first. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google is simply "embracing and extending" IE's functionality, right?

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    1. Re:They just wish they'd thought of it first. by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 2, Funny

      Google is simply "embracing and extending" IE's functionality, right?

      Hey, as long as they remember the "extinguish" step, I'll support the effort...

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  2. Two conflicting thoughts by mr_josh · · Score: 2, Funny
    The web developer side of me says, "Yeah, this probably will not add conformity to things."

    The shit-disturber side of me says, "Take that, Redmond."

  3. Hold on a second.... by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who said soup is a bad thing? I like soup, damn it!

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  4. IE faster? IE renders properly? by wardk · · Score: 2, Funny

    this must be stopped!

  5. Re:IE by RichardJenkins · · Score: 3, Funny

    That was a level 2 troll you fool! Take your hand from his mouth lest it comes for seconds.

  6. Re:Who, other than Microsoft? by shirotakaaki · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shit is constantly broken in Lynx! Images still don't show up right without hacks! WTF is up with that!? And forget about Flash. Adobe hates Lynx.

  7. Re:Important point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    nope, it's autism

  8. Re:IE by inode_buddha · · Score: 2, Funny
    "I think this is an excellent point. GF will likely be deployed by enterprises..."

    Your GF will be deployed by enterprises???

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