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JWZ isn't the only one

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the things-are-getting-crazy dept.

preed-man writes "I don't know what's up in Mountain View, but it's not good: AOL has laid off about 430 Netscape employees; in addition to this, a "key Mozilla.org figure" has resigned as well. It's a somber time in Mountain View. " CT : Sorry about the lag in story postings. Reformatted and reinstalled, but I now have a nice shiny new Debian box.

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  1. Mozilla Does ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    2) They should dump their code to their FTP site more than once every two months; the last was 1-28-99 and it's like April already.

    April 02 --
    ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/last-bui lt/
    mozilla-source.tar.gz

    M3 March 23 --
    ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/m3/TG Z/
    mozilla-5.0-SeaMonkey_M3_BRANCH_19990323.tar.gz
    3) They should establish a usenet news group. (if they have, then promote it but I don't see "mozilla" on dejanews "Browse Group"
    There are 46 newsgroups under the hierarchy netscape.public.mozilla.*
    4) There needs to be a code overview/tutorial for morons like me that might possibly want to help.
    Tutorial: "Extending Mozilla Or How To Do The Impossible"
    http://www.doczilla.com/development/index.html
  2. Lynx, here we come? by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 3

    I hope that the Mozilla team survives after such a strong lashing. While things sound like they're starting to crumble, the fact remains that the world needs a good browser.

    Perhaps it would be good (at this point) to not worry about integrating the mail and news clients into the initial release of Mozilla. Focusing on the browser is key. Something just needs to get out to the world that shows that something has been done. I don't mean developer test versions (such as M3) either. Those releases do show a lot, but only to a small crowd.

    Besides, it would be nice to componentize the release of Mozilla -- a "Browser Package" could contain just the browser, while a "Communication Package" could include News/Mail/etc.. Not only would it keep download times smaller for slow modem owners, it would allow the Mozilla team to get away with skipping the Communication Package for now.

    Maybe I'm just too anxious to see the first major release of Mozilla. :^)

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  3. Bad sign or oportunity? by bjk4 · · Score: 3


    I think this is a bad sign for Netscape/Mozilla. With Jamie Zawinskileaving and the recent layoffs at both Netscape and AOL, I'm beginning to worry about the future of the Mozilla project.

    At the same time I think they can rid themselves of all doubt simply by releasing a product as small as iCab, has many more innovative features, and runs faster. There are two things lacking in iCab. First, it crashes on my computer. I expect this to be fixed soon. Second, it is slow in rendering images. I think Netscape/Mozilla can out do this easily, which would restore faith in the project, and enhance Mozilla's standing in the browser wars.

    Good luck guys.

    -Ben