Bill Weinman wrote: > "Bundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:<gSp78.83089$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >>Take a look at all the things that Opera can do with far less code and a >>much faster browser. That is the approach Mozilla should take, speed not >>bells. >> > > For what it is, Opera is an excellent product. It's small fast and > simple. But there already is an Opera so there's no need for Mozilla > to duplicate that effort. >
There's already an IE, it kicked Netscape's ass long ago, so why duplicate that effort? Oh right, we like reinventing wheels 'round these here parts. > Mozilla was designed by the community, The little design work that went into it was done by AOL, not by any "community". > and the community wanted a > platform including browser/mail/news/chat/composer/etc. Exactly like NC4.7x oddly enough. Which is why five years later people are *still* using NC4.7x in preference to Mozilla. > along with a > mechanism for building other applications with xml/DOM. Nobody in "the community" wanted that. Apps? hell, there aren't even more than a handful of *SKINS* around! > When people > finally realize just how powerful this thing is, I think the world > will sit up and take notice. > Hehhehe, yeah, you keep tellin' yourself that, year after year, milestone after milestone. 0.75% market share after 0.75% market share. > Personally, I'm glad it's being done the way that it is and I think > most people involved agree. > I wonder what the browser-using community thinks? Oh, wait, no I don't, 0.75% pretty much says it all, doesn't it? > --Bill >
