[I'm going to address a few specific points here, and I'm
intentionally not commenting on many of Mike's points]
Mike Jaques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not saying Mozilla isn't good, it is, and its getting better
> as the days drag into weeks drag into months drag into years.
> Three years this summer which in itself seemingly amazes me - 3
> years for a browser, Opera's been around less time hasn't it?
Nope. I'm certain that Opera was in existence as a finished product
at least 3.5 years ago (I remember installing it on my old 386, which
was retired in summer '97) It had probably been out there for some
time even then.
On the other hand, 3 years? IIRC, the mozilla project is about 2.5
years old, isn't it?
> But In the end, if Mozilla doesn't suck it up, take its fair share
> of criticism, be adult about it, and move on to develop something
> Netscape won't get trashed in the media about, I don't see much of a
> future.
Yep. Remember, though, that an awful lot of people just barge in here
whinging about N6 without having the faintest clue about Mozilla.
> Simple features that are now in Netscape 4.x like roaming profiles
<aside> I know nothing about the technicalities, but is that such a
simple feature? </aside>
<major snippage>
> If Mozilla won't step up and create a good first application (the
> browser), how can they expect anything "built on Mozilla technology"
> to truly be publicly accepted and thought of as a "class"
> application?
I would say wait for 1.0. The differences between now and 3 months
ago are substantial*. Where will it be in 3 months time?
And the differences between now and 9 months ago are phenomenal. This
thing keeps getting better. It's still not up to 4.7 in many areas
(though it is ahead in many others), and it's not up to the standards
of IE5.5 yet, either, but it's heading in the right direction.
Taking the (hopefully not too optimistic) view that the mozilla
project will keep going for at least another year*, then at the end of
that period, mozilla (and derived products) should be in a much better
shape to gain acceptance elsewhere. Many people (myself included) are
of the opinion that Netscape 6 was released too early.
*My guesses about AOL's motives say that they'll be providing support
for some time yet.
> Composed after nearly 24 hours awake, hopefully I didn't ramble too
> much.
More thoughtful than the usual "Netscape sux" rants, which is
appreciated (by me, at least)
--
gav
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