Interviewed by CNN on 2/2/2010 12:30, Phillip Jones told the world: >> I really hope HJ gets inspired enough to do the migration. He is >> the _true father of tabbed browsing_ . So we all owe him a debt of >> gratitude. >> >> So, 1.1.18 it is then. :-/ > ahh so that's the rascal that's responsible.
Well, not quite. The concept of a tabbed interface apparently came from IBM, as part of their CUA project. The first browser with something similar to modern tabs was a development version of Opera. But they kinda sat on it for a while, the feature was not very well known -- it only came to their mainstream browser after others had reinvented it independently. Then, there was Netcaptor, which was a front-end for the IE engine, that brought it to the general public. A couple others (including Opera) followed suit. HJ, the author of Multizilla, was the one who brought it to the Mozilla project -- in the form of an extension. Dave Hyatt saw it, liked it, and wrote his own implementation (not taken from Multizilla) for the trunk Mozilla browser. So, if you want someone to "blame" (I personally would "thank"), there's quite a bunch of people. The guys at IBM and Opera for creating it, the guys at Netcaptor for spreading it around, HJ for showing it could work in a Mozilla product or Dave Hyatt for making it a core feature. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... BOFH excuse #314: You need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.0.2 * http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
