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Before we give this the traditional Hacker News baptism by fire, keep in mind that this is apparently just one guy's project, and he's very junior: Waterfox

Before we give this the traditional Hacker News baptism by fire, keep in mind that this is apparently just one guy's project, and he's very junior: Waterfox was started back in March 2011 by Alex Kontos, a then 16 year old student. He had a fascination for the web and wanted to help expand on the ideals of what Mozilla had for a free and open web. Be constructive, not snarky.

tospgogww 11y ago
Well, he's 20 now. And he's stuck with it for four years? That's pretty impressive.
- gravity13 11y ago
  Only in the context of our fleeting industry.
- lobster_johnson 11y ago
  Still young; he's probably still a student. People react differently to negative criticism, of course, but to some it can be devastating.
  - seangrant 11y ago
    Someone building a web browser for 4 years has definitely come across some negative criticism by now. The best criticism we can offer him is that which is constructive.
- joe563323 11y ago
  Yes. That really impressive. That's really a rare trait. The more impressive thing is the following from https://www.waterfoxproject.org/#about https://www.waterfoxproject.org/#about > wanted to help expand on the ideals of what Mozilla had for a free and open web At 16(or even at 20) understanding free and open web and the importance of it and take action for consecutive 4 years is really awesome. We need more clones of you. Thanks Alex Kontos.
anonbanker 11y ago
Wasn't Blake Ross 16 when he wrote Phoenix/Firefox?
- greggarious 11y ago
  Wrote is a strong word, given he had the Netscape code.
  - anonbanker 11y ago
    Not to say that gecko wasn't a substantial work in itself, but in Phoenix, everything but gecko was new code. This doesn't even cover how much "Netscape" code was actually in seamonkey in the first place, and how much was the other way around from Netscape 6 on. If anything, I could have used stronger words.

tospgogww 11y ago

Well, he's 20 now. And he's stuck with it for four years? That's pretty impressive.

gravity13 11y ago
Only in the context of our fleeting industry.
lobster_johnson 11y ago
Still young; he's probably still a student. People react differently to negative criticism, of course, but to some it can be devastating.
- seangrant 11y ago
  Someone building a web browser for 4 years has definitely come across some negative criticism by now. The best criticism we can offer him is that which is constructive.
joe563323 11y ago
Yes. That really impressive. That's really a rare trait. The more impressive thing is the following from https://www.waterfoxproject.org/#about https://www.waterfoxproject.org/#about > wanted to help expand on the ideals of what Mozilla had for a free and open web At 16(or even at 20) understanding free and open web and the importance of it and take action for consecutive 4 years is really awesome. We need more clones of you. Thanks Alex Kontos.

anonbanker 11y ago

Wasn't Blake Ross 16 when he wrote Phoenix/Firefox?

greggarious 11y ago
Wrote is a strong word, given he had the Netscape code.
- anonbanker 11y ago
  Not to say that gecko wasn't a substantial work in itself, but in Phoenix, everything but gecko was new code. This doesn't even cover how much "Netscape" code was actually in seamonkey in the first place, and how much was the other way around from Netscape 6 on. If anything, I could have used stronger words.