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I can't resist, it applies perfectly: Firefox, the fast, stable, and lightweight alternative to Netscape. I don't know quite where it went off the rails...
by anexprogrammer 10y ago
I can't resist, it applies perfectly:
Firefox, the fast, stable, and lightweight alternative to Netscape.
I don't know quite where it went off the rails...
- hollander 10y agoThe web went off the rails, not Firefox! Or better, webdevelopers went off the rails. Or even better, their managers. No no no, probably their CEOs! Or... ehm...
- gcb0 10y agomeh. incorrect cheap shot. Firefox slogan always was Take Back The Web. and it's still kicking at it. I'm using it on android now, with NoScript and httpsEverywhere just fine.
- anexprogrammer 10y agoWrong. Phoenix was produced as a small, light, extensible replacement for the perceived bloat of Netscape. it started as an experimental project. See the announcement by Eich & Hyatt announcing Firefox would be the focus, not Communicator: http://www-archive.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-02-Apr-2003.html http://www-archive.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-02-Apr-2003.h... "Firefox is simply smaller, faster, and better -- especially better not because it has every conflicting feature wanted by each segment of the Mozilla community, but because it has a strong "add-on" extension mechanism" "Take Back the Web" came a year or two later as I recall.