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Mozilla - his example in the essay - eventually got re-written as the most popular browser in use today It worked out ok for end users, but didn't lead to such
by akronim 16y ago
Mozilla - his example in the essay - eventually got re-written as the most popular browser in use today
It worked out ok for end users, but didn't lead to such a great outcome for Netscape.
- statictype 16y agoWell, I think the rewrite occurred after the codebase was open-sourced.
- thought_alarm 16y agoFirefox's rendering engine, Gecko (née NGLayout) was started well before Netscape went open source. Mozilla.org decided to scrap the classic rendering engine in favor of Gecko/NGLayout within a few months of going open source. Six short years after that, Firefox was ready for prime time. http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article177.html http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article177.html http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/screenshots/ http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/screenshots/