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:TNL.net: A Modest Browser Proposal
TNL.net: A Modest Browser Proposal
Jan 17, 2004, 14 :30 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (13555 reads)

(Other stories by Tristan Louis)

"Robert Scoble mentions on his blog that he had a meeting with the IE team and that they are solicitating feedback from the blog community about what to include in the next update of the browser. While particular features are nice, I'd like to suggest something much more radical: Switch to Mozilla.

"It may sound like heresy and would create quite some controversy in the online space but let's face it, the browser wars are over. Since AOL decided to get our of the browser business, the Mozilla foundation has successfully managed a transition and is now moving forward on adding value to their offerings.

"By adopting Mozilla as their core rendering engine, Microsoft could achieve a number of quick wins: first of all, it would allow it to adopt a number of new features that many users have requested. Things like tabbed browsing, an expandable plug-in architecture, a rendering language for the application layer (no more XUL vs XAML discussions) would come out of the box..."

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Related Stories:
The Age: Open Source Firm Releases Patch for IE Spoofing Flaw(Dec 19, 2003)
CNET News: Is This the End of Netscape?(May 30, 2003)
NewsFactor: Windows and Open Source: Perfect Together?(Mar 22, 2003)
The Register: Goodbye MS IE? AOL revs up for browser wars two (Apr 27, 2001)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This is Microsoft we're talking abou ...   Interesting, but...   
Jim
Jan 17, 2004, 15:08:46
 
I am continually amazed that some people ...   And to solve world hunger, everyone could just eat   
Brandioch Conner
Jan 17, 2004, 15:12:51
 
Considering that MS wants to kill off th ...   That will be the day   
jimbo
Jan 17, 2004, 15:33:57
 
Microsoft would never do it.  That would ...   Never work   
Chris Pollard
Jan 17, 2004, 16:12:06
 
Truly, there are a lot of technical reas ...   When pigs fly, Hell freezes over, etc.   
Peter Rasmussen
Jan 17, 2004, 16:19:56
 
come on, you know better...it will not h ...   will not happen...   
anonymous
Jan 17, 2004, 16:59:31
 
You are correct that this isn't like ...   Browser Wars   
Robert T Childers
Jan 17, 2004, 17:09:23
 
MicroCrap likes to make its products dif ...   What a USELESS proposal   
anonymous
Jan 17, 2004, 17:47:07
 
This is a fools proposal. MS has nothing ...   This is absurd   
WC
Jan 17, 2004, 18:34:47
 
Tristan Louis is, IMO, unbelievably naiv ...   Unbelievably Naive!   
Howard B. Golden
Jan 17, 2004, 20:31:45
 
Article makes some good points, although ...   Interesting article, read the metatags   
Jim Richardson
Jan 17, 2004, 22:15:21
 
>I am continually amazed that some peopl ...   Re: And to solve world hunger, everyone could just   
Eric Laffoon
Jan 18, 2004, 06:31:13
 
My bread and butter is clientside vbscri ...   one word... VBSCRIPT   
Wayner Timpton
Jan 18, 2004, 17:53:43
 
I am well aware that Microsoft will neve ...   Author response   
Tristan Louis
Jan 18, 2004, 19:35:18
 
your love affair with microsoft appears  ...   Re: one word... VBSCRIPT   
observer
Jan 19, 2004, 01:02:08
 
> For the record, I am a mozilla user wh ...   Re: Author response   
Mike Fedyk
Jan 19, 2004, 10:06:18
 
 My bread and butter is clientside vbscr ...   Re: one word... VBSCRIPT   
DrXym
Jan 19, 2004, 13:32:54
 
There is only one thing wrong with this  ...   MS to adopt Mozilla   
paul
Jan 19, 2004, 15:09:05
 
 If Microsoft would rather die than play ...   Re: MS to adopt Mozilla   
Mario Miyojim
Jan 19, 2004, 19:01:14
 
I am well aware that Microsoft will neve ...   Re: Author response   
Howard B. Golden
Jan 19, 2004, 21:52:46
 
It's already bad enough that we have ...   Re: Re: Author response   
Gerry Hillmen
Jan 20, 2004, 02:14:52
 
I am amazed that the author and talkback ...   Everyone is forgetting the obvious   
tc
Jan 20, 2004, 15:43:17
 
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