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:ZDNet: Firefox? Bah Humbug, I Say
ZDNet: Firefox? Bah Humbug, I Say
Nov 6, 2004, 03 :00 UTC (35 Talkback[s]) (14529 reads)

(Other stories by John Carroll)

"Firefox has been getting a lot of press lately. Firefox is free software in the Stallman-sanctioned sense--released under a GPL license and built atop technology developed for the Mozilla project. Everybody LOVES Firefox. Not only is it a great browser, but it will make your teeth whiter and secure you a date with Carmen Electra.

"Okay, perhaps I exaggerate, but on that note, I haven’t seen ANYONE criticize Firefox. To a certain extent, this is because it is the best alternative in a world dominated by Internet Explorer (cue Opera/Safari/Konqueror fans to go into a frothing rage). On the other hand, as I can personally attest, it is politically incorrect in the extreme to criticize anything stamped with the open source moniker..."

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Editor's Note: Who's Getting Behind the Desktop?(Oct 22, 2004)
ZDNet UK: Testing Times for Open Source(Oct 21, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
This is exactly the kind of comments I s ...   Firefox: the Gentoo Linux of web browsers?   
Jim
Nov 6, 2004, 03:18:10
 
Leave politics out of it cry baby !Geez. ...   John Carroll   
da
Nov 6, 2004, 03:20:57
 
"On the other hand, as I can personally  ...   'politically incorrect'..   
Jose Sanchez
Nov 6, 2004, 03:46:35
 
Wait I know....  this is another David C ...   Oh Great... Pseudo-Intellectualism Again...   
Nicholas Donovan
Nov 6, 2004, 04:52:57
 
There are a lot of articles over at ZDNe ...   ZDNet? Bah Humbug, I Say   
Joe User
Nov 6, 2004, 06:03:20
 
>>None of this is rocket science. Some m ...   DONT USE TABLES!!!!   
Tim Dion
Nov 6, 2004, 06:21:07
 
"I managed a workaround by detecting the ...   So many logical flaws I don't know where to st   
Cybertron
Nov 6, 2004, 07:23:02
 
I'm so tired of self-proclaimed expe ...   Insulting   
Linux1
Nov 6, 2004, 09:29:10
 
"it is politically incorrect in the extr ...   flm   
Anteater
Nov 6, 2004, 14:19:09
 
eWeek tag-teams with ZDNet frequentlyInt ...   Re: ZDNet? Bah Humbug, I Say   
C. Whitman
Nov 6, 2004, 18:09:25
 
I haven't actually bothered to read  ...   Re: So many logical flaws I don't know where t   
C. Whitman
Nov 6, 2004, 18:15:34
 
What is it with all the poorly written a ...   "expert"?   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 6, 2004, 18:40:24
 
Common mistake made by IE page designers ...   IE 4 Mode   
RIk
Nov 6, 2004, 19:35:36
 
Look at all the above comments!??! Can&# ...   HES RIGHT!!!!   
Matt
Nov 6, 2004, 21:01:32
 
Firefox has been getting a lot of press  ...   Firefox's License   
SpringFish
Nov 6, 2004, 22:22:13
 
to be COMPATIBLE with NOT STANDARD is ne ...   HES NOT RIGHT !!!   
michel
Nov 6, 2004, 22:47:10
 
...Look at all the above comments!??! Ok ...   re: HES RIGHT!!!!   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 6, 2004, 23:01:37
 
> Look at all the above comments!??! Can ...   Re: HES RIGHT!!!!   
kosh
Nov 6, 2004, 23:16:04
 
I never said M$ is right and that Firefo ...   HES STILL RIGHT   
Matt
Nov 7, 2004, 00:05:23
 
I can't believe that there are some  ...   WTF??   
tony
Nov 7, 2004, 00:46:51
 
IE's "corrective behavior" is probab ...   Reason to not render a la MS...   
fastpathguru
Nov 7, 2004, 02:37:05
 
...Think about it like a business instea ...   re: HES STILL RIGHT   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 7, 2004, 05:29:42
 
 > Think about it like a business instea ...   Re: HES STILL RIGHT   
ac
Nov 7, 2004, 09:31:13
 
All good arugments, but it still doesn&# ...   GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
Matt
Nov 7, 2004, 19:10:55
 
FF and Moz use a "quirks mode" to try an ...   FF (and Moz) *DO* HAVE A PROBLEM! bugzilla # 2355   
Rick Stockton
Nov 7, 2004, 21:33:58
 
>...be happy with a 3% browser share bec ...   Re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
DDahl
Nov 7, 2004, 21:47:51
 
... All good arugments, but it still doe ...   re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 8, 2004, 01:00:00
 
Your percentages of 7% and 17% are compl ...   Re: re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
Matt
Nov 8, 2004, 05:44:49
 
 > Your percentages of 7% and 17% are co ...   Re: Re: re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
ac
Nov 8, 2004, 16:58:06
 
> Your percentages of 7% and 17% are com ...   Re: Re: re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
DDahl
Nov 8, 2004, 21:39:49
 
Oops. I just realized that my links didn ...   Re: Re: Re: re: GOOD ARGUMENTS BUT...   
ac
Nov 9, 2004, 03:56:57
 
> I never said M$ is right and that Fire ...   Re: HES STILL RIGHT   
Jimmy the Geek
Nov 12, 2004, 21:16:36
 
Much as I hate to say it, untill w3c com ...   IE/Firefox   
Stik
Nov 13, 2004, 09:41:20
 
Carroll is just the messenger for those  ...   Re: FF (and Moz) *DO* HAVE A PROBLEM! bugzilla #   
joey3x
Nov 13, 2004, 17:26:19
 
It's not browser incompatibility, bu ...   Re: HES RIGHT!!!!   
joey3x
Nov 13, 2004, 17:28:48
 
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