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Time: 06:10 EST/11:10 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Chris Hedlund

There is little doubt that one of the most publicised Open Source projects doing the rounds at the moment is Mozilla Firefox. From the roots of the Netscape browser, the Mozilla project has spent some considerable time and effort in redeveloping, modularising and improving the components from the Netscape Communicator suite. Ever since the sources were made available, the project has made a number of successful wins that have spawned among others, Firefox, Thunderbird and Sunbird. With the eventual release of Firefox; the little browser that could, the public perception of Firefox has not been typical of an Open Source project. When projects such the GIMP, OpenOffice.org and Apache hit version one, there was not the sheer level of fanfare spawned from the Firefox camp and echoed around the international press. This was undoubtedly due to the efforts of SpreadFirefox.com, the cross platform nature of Firefox, and its abilities to block Internet nasties such as spyware and popup ads. Combined with the easy to install nature of Firefox and its lean athletic figure, Firefox seems destined for success, whether you read the New York Times or not.

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#1 By 9589 (66.26.234.224) at 2/7/2005 7:51:25 AM
Another drive by about, yes, you guessed it, Firefox.

Just move along, nothing to see here.

#2 By 16451 (65.19.16.110) at 2/7/2005 8:39:59 AM
sure, we all obey your command

#3 By 2960 (156.80.64.60) at 2/7/2005 8:41:53 AM
The goodnews is #1's post is rendered perfectly in FireFox :)

TL

#4 By 13030 (198.22.121.120) at 2/7/2005 10:38:01 AM
"A typical product will not have its technology and authors showcased in national press and TV to the level that Firefox has achieved."

Could be the underdog syndrome, but when did any other underdog technology get this level of coverage?

"As Firefox continues to grow, it is likely that the growth factor could actually increase further."

Geometric growth is what we have experienced so far.

" The issue is that Firefox is as simple to use and install as Internet Explorer..."

Even simpler to use and install than IE. Copy and paste install if you want. No third party or MS add-ons needed to make it work effectively. No playing the one step tighter security model of moving the Internet zone into restricted and shifting everything else over one zone to make it secure. No pop-ups without mucking around with script settings. And just as fast.

#5 By 2201 (194.205.219.2) at 2/7/2005 11:46:39 AM
#4
Good post, although you spoil your post with your last comment. Somehow I don't think you can get a better install than IE as installed with the installation of Windows. Therefore, Firefox isn't easier to install within Windows.

#6 By 8556 (12.217.173.227) at 2/7/2005 11:49:41 AM
ClosedStandards: Your humorous post made me wonder. Wouldn’t Firefox just show the text of the script even though it wouldn’t run?

#7 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at 2/7/2005 1:05:30 PM
#5: Yes, we remember the plucky little company that had a superior product until they were illegally crushed out of existence when Microsoft leveraged their monopoly. But that's ok, because according to MS, having less choice is good for the consumer.

#6: Hmm, not that I know of, but perhaps you could embed an activeX control that would just format their hard disks? Oh wait, it would only work for IE users.

#8 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 2/7/2005 2:09:47 PM
system22 is another victim of deadly sarcasm

#9 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 2/7/2005 3:54:32 PM
i wouldn't say victim.

Very funny. Look through other posts by "ClosedStandards" and you'll see what tgnb meant.

what i don't enjoy is self righteous comments being posted

As someone else has said: pot, kettle, black. Or are self-righteous comments only allowed when they aren't posted by 'MS cattle'?

At any rate, if you actually want people to read your comments, consider posting more critical remarks than non-points such as "the best cuz microsoft and its legions told you so."

For example... one point to which no one has responded (STILL... after who knows how many Firefox-related articles have been posted on this site) is that, to my knowledge, no utility exists for Firefox patching on multiple machines. IE has SUS and SMS, among others. Asking end users to patch their own browsers simply doesn't work. I'm sure the utility is coming, but as of yet, it does not exist (again, at least to my knowledge). I use Firefox a growing percentage of the time personally, but until I see a working patching utility, I won't even be considering it for a greater rollout where I work.

This post was edited by bluvg on Monday, February 07, 2005 at 15:57.

#10 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 2/7/2005 4:51:12 PM
system22 what we are trying to explain to you is that ClosedStandard was the one being sarcastic when he posted what you perceived to be "disrespectful"

"is that, to my knowledge, no utility exists for Firefox patching on multiple machines."

bluvg check out FFDeploy http://firefox.dbltree.com/ Also Institutional Deployment is on the list for for Firefox 1.5.

#11 By 7797 (63.76.44.6) at 2/7/2005 5:26:54 PM
excellent point roccofreshy

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