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What future for FirefoxWhat future for FirefoxPosted Sep 2, 2008 14:48 UTC (Tue) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018)In reply to: Well done by vblum Parent article: The Google Chrome comic book
AFAIK, Google are the sponsors behind Firefox... But now they've re-developed a browser from scratch, and what's more it's based on Webkit and not Gecko (as FF is).
It would be nice to know whether Google intends to support two competitive projects, or... else? Anyone? Chris?
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What future for Firefox Posted Sep 2, 2008 15:27 UTC (Tue) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]
Nokia's doing that to a certain extent too: their MicroB browser for the Internet Tablet is Gecko-based, but they were the main sponsor behind WebKit's GTK binding, and now owns Trolltech which has WebKit bindings.
What future for Firefox Posted Sep 2, 2008 15:37 UTC (Tue) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link]
Google just renewed their contract with Mozilla Corp. last week, and for a 3 year period this time instead of the 2 year renewal period they've been using to date. So apparently Google *will* be supporting two competitive projects until 2011, at least; plus the timing suggests that this is an intentional decision on Google's part.
What future for Firefox Posted Sep 2, 2008 23:59 UTC (Tue) by qg6te2 (guest, #52587) [Link] If the goal is to reduce the influence of Internet Exploder (and hence by extension the influence of MS), it makes sense for Google to support two browser projects. Instead of people having only two viable choices (i.e. IE and Firefox), three is better, simply as IE is now outnumbered with viable competition. Some people may not like the new interpretation of tabbing in Chrome (or they might be uncomfortable with "new" features) and hence they would stick to either IE or Firefox. On the other hand, people who do not like the "standard" tabbing approach in IE or Firefox (or are comfortable with "new" features) may go for the Chrome browser. This is somewhat akin to a company releasing the same product (say, potato chips) under two different brands, priced differently. Some people will think that the higher priced chips are "better" and hence would buy these, while other people are on a budget and hence would go for the lower priced alternative. Either way the company profits at the expense of the competition.
What future for Firefox Posted Sep 3, 2008 2:02 UTC (Wed) by ofeeley (subscriber, #36105) [Link]
And also will the CAcert root certificate be distributed with Google Chrome? Given Google's willingness to provide a list of bogus sites I wonder will they also help to end the commercial SSL certificate racket?
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