Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Oct 2009 22:42 UTC
Mozilla has released the first beta release of Firefox 3.6, which comes with some nice Windows 7 integration features. More specifically, the Firefox 3.6 beta integrates with the new taskbar in Windows 7.
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And the problem is? If Chrome UI is superior, they better copy it.
well if all they can do is copy and not innovate in the UI space, then what's the point? gecko isn't the fastest and most compatible engine anymore, the only thing it has are it's plugins which it seems Chrome is going to be solving shortly. They don't even create the plugins too, so I assume once the framework is there devs will move their stuff over.
of course it's entirely up to them to not innovate, but you can almost see history repeating itself if that becomes the case and Mozilla corp losing market again.
It should also be noted that Mozilla has lost so many devs over the years and I would guess from their stories a lot of it has to do with shitty management and their Windows focus. Look how Mozilla/AOL people cancelled Camino two days before it was going to be officially launched at Macworld just for the sake of not releasing it and 'competing' with Firefox.
They just don't get the other markets.
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what the hell is that. their roadmap transforms the firefox gui into the chrome gui.
are they trying to trick themselves (or us?) into thinking they actually came up with this?
it isn't a coincidence that firefox 3.7 smoothly mutates the gui halfway to chrome, and 4.0 goes the other half. these changes are distributed well enough to ease current users into the new interface without a culture shock.
it is hackish to not cite chrome as their source of inspiration.