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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Nemesis on April 19, 2005, 09:08:38 pm
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Link to article (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22634)
Heavily abbreviated list from the article:
#1. The concept of "language packs" that was so prevalent on the Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 6.x / 7.x days seems to have been dropped in favour of "one Firefox installer for every language".
#2. Why deliver security fixes as "new versions", instead of patches?.
#3. Mozilla Foundation should offer users the option of an applications bundle,
#4. Firefox currently is currently riding the "mindshare wave" and making headlines
#5. The Gecko Runtime Engine (GRE) was created so, in theory, all applications could share a single "runtime engine", and avoid the duplication of files. This is often not the case.
#6. No splash screen.
#7. No "CCK". Netscape once offered their "Client Customization Kit" for their Mozilla Suite based 7.x browser.
#8. NO FTP UPLOADS.
#9. BRING BACK THE TABBED SIDEBAR,
#10. Outside voices have little saying in the future direction of Firefox, or Thunderbird.
#11. Okay, I said ten... here's one more: An INSTANT MESSENGER (coded in xul) should be integrated.
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No splash screen is an annoyance? Uhm, WTF and who cares!?
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Two annoyances I found:
1) CTRL-U brings up HTML source anywhere, including the address bar and text fields. I want to blank out the line!
2) Ok/Cancel buttons reversed so that OK is near the outer edge.