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TwinsX2Dad, you are sooo goddamn full of it.

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

It isn't rocket science, but you will lose functionality. Internet Explorer is used by 95 percent of the world. Firefox's fan base adds up to 2% at most. So why bother?

Because we don't want anymore n00bs getting their comps destroyed by Spyware Explorer

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

Mozilla is nothing but a last ditch bit of desperation to save Netscape. With it, you lose ActiveX. You lose other functionalities and you gain a huge hole where Firefox's XPInstall system can be tricked into installing myriad bits of malware. All for what? A gain in tabbed browsing? That is an idea stolen from previous alternate browsers, Opera & Lynx to name two.

With it, you lose the biggest security hole Ive ever heard of, and gain the option to block ads from any webpage, tweak network settings for faster browsing, and easier web developing, to mention some.
Oh noes, how can we ever submit to this!?!?!?!? I want the security holes back!!!!11one

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

So why go through the effort to make something work for less than 2% of the users out there, if you're not a Firefox fan? You don't, especially if you want the features everyone has and everyone wants.

You don't, because it's webmasters with the same way of thinking as you exhibit here that is the reason why a good lot of todays web pages do not follow anything remotely like standards, and hence is s**t coded.
You go through that effort to try to get M$ to make a better browser. You go through that effort because it makes you feel better as a webmaster. You go through that trouble if you even care about your site and forums.

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

Microsoft wiped out Netscape in the Browser Wars of the late 1990s not only because the company's management pushed the bounds of business ethics, but also because its engineers built a better browser. When Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale approved the Mozilla project, an open-source browser based on Netscape's code in 1998, it seemed then like a futile act of desperation. Now, over six years later, it still does.

Micro$oft wiped Netscape out because the old Navigator was a sucky browser, and because M$ forces users to use IE for many tasks, Windows Update to name one.
Since what you describe, the Mozilla Foundation has become an independant group.
Now, over 6 years later, people are starting to wake up and realise IE is the worst thing that ever happened to computing.

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

The Firefox/Mozilla bandwagon claiming that there is a better browser out there are is correct. The problem is, it hasn't been developed yet.

Hello, I am Mr. Ignorant, and I have seen it fit to erase all sense from the post quoted.

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

In the meantime, do we optimize for 95+% or do we shaft the 95% to appease the remainder? In this case, I stand by the developers of vB & IPB in going with the majority.

You optimise for the 8 million+ users downloading Firefox, because of the points I described above.

Originally Posted by TwinsX2Dad

RIP Netscape. We really don't miss you.

Thats true, seeing as we got its successor, Firefox, which is a much better browser.

Now please go away


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