Comments on: CyberNotes: Get Netscape’s Best Features in Firefox http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/ Technology News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:19:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-119991 Ryan Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:29:55 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-119991 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-119987" rel="nofollow">Dad wrote:</a><blockquote>So if NN 9 has all these unique features built in then why use Firefox and have to hunt down and install extensions? The filesizes on both are close to the same.</blockquote></div> Most people don't want ALL of these features. I'm sure most of our readers only saw one or two different things that they liked, which is why we wanted to point out the extensions. Dad wrote:
So if NN 9 has all these unique features built in then why use Firefox and have to hunt down and install extensions? The filesizes on both are close to the same.

Most people don’t want ALL of these features. I’m sure most of our readers only saw one or two different things that they liked, which is why we wanted to point out the extensions.

]]> By: Dad http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-119987 Dad Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:23:08 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-119987 So if NN 9 has all these unique features built in then why use Firefox and have to hunt down and install extensions? The filesizes on both are close to the same. So if NN 9 has all these unique features built in then why use Firefox and have to hunt down and install extensions? The filesizes on both are close to the same.

]]> By: Firefox???Navigator 9????? | Firefox.hk http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-119639 Firefox???Navigator 9????? | Firefox.hk Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:22:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-119639 [...] ???Firefox?????????????????????????????????????Firefox ??????????????Netscape9????????????Safari??????????WIndows???????????????Firefox????????????????????CyberNet???????Get Netscape’s Best Features in Firefox????????Firefox????????????Netscape 9?????? [...] [...] ???Firefox?????????????????????????????????????Firefox ??????????????Netscape9????????????Safari??????????WIndows???????????????Firefox????????????????????CyberNet???????Get Netscape’s Best Features in Firefox????????Firefox????????????Netscape 9?????? [...]

]]> By: Get Netscape Best Features in Firefox | Firefox.hk http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-119116 Get Netscape Best Features in Firefox | Firefox.hk Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:01:17 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-119116 [...] Get Netscape Best Features in Firefox [...] [...] Get Netscape Best Features in Firefox [...]

]]> By: Firefox’u destekliyorum http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118749 Firefox’u destekliyorum Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:16:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118749 [...] kurulan Netscape pekte yeni bir ?eyler getirmemi?. ?stereniz, Firefox kullan?c?s? olarak bir tema yard?m?yla Netscape kullan?yor hissini [...] [...] kurulan Netscape pekte yeni bir ?eyler getirmemi?. ?stereniz, Firefox kullan?c?s? olarak bir tema yard?m?yla Netscape kullan?yor hissini [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118628 Ryan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:53:53 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118628 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-118621" rel="nofollow">Richard Klein wrote:</a><blockquote>As one of the Netscape engineers on the browser, I just one to point out the ironic thing about this article. Two of those extensions were developed by one of the other Netscape engineers ;)</blockquote></div> I knew the theme was created by Netscape because it was under the Netscape account. Those other two extensions must not be labeled as being developed by Netscape then. Richard Klein wrote:
As one of the Netscape engineers on the browser, I just one to point out the ironic thing about this article. Two of those extensions were developed by one of the other Netscape engineers ;)

I knew the theme was created by Netscape because it was under the Netscape account. Those other two extensions must not be labeled as being developed by Netscape then.

]]> By: Richard Klein http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118621 Richard Klein Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:33:58 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118621 As one of the Netscape engineers on the browser, I just one to point out the ironic thing about this article. Two of those extensions were developed by one of the other Netscape engineers ;) As one of the Netscape engineers on the browser, I just one to point out the ironic thing about this article. Two of those extensions were developed by one of the other Netscape engineers ;)

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118568 Ryan Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:01:51 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118568 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-118517" rel="nofollow">TiKoZ wrote:</a><blockquote>It’s more like an opera version using the gecko engine.. i mean look at the differences between it and the normal firefox installation, every feature/extension added -except the OMPL support and the form resize thing- is already built in opera (even the restart firefox is a normal opera behavior)..</blockquote></div> That's true, but they are also very common features that people will actually use. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-118518" rel="nofollow">Chico wrote:</a><blockquote>It makes remember my old days of Netscape… Windows 95, dial-up… ohhh… When was that? 95 to 98? :)</blockquote></div> Those were definitely the days. I can almost hear the dial-up sound now. <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-118521" rel="nofollow">Paul wrote:</a><blockquote>I guess this just shows how popular Firefox is, especially if one of the older browsers is switching to it’s platform. Now if only Microsoft would follow suit.</blockquote></div> It would be nice to see Microsoft jump on board to a more standards-compliant browser, but I think that it would take some divine intervention for that to happen. ;) <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-118535" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Wait a minute so what are you saying? SO we don’t need Netscape 9 as all the features are just Firefox Extensions built into the browser. ;)</blockquote></div> *gasp* I would never say such a thing. I was just pointing out what a coincidence it was that there are extensions which serve the same purpose. TiKoZ wrote:
It’s more like an opera version using the gecko engine.. i mean look at the differences between it and the normal firefox installation, every feature/extension added -except the OMPL support and the form resize thing- is already built in opera (even the restart firefox is a normal opera behavior)..

That’s true, but they are also very common features that people will actually use.

Chico wrote:
It makes remember my old days of Netscape… Windows 95, dial-up… ohhh… When was that? 95 to 98?
:)

Those were definitely the days. I can almost hear the dial-up sound now.

Paul wrote:
I guess this just shows how popular Firefox is, especially if one of the older browsers is switching to it’s platform. Now if only Microsoft would follow suit.

It would be nice to see Microsoft jump on board to a more standards-compliant browser, but I think that it would take some divine intervention for that to happen. ;)

Mohan wrote:
Wait a minute so what are you saying? SO we don’t need Netscape 9 as all the features are just Firefox Extensions built into the browser. ;)

*gasp* I would never say such a thing. I was just pointing out what a coincidence it was that there are extensions which serve the same purpose.

]]> By: Build Netscape 9 Into Firefox 2.0 http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118552 Build Netscape 9 Into Firefox 2.0 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:28:54 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118552 [...] 9 without actually downloading it, Ryan at CyberNet News has created a useful post explaining how to get Netscapes best features in Firefox.  It looks like you can even get a Netscape Firefox [...] [...] 9 without actually downloading it, Ryan at CyberNet News has created a useful post explaining how to get Netscapes best features in Firefox.  It looks like you can even get a Netscape Firefox [...]

]]> By: Mohan http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-118535 Mohan Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:03:33 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/10/17/cybernotes-get-netscapes-best-features-in-firefox/#comment-118535 Wait a minute so what are you saying? SO we don't need Netscape 9 as all the features are just Firefox Extensions built into the browser. ;) Wait a minute so what are you saying? SO we don’t need Netscape 9 as all the features are just Firefox Extensions built into the browser. ;)

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