[thelist] Mozilla Road Map.....

[Donna Jones]

I'm in mourning with you, use Messenger/Communicator 4.7, too.  It will
be a long time before I "give up" Netscape though, even if only for its
bookmark (being able to search in them) utility.  But find I have to use
IE more and more for "stuff".

Donna

Anthony Baratta wrote:
> 
> Holy Crap, Batman......
> 
>         http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap.html
> 
> Someone please tell me I've been smoking too much crack and don't understand what I
> just read. Based upon the newly released Mozilla Road Map, Netscape 6 won't be out
> until Q2 next year. (I make this supposition based upon that Netscape 6 will be
> branched from the Mozilla Code Trunk at v .9 and v .9 is listed as being "ready"
> first half of Q1 next year. That gives AOL/Netscape until first half of Q2 to get
> their commercial version ready.)
> 
> As much as I love Netscape and as much as I want an alternative browser to succeed, I
> remember us discussing and postulating the death of Netscape waaaay back in January.
> I remember the much wailing, beating of breasts and gnashing of teeth as we
> speculated a release date for v6 and other browser quandaries.
> 
> But none of us thought that at that time the new browser would still be a YEAR away!
> 6 months maybe, but not 12+. In the immortal words of Communications Technician
> Private W. Hudson from Aliens, "Game over, man!".
> 
> Seriously, this really stinks. With MS releasing Windows ME and forcing more
> "integration" into the OS with the likes of Windows Media player and other multimedia
> "tools".  Forcing more users to blindly accept the MS way, never giving any other
> tool set or program a chance. Netscape is looking like one of the lost tribes of
> Israel. Left for historians to figure out what in the 'ell happened to it.
> 
> I don't even know why AOL/Netscape is even throwing any time/materials/coders at this
> project anymore. AOL has shown that they are keeping IE as their default browser, and
> they can't expect with a 2 year lag on v6 that it will be even ready/available or
> usable for their AOL Net Appliance.
> 
> It just so sad. The browser I prefer, Netscape 4.7x is archaic now in d/HTML/CSS
> support and functionality. The email client I love, Communicator - is just one or two
> enhancements away from being everything I need, and is looking at staying that way.
> 
> Its so sad to see software you like die horribly like this.
> 
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