AmiZilla again, sorry

[magnetic]

I remember in 96 when I used to surf the interenet on my A1200 w/dkb Cobra 030@28mhz w/33.6 modem and Ibrowse!

[Siggy]

In those days Mozilla had nothing to do with Netscape

In that todays Mozilla is larger and more encompasing than Netscape was? - Yes that would be true.

But Netscape has always been Mozilla (a parody on the name of an earlier browser - Mosaic) -- and of course the old joke (when the name was changed to Netscape) it's spelt N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e but pronounced 'Mozilla'..

But when all is said and done, I think the only reason to port Moz to the Amiga would be 'name recognition' on the browser.

Honestly, I'm not really that fond of it.

Siggy.

[gary_c]

But when all is said and done, I think the only reason to port Moz to the Amiga would be 'name recognition' on the browser.

When it is all said and done,  the main motivation is that there is no Amiga-platform browser that fully supports current web standards, like DOM and CSS. Actually it doesn't matter what the browser is called. The functionality is what people are after. For example, Genesi is trying to market MorphOS but a major handicap is the lack of a fully functional web browser. They even are doing, or trying to do, STB deals based on the Pegasos. Obviously this will require a modern browser too.

Just like NetPositive was a  major weakness for the BeOS platform (OK, it's a fine lightweight browser but only HMTL3 compatibility), Voyager, IBrowse and AWeb will hold back acceptance of AOS and MorphOS (no offense meant to their developers). A new browser or a port or a major overhaul of an existing browser would be necessary for both AOS and MOS; AmiZilla is one approach that may work. If it doesn't there'll have to be something else or else this will be one more reason for these OSs not to survive.

-- gary_c

[greenboy]

Yep, Gary_C, it's pretty freakin' simple, hey? ; } ...But somehow the subject has carried a lot of baggage. If our browsers are so freakin' fast how come their version numbers only go up a notch every 3 years? ; }

I'm actually hoping that a port of say Firebird would have all the teams/individuals with an Amiga browser in their care examining their priorities and either joining in on the Amizilla effort or quitting entirely or getting more happening for their products.

But I understand their predicament entirely, and I do appreciate the early years of sevrice those browsers gave me.