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Richard M

26-10-2004 01:48

Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

http://www.google.com/mozilla/google.xul

MovedGoalPosts

26-10-2004 02:04

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Clicking that link seems to want to prompt a download. Something I'm not sure is safe, and thus it get's promptly abandoned :(

Paul	26-10-2004 02:06

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Ditto.

punky

26-10-2004 02:24

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

I am using FireFox, and it opened straight for me.

Are you guys using IE? I don't think IE can do XUL yet.

Edit:Looks like they never will. Apparently IE is working on XAML, their own version of it.

"Can't we all just get alongggggggggggggg"?

Paul	26-10-2004 02:38

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Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

Are you guys using IE? I don't think IE can do XUL yet.

Yep, I was. I tried it in firefox and it opened ok.

Richard M

26-10-2004 03:05

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

The hint was in the thread title, XUL is not an IE technology... ;)

punky

26-10-2004 03:26

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

The hint was in the thread title, XUL is not an IE technology... ;)

It is supposed to be. The whole point of it is cross-bowser compatibility, but Microsoft just love doing this.

andygrif

26-10-2004 10:41

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

I heard a rumour that Google are going to release a web-browser tom compete with IE. Apparently they have also bought the domain gbrowser.com (but it's not active yet). Is this what the link is about?

Gareth

26-10-2004 11:34

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

D'oh - am using my brother-in-law's PC which only has IE, so this'll have to wait till next week before being able to check it out.

/me makes mental note to remember to look at this thread when back at home.

Gareth

26-10-2004 11:36

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Quote:

Originally Posted by andygrif

Yeah, apparently they've hired some of the top peeps who used to be in charge of IE back at Camp Redmond ...although quite why they headhunted IE people is beyond me :rolleyes:

Richard M

26-10-2004 14:55

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Google have top level access to bugzilla.mozilla.org and several other areas of the Mozilla Organization.
Indeed, they even host the annual Mozilla Developers Day in California.

"Mozilla Firefox provided by Google"?
It's a match made in internet heaven. :D

Graham

26-10-2004 15:07

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Sorry, off topic, but I read the title and thought:

"Hmm, Google + Mozilla = GODZILLA!!"

Chris

26-10-2004 16:24

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

This is what I am fervently hoping for. It would be a dream come true - and very shrewd of Goooooogle, if they could put their name to a decent browser after someone else has already done the hard work developing it.

zovat

27-10-2004 14:07

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

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Originally Posted by Chris T

couldn't agree more mate...

(I have a bookmark in Firefox that allows me to type "g <search terms>" in the address bar, and it does a google on that without having to go to google.co.uk :D )

Paul	27-10-2004 15:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

The hint was in the thread title, XUL is not an IE technology... ;)

Not much of a hint to me (or most people I would think) as XUL means nothing to me. :)

punky

27-10-2004 15:34

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Quote:

Originally Posted by zovat

couldn't agree more mate...

(I have a bookmark in Firefox that allows me to type "g <search terms>" in the address bar, and it does a google on that without having to go to google.co.uk :D )

Why not just use the search bar?

I find it so good, especially with the amount of search engines I have to use on a regular basis.

I am not sure how much better Google can make FireFox. Well, what an extension can't do anyways.

MadGamer

27-10-2004 16:18

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Originally Posted by punky

Doesnt the search bar have spyware in it though?

Chris

27-10-2004 16:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not much of a hint to me (or most people I would think) as XUL means nothing to me. :)

Wasn't XUL the big baddie demon in Ghostbusters? :p:

Paul K

27-10-2004 16:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne A

Doesnt the search bar have spyware in it though?

In the same way that using the google search engine reports your search to Google. You have an option when you install the google tolbar into IE to turn off other features.

Chris

27-10-2004 16:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

I am not sure how much better Google can make FireFox. Well, what an extension can't do anyways.

They can give it what Mozilla cannot - a mass market consumer brand. Instant recognition, leading to millions of downloads.

Jon M

27-10-2004 16:24

Re: Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne A

Doesnt the search bar have spyware in it though?

The Firefox search box is integrated into the browser.. it's not a third-party add-in like IE based ones.

Chris

27-10-2004 16:25

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Quote:

Originally Posted by s1lv3r

The Firefox search box is integrated into the browser.. it's not a third-party add-in like IE based ones.

And if you don't like Goooooogle, or want it to search on .co.uk rather than the .com default, you can choose from oodles of extensions that will allow you to send your search queries just about anywhere you like. How refreshingly versatile. :)

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