Look what I found! (Google + Mozilla)

Richard M · 26-10-2004, 01:48

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

MovedGoalPosts · 26-10-2004, 02:04

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

Ditto.

punky · 26-10-2004, 02:24

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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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

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

punky · 26-10-2004, 03:26

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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

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

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

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Originally Posted by andygrif

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?

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

Richard M · 26-10-2004, 14:55

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.

26-10-2004, 15:07

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

"Hmm, Google + Mozilla = GODZILLA!!"

**Chris** · 26-10-2004, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Richard M

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.

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

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Originally Posted by Chris T

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.

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

)

**Paul** · 27-10-2004, 15:24

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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.