[aka Netscrape]
- The original Netscape
- http://www.netscape.com
- Netscape's new owner
- http://www.aol.com
- Netscape's main product lives on
- http://www.mozilla.org
On Netscape/Mozilla's FeatureCreep
Mozilla is significantly more than a mere Web browser. It is a new cross-platform application development environment.
So is every program after the the dreaded
SecondSystemEffect has taken a hold on it.
GreenspunsTenthRuleOfProgramming has now been invoked. [Invoked on what? Why? Did somebody mention Lisp here? If so, was it done in connection with
SmugLispWeenies?]
From
JamieZawinski's work page:
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
(
JamieZawinski was one of the original development team at Mosaic Communications (nka Netscape...), and on another
BellsWhistlesAndGongs victim, Lucid EMACS before that).
The following
fortune(1) seems appropriate:
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- A novice programmer was once assigned to code a simple financial package.
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- The novice worked furiously for many days, but when his master reviewed the program, he discovered that it contained a screen editor, a set of generalized graphics routines, and artificial intelligence interface, but not the slightest mention of anything financial.
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- When the master asked about this, the novice became indignant: "Don't be so impatient," he said, "I'll put the financial stuff in eventually."
-- Geoffrey James,
The TaoOfProgramming
See:
TheMozillaProject
CategoryWebBrowser