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Re: Re: Stalled browser development...

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• Subject: Re: Re: Stalled browser development...
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:58:40 -0500
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andrzej@c... (Andrzej Jan Taramina) writes:
>> As I see/saw it I was "just" examining all options to find a possible
>> solution to a seemingly intractable problem of stalled browser
>> development.
>
>I don't see it as stalled at all.  Opera continues to make huge
>advances (it's been my primary browser for years now). Mozilla is
>looking great....and it might prompt even more "thicker client"
>innovation since it's open source and thus can be easily extended.

Andrzej seems to have an accurate summary.  So far as I can tell, only
one major browser has genuinely stalled, and even smallar projects
(Konqueror, iCab, etc.) are doing pretty well.  There's a lot to do, of
course, but I don't think we're done.

>Much of the innovation comes from small shops or even
>individuals....and low or no cost browser options become attractive
>for those developers as a basis for further innovation.

Definitely.

-- 
Simon St.Laurent
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