hyattmozilla rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpwwwmozillazineorgweblogshyatt85443744 date supplied finished reading article mozilla1 saloncom2 excerpt rather amusing _it good question almost every way mozilla better browser navigator example netscapes best new feature tabbed browsing lets several web pages open browser window allows bookmark pages one name mozilla many months ago mozilla project created called multizilla already improved version available asked yecies netscape said thats true engineer whos working mozilla netscape employee always done intention fostering general browsing usability netscape _ yes ok suppose thats true netscape employee really meant apple employee always done intention fostering general browsing usability netscape meant done weekend mozilla thought multizilla cool heres whole tabbed browsing thing happened one night finally downloaded extension called multizilla go check mozdevorg3 particularly impressed feature contained multizilla called tabbed browsing started research discovered netcaptor4 tabbed browser embedded winie multizilla cool time suffered two fundamental flaws prevented code incorporated mozilla tree first ui flaw namely time ripped netcaptor last context menu item gui similar enough would definite concerns obviously copying netcaptors obscure capabilities like sticky names tab locking second concern tab behavior wasnt encapsulated cleanly widget produced simplified version tabbed browsing time weekend removed geekier netcaptor features encapsulated tab behavior changes navigator files would minimal established didnt degrade performance single tab case checked experiment response overwhelming bugs started filed much first wanted back tabbed browsing tree overruled mozilla turned good thing think even excitement hoopla surrounding advent tabbed browsing engineering side mozilla community netscape still didnt get netscape marketing prioritized sorts useless work nobody even started tabbed browsing marketing document continued months simply getting odd curiosity one engineers checked didnt know make press raved netscape really jump board im sure netscape thing popup blocking cant see well popup manager manager manage popup manager twentyseven preferences finegrained control aspects popups believe disfunctional netscape engineers say get completely ignored blown cnet says didnt like didnt like netscape scurries meet demands simply pathetic 1 httparchivesaloncomtechfeature20020910browser_wars 2 httpwwwsaloncom 3 httpwwwmozdevorg 4 httpwwwnetcaptorcom thu 26 sep 2002 152741 0000 priceless