[ale] Facebook photo uploader and Firefox

[James Sumners]

I'll give you some source material to back that up --
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1025-995251.html

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"Phoenix is simply smaller, faster and better--especially better, not
because it has every conflicting feature wanted by each segment of the
Mozilla community, but because it has a strong 'add-on' extension
mechanism," reads the new plan. "We recognize that different users
need many different features; such demand is legitimate on its face.
Attempting to 'hardwire' all these features to the integrated
application suite is not legitimate; it's neither technically nor
socially scaleable."
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I am thoroughly disappointed with the direction Firefox has gone. The
project started _because_ Netscape had lost focus and turned into a
pile of garbage, adding features like themes. Now, Firefox is doing
the same thing.

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 14:16, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>> Why is this?  If flash executes in its own thread why would all threads
>> seem to block?
>
> 'cause the firefox thread that launches flash is blocking (i.e.
> waiting for flash to return from launching).  Firefox+java does the
> same thing.  The firefox developers probably think that adding Theme
> support will help give you something pretty to look in the mean
> time... <grrrrr>
>
> IIRC, Mozilla went the same way Firefox is going.... overly bloated
> features that most didn't care for.
>
> -Jim P.
>
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James Sumners
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