Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-28 Thread Ian Davey
JTK wrote: Garth Wallace wrote: JTK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... What I find rather odd is that while many here cry Mozilla isn't for users!, Netscape 6.x, which is no more than Mozilla with an AOL sticker on it, is supposed to be the Mozila

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-23 Thread Garth Wallace
Jonas Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Garth Wallace wrote: Jonas Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Will it be like this forever? Isn't Mozilla at some point going to be a

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Jonas Jørgensen
Asa Dotzler wrote: That's fine. Mozilla isn't for the regular users. Regular users should be looking for Mozilla distributions like Netscape 6.x, Beonex Communicator, HallZilla, etc. Mozilla.org provided binaries for testing and development purposes. It's fine with me if users go with

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread JTK
Jonas Jørgensen wrote: Asa Dotzler wrote: That's fine. Mozilla isn't for the regular users. Regular users should be looking for Mozilla distributions like Netscape 6.x, Beonex Communicator, HallZilla, etc. Mozilla.org provided binaries for testing and development purposes. It's fine

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Garth Wallace
JTK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... What I find rather odd is that while many here cry Mozilla isn't for users!, Netscape 6.x, which is no more than Mozilla with an AOL sticker on it, is supposed to be the Mozila for end users. Evidently JTK

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread JTK
Garth Wallace wrote: JTK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... What I find rather odd is that while many here cry Mozilla isn't for users!, Netscape 6.x, which is no more than Mozilla with an AOL sticker on it, is supposed to be the Mozila for

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.
JTK wrote: Jonas Jørgensen wrote: Asa Dotzler wrote: That's fine. Mozilla isn't for the regular users. Regular users should be looking for Mozilla distributions like Netscape 6.x, Beonex Communicator, HallZilla, etc. Mozilla.org provided binaries for testing and development

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T.
Hall Stevenson wrote: Will it be like this forever? Isn't Mozilla at some point going to be a browser for regular users as well? Yes to #1, no to #2. Mozilla is intended to be packaged by other companies for the user market. The builds provided by Mozilla are just for

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Gervase Markham
Yes to #1, no to #2. Mozilla is intended to be packaged by other companies for the user market. The builds provided by Mozilla are just for testing purposes, and will be even post-1.0. One word: Why? Because for it to be any other way, Mozilla would require a marketing department and an

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread jesus X
Gervase Markham wrote: Why don't they release them? Imagine for a moment the massive amount of bad PR there would be if, say, 1000 people downloaded a build which had a regression which wiped your profile. Or your hard drive. I just HATE it when while testing my new WidgetMaker 2002 betas, I

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010822 19:35]: Hall Stevenson wrote: What's the point of an 'installer' version of mozilla then ?? That makes it awfully easy for end-users to download and use. I would think that a re-packager would take care of an installer program for

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Asa Dotzler
Hall Stevenson wrote: snip My point is: Go to a website that offers links to the various web browsers. You'll have IE v5.x, Netscape 4.7x, NEtscape 6.1, Opera 5.x, and mozilla 1.x. To the average user, the higher numbers are better. mozilla 1.x will likely be the last one they even

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Asa Dotzler
JTK wrote: Garth Wallace wrote: JTK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... What I find rather odd is that while many here cry Mozilla isn't for users!, Netscape 6.x, which is no more than Mozilla with an AOL sticker on it, is supposed to be the Mozila

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Asa Dotzler
Hall Stevenson wrote: Will it be like this forever? Isn't Mozilla at some point going to be a browser for regular users as well? Yes to #1, no to #2. Mozilla is intended to be packaged by other companies for the user market. The builds provided by Mozilla are just for testing purposes, and will

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-22 Thread Asa Dotzler
Hall Stevenson wrote: * Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010822 19:35]: Hall Stevenson wrote: What's the point of an 'installer' version of mozilla then ?? That makes it awfully easy for end-users to download and use. I would think that a re-packager would take care of an

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-18 Thread David Gerard
On 17 Aug 2001 18:58:34 GMT, Hall Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Yeap, someone who reads their webserver's log files will see :that... Wait, joe-user doesn't run a webserver. :What the general public sees is that they're running Internet :Explorer v5.x, Netscape v4.xx, or Netscape v6.x. Or

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-17 Thread Matthew Thomas
Jonas Jørgensen wrote: ... In my opinion, naming the first final version Mozilla 5.0 will solve tons of problems and complications, and I can't really see any good reasons not to. I'm I the only one who thinks this is a good idea? ... No, you're not the only one. -- Matthew `mpt' Thomas,

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-17 Thread Jeroen Roeterd
What kind of problems do you mean. I can't think of one. Matthew Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Jonas Jørgensen wrote: ... In my opinion, naming the first final version Mozilla 5.0 will solve tons of problems and complications, and I

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-17 Thread Richter
Richter wrote: Hall Stevenson wrote: * Jeroen Roeterd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010817 18:57]: My point is: Go to a website that offers links to the various web browsers. You'll have IE v5.x, Netscape 4.7x, NEtscape 6.1, Opera 5.x, and mozilla 1.x. To the average user, the higher

Re: Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0?

2001-08-15 Thread Brian Z Jones
Jonas Jørgensen wrote: I think it might be a good idea to consider naming the final version of Mozilla version 5.0 instead of 1.0. Yes, I know that Netscape 4.0 (which call itself Mozilla/4.0) and below is only nicknamed Mozilla, and that the real Mozilla will be the first release to actually

Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0

2001-08-14 Thread Jonas Jørgensen
I think it might be a good idea to consider naming the final version of Mozilla version 5.0 instead of 1.0. Yes, I know that Netscape 4.0 (which call itself Mozilla/4.0) and below is only nicknamed Mozilla, and that the real Mozilla will be the first release to actually be named Mozilla, and of

Mozilla 1.0? Shouldn't it be 5.0?

2001-08-14 Thread Jonas Jørgensen
I think it might be a good idea to consider naming the final version of Mozilla version 5.0 instead of 1.0. Yes, I know that Netscape 4.0 (which call itself Mozilla/4.0) and below is only nicknamed Mozilla, and that the real Mozilla will be the first release to actually be named Mozilla, and of