Firefox In Print

hoovernj writes "It seems that O'Reilly is ready to release two books about Firefox in March. The first is Firefox Hacks, which will be targeted at Firefox power users. And the second is Don't Click on the Blue E!, which will be targeted at less-savvy users transitioning from Internet Explorer. Could this be the end of lazy IE-only scripted webpages? (thanks to mozillaZine for the original pointer)." And reader ledmirage writes "Wired Magazine's February issue on Firefox: 'It's fast, secure, open source - and super popular. The hot new browser called Firefox is rocking the software world. (Watch your back, Bill Gates.)'."

Re:Another nail...

[RobertTaylor]

*another* nail?

How bloody big is this coffin?!

Thats it....

[pploco]

I'm giving up Lynx.

Oh Great, Wired's going to kill it

[happyDave]

The Wired kiss-of-death will strike again. They can't tout a "next big thing" without absolutely killing it.

Re:Oh Great, Wired's going to kill it

[ader]

That Wired quote should have come from the Life-imitates-Springfield dept. It had Kent Brockman all over it.

Ade_
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Am I the only only old fart feeling deja vu?

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Am I the only old fart feeling deja vu? Open source...fast...not Microsoft...lemme see, that's the Mosaic browser before it became Netscape, right?

Now what do I do with the "winsock.dll" file again?

Possible Title???

[FerretFrottage]

The O'Reilly FireFox Factor

Star Trek Ref

[devnullkac]

All I can think of is the scene where Uhura is re-learning English and trying to pronounce "blue" on her own:

Buh -- Luu -- Eee

Blue E?

In other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

Bill Gates files charges against Firefox's Blake Ross and Ben Goodger for allegedly making threats against Mr. Gates' life.

The two deny all charges, and intend to plea not guilty if the case goes to trial, however a report from a recent "Wired" magazine article [wired.com] alleges that Mr. Gates should 'Watch his back'

In completely unreleated news, Microsoft has filed to pattent the phrase "Watch your back", and will be suing the Firefox developers as well as Wired magazine for royalties and copyright infringement.

Re:Star Trek Ref

[Jakhel]

The geek is strong in this one.

Re:Necessary?

[sharkey]

Yes. [amazon.com]

Re:More control over EXE Files? Search Pluggins? E

[Anonymous Coward]

You need to do this if you want to be able to Remove the Kiddie Gloves and let Firefox allow you to run EXE files you've downloaded out of the browser cache

Oh and put on the *script kiddie* gloves instead? You Windoze users sure love to browse promiscuously. I guess it's the side effect of using Internet Exploiter all those years.

Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

Among other things, it certainly spells the end of the era wherein O'Reilly could be taken as a serious publisher of excellent computer books.

Re:Necessary?

[roystgnr]

Does anyone *really* need a book telling them how to use a browser? Doesn't that suggest that the browser UI design is inadequate?

Inadequate [amazon.com] compared [amazon.com] to [amazon.com] what? [amazon.com]

Re:In other news...

[NinjaFarmer]

I think you got that wrong. It's "In completely unrelated news, it was discovered that Microsoft had patented the phrase 'Watch your back' 500 years ago and due to patent extensions it is still in effect. Microsoft has commenced suing Firefox developers and anyone else who has used the phrase without permission for royalties and copyright infringement."

Re:Thats it....

[mattyrobinson69]

Your "if it looks good in lynx" theory made me feel a lot better about my website design, thanks.