ajuk Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 DO you think They will do it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravel5839 Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 they already have a beta with gecko... they own netscape... yes Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-349954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 yes, they will do anything to cut off ties w/ MS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg77 Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 AOL owns Netscape and it will do anything in its power to take Microsoft influence out of their proucts. Although, IE has more than 90% of the browser market and if this switch succeds then watch Gecko rise to about 20% market share within a year if all goes well. But that is a big if. Its just like two big bullies duking it out to be the number one stud in school and nothing more. JMHO. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Yeah, the will put it in AOL 8.0 eventually. AOL 7.0 has a build of Gecko too. (I think)... so yeah i think they will do everything to get rid of Internet Explorer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 I'm really starting to think that they may actually have two versions available, the Netscape Gecko one and the IE one for download when AOL 8.0 goes final this fall. Of course, this could be a problem for the absolute newbies who just learned how to turn on the computer a few days ago, and figured out that double-clicking an icon will open something, because they usually have no idea what a browser is, and they won't know the difference. All they will be thinking is, "Cool, I can go on the Internet now." Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 dont they use gecko for some of the UI and the html email now? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailgreg Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Originally posted by Hawkeye I'm really starting to think that they may actually have two versions available, the Netscape Gecko one and the IE one for download when AOL 8.0 goes final this fall. Of course, this could be a problem for the absolute newbies who just learned how to turn on the computer a few days ago, and figured out that double-clicking an icon will open something, because they usually have no idea what a browser is, and they won't know the difference. All they will be thinking is, "Cool, I can go on the Internet now." Yeah, that is why it would work, most people would not know the differance :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintll Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Do you think I'd be right to say about 75% of regular net users have herd of netscape and pnly about 20% of dummies and newbies? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-350890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 It's a good idea that AOL is going to use the Mozilla Rendering Enginge now! Their engine is better than IE's anyway. So now, we shall see a turning point in computing history, of which Microsoft's popularity shall decline and will always decline. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-353786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookahkong Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 :china: hah! i personally can't wait for AOHell to dump IE. Then when users get frustrated over the buggy mozilla codebase and lack of features, they'll dump AOL and join up on MSN in droves. Way to go AOHell, you could screw up an iron ball. hahaha .. i cant stop laffin, make the bad man stop! :china: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-353817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 I wouldn't think so. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-354222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintll Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 hookahkong Your talking out of your backside Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-355086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 ie IS a pretty unstable/slow browser, but mozilla 1.0 is a good alternative to ie6, netscape 7 isnt that bad, but they still need to fix out rendering bugs caused by integration of time warner crap (LMAO :p) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-356117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Originally posted by hookahkong :china: hah! i personally can't wait for AOHell to dump IE. Then when users get frustrated over the buggy mozilla codebase and lack of features, they'll dump AOL and join up on MSN in droves. Way to go AOHell, you could screw up an iron ball. hahaha .. i cant stop laffin, make the bad man stop! :china: LOL... good post! We all resented AOL anyways... :) Let us 1337's sit back and watch the downfall of AOL... Can anyone say Chapter 11? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/35588-will-aol-switch-to-gecko/#findComment-356128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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