Comments on: The Firefox Cold War: "Mr. Mathowie, we must not allow an extension gap!"

The Firefox Cold War: "Mr. Mathowie, we must not allow an extension gap!"

rfbjames — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:11:47 -0800

Firefox really is amazingly extendable, but perhaps WAY too much so. [previously]

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:32:45 -0800

Impossible. Why right now I have a little icon that tells me how many minutes I've used on my cellphone. If that's not what the tubes are for, I don't want to be right. Or something.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:58:32 -0800

I like that firefox keeps me updated on both the status of terror in our nation, and abe vigoda's health.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:17:29 -0800

The medium is the message. LifeHacker poll WRT to the same Cybernet story.

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:43:18 -0800

And some people have WAY too much time on their hands.

By: I Am Not a Lobster

I Am Not a Lobster — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:38:28 -0800

Is this new? I know it says December 6, but I'm sure we've seen this before.

By: jacalata

jacalata — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:07:01 -0800

I Am Not a Lobster: that's probably why he included the 'previously' link, to let you know that he is aware that we have discussed this before.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:46:29 -0800

I know it says December 6, but I'm sure we've seen this before. Yeah, but this time it's Firefox 2.0!

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:03:38 -0800

Extensible not extendable

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:56:35 -0800

Extensible not extendable I don't see why you would make that correction, if for no other reason than it is not correct. Any quality dictionary will also define extensible to include "capable of being enlarged in length, area, or duration, or in range or scope of meaning or operation; = EXTENSIBLE" like the OED does.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:13:43 -0800

The guy wins some kind of a prize for not being able to assess the critical variables: "On my 24” widescreen monitor I had about 2″ of viewable area at the bottom of the browser."