Opera, Microsoft, Mozilla (and Google) join for another panel discussion; say browser wars over
Published April 17th, 2007 12:51 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman
Opera’s Chief Standards Officer Charles McCathieNevile was on a panel discussion yesterday at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo along with Microsoft, Mozilla and Google. The panel, entitled “The Arrival of Web 2.0: The State of the Union on Browser Technology”, focused on how the browser can be advanced for the new generation of Rich Internet Applications (RIA).
ComputerWorld covered the discussion in an article published today.
“Instead of trying to trump one another by adding features in point releases, the companies that developed these browsers are instead intent on advancing their use as platforms for a new generation of rich Internet applications and for tackling the hurdles that will come along with that shift in strategy, the panel said.”
For addition panel notes, take a look here.
Update: eWeek also has a write-up on the event.
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“Instead of trying to trump one another by adding features in point releases, the companies that developed these browsers are instead…”
–snort, snigger, laugh…
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It’s called competition people!!!!
As long as people can choose between three browsers there will be competition.
This new strategy is just a change in how these companies intend on compeating wiht each other.
As long as we don’t get the whole mess we got with HTML (with MS and Netscape specific tags) with these “rich Internet applications” then I say bring it on.
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they did not *actually say* they would work together??
- it is a bit like two ‘big leaders’ chatting like good friends - when they ‘get back home’, they get back to the aggressive politics…
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Actually, it is nice. Browser wars have become senseless since modern browsers mostly support standards. But I still see big Internet players like Amazon reject Opera (for no reason, with book preview, since it works fine.)