According to Slashdot, the Mozilla roadmap has changed dramatically. They’re cutting the bloat and embracing the zippiness of Phoenix and Minotaur.
Here’s a great quote from the CNet article:
“Mozilla has become stable but bloated,” said Matt Croydon, an undergraduate in computer science at the University of Maryland. “Users wanted something that was extremely fast, extremely lightweight and stable. I’m glad to see that the Mozilla team is embracing the trend of lightweight and agile browsers. Mozilla is much better off embracing the trend rather than trying to compete with it. It will be interesting to see how this will affect the AOL/Netscape browser, as it builds in more features (bloat) than a default Mozilla install.”
Disclaimer: Of course I’m going to think that it’s a great quote, as it’s a quote by me. I’ll try not to be as long winded next time.
I am really psyched that Paul Festa sent me an IM this evening asking if I had anything to say on the new roadmap. He contacted me via IM once before to ask me about that Moblogging thing.
Are we at a tipping point? Reporters are going to webloggers and geeks in the trenches for the full story.