Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't exist anymore?

Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by anexprogrammer on Saturday May 14, 2016 @04:45AM (#11695136)

I can't resist, it applies perfectly:

Firefox, the fast, stable, and lightweight alternative to Netscape.

I don't know quite where it went off the rails...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by hollander on Saturday May 14, 2016 @04:59AM (#11695184)

The web went off the rails, not Firefox! Or better, webdevelopers went off the rails. Or even better, their managers. No no no, probably their CEOs! Or... ehm...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by gcb0 on Saturday May 14, 2016 @05:20AM (#11695261)

meh. incorrect cheap shot.

Firefox slogan always was Take Back The Web.

and it's still kicking at it. I'm using it on android now, with NoScript and httpsEverywhere just fine.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best tool you used to use that doesn't... by anexprogrammer on Saturday May 14, 2016 @05:37AM (#11695306)

Wrong. Phoenix was produced as a small, light, extensible replacement for the perceived bloat of Netscape. it started as an experimental project.

See the announcement by Eich & Hyatt announcing Firefox would be the focus, not Communicator: http://www-archive.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-02-Apr-2003.h...

"Firefox is simply smaller, faster, and better -- especially better not because it has every conflicting feature wanted by each segment of the Mozilla community, but because it has a strong "add-on" extension mechanism"

"Take Back the Web" came a year or two later as I recall.

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