iBrowse is real
Maybe everyone already knows this, but here's some interesting info. A friend at Microsoft tells me that Apple is actually developing iBrowse. The test builds are being called "eyebrows." Kind of lame, but whatever. Since he's usually way ahead of the curve in rumor-land, I felt like it might be legit to post.
It's based on Mozilla, so it should deliver everything that Chimera is supposed to, along with a more refined UI.
I don't really have any more info, since he doesn't know that much about it either.
It's based on Mozilla, so it should deliver everything that Chimera is supposed to, along with a more refined UI.
I don't really have any more info, since he doesn't know that much about it either.
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Bleh.
Regardless, if it is real, it belongs in the Digital Hub forum with the other iApp discussions. Moving...
<strong>The test builds are being called "eyebrows." Kind of lame, but whatever.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I dunno... I don't think it's too bad... eyebrows as in 'Apples new app will raise some...' - as in 'we sure raised some eyebrows at WWDC when we had Chimera in the dock instead of MSIE'
As for folks at MS knowing and/or not knowing... If any group of people would have the contacts AND desire to see if 'iBrowse' was 'the real deal' or not it WOULD be MS. After all they have the contacts and the means to get a 'confirmation' on this and the need/desire to know is a given.
Now they might not be able to get the 'full scoop' but a simple 'is this for real'... Yea I'm pretty sure the big wigs as MBU could sus-out that much.
Dave
[ 11-06-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
I'm sure you can doubt my source or my post, but I really don't care. I was just relaying information. And I did a search and found no posts about iBrowse in the last 3 months. . . It showed that 2 have ever been posted.
So further:
Some of you may know my friends name. I don't know if he even has an NDA, but there is no reason to risk it. I trust him fully with information like this. When iBrowse comes out and you see that it's Mozilla based, I promise I won't be an asshole about it.
<strong>I think Brad is somewhat of a douchebag for moving this thread from software (Digital Hub? Does this have anything to do with the hub?) but alas.</strong><hr></blockquote>Oh, wah wah wah.
Right off the front page, emphasis mine:
[quote]Digital Hub
Discussion of digital peripherals and the iApps.<hr></blockquote>
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As for folks at MS knowing and/or not knowing... If any group of people would have the contacts AND desire to see if 'iBrowse' was 'the real deal' or not it WOULD be MS. After all they have the contacts and the means to get a 'confirmation' on this and the need/desire to know is a given.
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It would certainly explain why IE has stagnated for so long.
It really creates a void, you can't talk about something in the software forum because of a crappy naming scheme.
I mean come on, mail is about as much a part of your 'Digital Hub' as iCal is, yet Mail should be discussed in Software, and iCal in Digital Hub...
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[ 11-06-2002: Message edited by: Spart ]</p>
I really like the name "iSurf"*.
It would take Apple a while (understatement) to write an engine which can render everything and with the standards compliance Gecko has.
Barto
*Complementing AppleWorks 7... aka iWork
Another hunch is that Apple is assigning some of their engineers to the Chimera Project. This Browser is improving at a much faster speed than most open source projects.
<strong>Why would David Hyatt say that Omniweb has the potential of beating Chimera for speed and that he seemed to prefer a native engine (done right) over gecko if Apple was going to use gecko as their engine for iBrowse? I don't dout that Apple is working on some kind of native browser or if not will eventually take an outside project insider (i.e. OmniWeb) but after hearing Hyatts coments it doesn't look like they would base it of gecko...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well if what you say is true then...
Boy oh boy Dave sure is spending a whole lotta time on Mozilla when Apple isn't gonna use it. Looking at the number of bugs he's involved in I'd be suprised if he had any time for Apple related work.
<a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi" target="_blank">http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi</a>
In one of the boxes (Email and Numbering) set it to 'contains' and then type apple, this will display all bugs that Dave has been working on since he got an apple.com address.
**EDIT**
UBB HATES LONG LINKS! REMOVED LINK TO SHOW OVER 500 BUGS SINCE DAVE STARTED WORKING AT APPLE
**EDIT**
Dave
[ 11-07-2002: Message edited by: DaveGee ]</p>
[ 11-07-2002: Message edited by: BuonRotto ]</p>
<strong>DaveGee well i know he is part of the Pheonix group which has nothing to do with the Mac too....Hey some people like to drink beer and watch wrestling on TV when they take a break from work...others like to work on Mozilla bugs....who are we to judge?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I wouldn't exactly say 'has nothing to do' since I run it on my Mac and it runs really really nice.
Dave