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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/firefox3.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/firefox3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e74deb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.21.07/Thu/firefox3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Mozilla has floated a proposal to drop support for Mac OS X Panther in the upcoming version of Firefox 3. The proposal, written by Josh Aas, Mozilla's primary Mac OS X developer, can be [found on Google Docs][1]. + +Aas, writes: + +>Dropping support for Panther would also free up engineering resources and allow us to take advantage of APIs that only became available on Tiger. We have made a huge number of great changes to our Mac OS X code for Gecko 1.9, but we still have a lot of work to do and we are already running short on time to deliver a product that works well on Tiger and Leopard. + +Mozilla is hardly the first software maker to consider dropping Panther support for the next version of its product, in fact, the move is not entirely unexpected. + +Radical changes in many aspects of the underlying architecture in Panther versus Tiger have already led a number of developers to drop support for Panther. Textmate, a popular OS X text editor, has said it will [drop both Panther and Tiger support][3] for its next major revision, which will be Leopard-only. + +Mozilla has not actually made a decision yet, the plan is still in the discussion stage. If you'd like to follow the debate, head over to the developer mailing list page and [read through the thread][2]. There are some good arguments on both sides of the debate. + +[1]: http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddgz99zp_3f7p24k "Proposal to Drop Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Support For Gecko 1.9" +[2]: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/1bbeecf164bade5d/9f8b4e88c36bc048#9f8b4e88c36bc048 "Google Groups: mozilla.dev.planning" +[3]: http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/11/09/20-will-require-leopard/ "2.0 Will Require Leopard"
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