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0 pointssmitherfield8y ago0 comments

Again, if it were a one-time thing it'd be different, but it's a pattern with Mozilla.

> maybe it is also because their ressources are limited and implementing a new language like dart is somewhat expensive. And NaCL even more I think.

If I recall correctly, Google offered to donate their engineers' time to implement Dart and/or NaCl in Firefox and Mozilla still refused.

Also, WebAssembly is enormously more complex to implement than NaCl.

And, both of these events occurred while Mozilla was napalming skyscraperfuls of $100 bills with their Firefox OS nonsense.

BTW, of the things I mentioned the only ones I'm really "angry" at Mozilla for are WebSQL and NaCl, the others I can see both sides.

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hutzlibu8y ago

"Google offered to donate their engineers' time to implement Dart and/or NaCl in Firefox and Mozilla still refused."

I did not know that - that is really a bad move.

"while Mozilla was napalming skyscraperfuls of $100 bills with their Firefox OS nonsense."

Well, I do not believe Firefox OS was nonsense. It was maybe just too ambitious and too many mistakes were made, like focus on low end. But allmost all of the development for Firefox OS directly helped also the Web in general, because most work, was work on WebStandards anyway. Just the ones for calling and sms you cannot really use, but all the other things like battery were beneficial.

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