Posted on 06/21/2006 9:51:39 PM PDT by george76
Yahoo used to have satellite images also. That was pre-9/11. I am not sure if they took them off because of post-9/11 government pressure or because of licensing issues. Immediately after 9/11 they censored some areas such as Washington DC so I suspect the government has something to do with it.
Actually, Google makes money off their sponsored links.
Google doesn't make any money off of regular searches.
So Google all you want. Just don't click on the sponsored links to the right or the shaded ones above.
Goggel is no more 'software' than Ah, Oh helL. And the GOP doesn't define conservatism but I do. Tagline...
And the most famous Google of all...
BARNEY GOOGLE
With the Google-ie Google-ie eyes!
I have not tried it yet, but I think the whole point is to give others access to update... aka soccer moms updating kids sports schedules/results... for starters. I'm sure the spreadsheets could easily be embedded in web pages.
Well I wouldn't call it a "desktop", but then neither is Google, is it??
As for "all" the web-based applications, Firefox has (at present) 1,491 extensions, or "add-ons" that can be run from within the browser..
You can even research the Torah .. In Hebrew..
Firefox also has a very nice Google tool-bar, a massive group of themes or "skins" in a variety of styles and colors..
But let's get down to the meat of your snide response..
Like I said in my original post, Netscape has not focused as much on it's browser..
A browser which is based, like Firefox, on MOZILLA..
Mozilla itself has "evolved" and uses many of the add-ons, themes, features that have been developed for Firefox..
Netscape has decided to focus more on internet based services than on it's browser..
Those are just the facts...
Netscape could have all the features, add-ons, etc. that Mozilla has, if they wished to update their software and compatibility...
But even then, Netscape would still be a "suite", combining browser and e-mail in one package..
That's what Mozilla is, so that's pretty much what Netscape is..
Firefox is "just a browser"...
Thunderbird, it's adjunct for e-mail, is a separate program..
Thus, Firefox can concentrate on browsing, and browsing features, without having to concern itself with all of the additional source code of an e-mail program slowing it's operations down..
There are very few browsers available that can match Firefox.. (which is FREE..)
Maybe it Should Be the "universal desktop"...
I think mgstarr nailed why this is a milestone in Post 13.
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