Mozilla should use extreme programming model! (Score 1)

The Mozilla project sounds great to start -- open source, new layout engine, etc. The problem is that they added way too many features.

In modern programming, a new methodology has arisen which allows for very fast-to-market products. All of the mozilla people should check out ' extreme programming '.

The basic idea is to get a product out with the minimum feature set as early as possible so users get a chance to use it and give feedback. For mozilla: drop newsgroups (crappy newsreader anyway), drop IM (add it later), drop HTML editing, drop EVERYTHING except the browser!

I am forced to use the only usable browser on my system: IE5 for Mac. NetScape/Mozilla is an abomination.

I swear to god with 3 programmers and 3 months of time I could come up with a standards compliant browser that kicked the crap out of IE (standard's-wise that is) and was comparable on UI. (IE is pretty nice). But I would concentrate on the browser, not on the other crap like news, editing, or even skins.

It seems that Mozilla bit into this whole bit about a few techno-weenies (sorry /. readers) that think skins are necessary because they haven't figured out any other way to express their distinctness in a faceless online world. For most of the world, they can care less about skins -- they want a browser that WORKS!

They need to FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS! on a browser. Extreme programming lives!