// vnav/brainpan/rave.php $fid = 8; // stuff that meets my approval include('pebbles.php'); $page['h1'] = 'Rave'; $page['class'] = 'rave'; $page['title'] = 'Rave: Mozilla Firefox Web Browser'; $page['description'] = 'Hands down, Firefox is the best thing to come along to the client-side in years.'; $page['keywords'] = 'browsers,browser,firefox,mozilla,gecko,client,client-side,netscape,opera,ie,internet explorer,'; $page['keywords'] .= 'extensions,web developer,livehttpheaders,noia,news and links,firefox update,downloads,wired,'; $page['keywords'] .= 'wired magazine,westciv,websidestory,vnunet,browser stats'; $page['CID'] = 32; include('preamble.php'); include('markup.php'); include('body.php'); doctype(); head(array('news')); body(); navs(); content(); $LAZ = strong($laz['label'], 'help', $ent['radic'] . ' ' . $laz['URI']); $rid = 103; $_s = 'select title,URI from resource where rid=' . $rid; if ($_r = @mysql_query($_s, $_db)) { list($ff->title, $ff->URI) = mysql_fetch_row($_r); mysql_free_result($_r); $ff->URI = 'http://' . $ff->URI; } $firefox = anchor($ff->URI, 'Firefox', $ff->title); $announce = anchor('/#Dec-2004', 'announcements', 'Announcements: Dec, 2004'); $link = rid2link(105); $Mozilla = anchor($link->URI, 'Mozilla', $link->title); $CS = anchor('http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-side', 'client-side', 'Client-side'); $link = rid2link(1028); $WD = anchor($link->URI, $link->title, 'Mozilla Firefox Web Developer Extension'); $link = rid2link(1024); $LHH = anchor($link->URI, $link->title); $NOIA = anchor('http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/4266778/', 'NOIA', 'Firefox Theme'); // Firefox drx resources $link = cid2link(32); $resources = anchor($link->URI, 'Firefox Resources', $link->title); $extensions = anchor('/drx/extensions', 'Firefox Extensions', 'drx: Firefox Extensions'); $installed = anchor('/drx/installed', 'installed', 'drx: Installed Extensions'); $drx = anchor(id2path(30), 'drx', 'drx: Web Developer Resource Index'); // button links $NOIE = anchor('http://minghong.dyndns.org:8080/Software/infobar/', image('noie.gif', 'No IE', null, 'button'), 'Just say No to IE'); $link = rid2link(276); $HAPPY = anchor($link->URI, image('browsehappy.gif', $link->title, null, 'button'), $link->title); $link = rid2link(277); $PROOF = anchor($link->URI, image('digital-proof.gif', $link->title, null, 'button'), $link->title); $rave = anchor('http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave', 'rave', 'Rave Party'); $comments = anchor(id2path(2), 'comments', 'Contact the Site Owner'); $market_share = anchor('http://www.websidestory.com/pressroom/pressreleases.html?id=238&ctl=x08x087h29xg', 'Market Share', 'WebSideStory: Firefox\'s Browser Market Share'); $link = rid2link(112); $explosion = anchor($link->URI, 'Firefox Explosion', $link->title); $Chasm = anchor('http://westciv.typepad.com/dog_or_higher/2005/02/tipping_firefox.html', 'Chasm', 'Tipping Firefox across the Chasm'); $hits_25_million = anchor('http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161425', 'Hits 25 million downloads', 'vnunet.com: Firefox hits 25 million downloads'); $firefox_update = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-02-24.html', 'Firefox Update', 'The Mozilla Foundation Announces an Update to Firefox'); $how_stuff_works = anchor('http://computer.howstuffworks.com/firefox.htm', 'How Firefox Works', 'Howstuffworks: How Firefox Works'); $inside_track = anchor('http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/', 'Inside Track on Firefox Development', 'Inside Firefox: The Inside Track on Firefox Development'); $seamonkey_unclear = anchor('http://mozillanews.org/?article=7d375325fdd6cd418bd037accac9a4ba', 'Seamonkey' . $ent['rsquo'] . 's Fate Unclear', 'MozillaNews - No Mozilla Suite 1.8 Final'); $past_and_future = anchor('http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007735.html', 'My seamonkey past and future'); foreach (range(2,7) as $sv) { ${'firefox_1_0_' . $sv} = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.' . $sv . '.html', 'Firefox Release 1.0.' . $sv); } $firefox_1_5 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.html', 'Firefox 1.5'); $firefox_1_5_0_1 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.5.0.1.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.1'); $firefox_1_5_0_2 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.2.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.2'); $firefox_1_5_0_3 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.3'); $firefox_1_5_0_4 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.4.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.4'); $firefox_1_5_0_5 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.5.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.5'); $firefox_1_5_0_6 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.6.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.6'); $firefox_1_5_0_7 = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.7.html', 'Firefox 1.5.0.7'); // Firefox 2.0 $released = anchor('http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/25/firefox-2-has-been-released/', 'released' ,'Mozilla Developmer News - Firefox 2.0 Release Announcment'); $release_notes = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/', 'release notes', 'Firefox 2.0 Rease Notes'); $features = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/features.html', 'features', 'Firefox 2.0 Features'); $download = anchor('http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/', 'download', 'Download Firefox 2.0 Now'); $feedview = anchor('/app/drx/Data_Formats/Metadata/RSS#epigoon:feedview', 'Feedview'); $broke_some_extensions = anchor('http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6950', 'broke some extensions', 'Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.0.6 Releases Coming'); $boingboing = anchor('http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/18/firefox_is_1_boing_b.html', 'Firefox is #1!'); $counter = 'http://houseofdesign.de/cgi-bin/firefox/logo.cgi?s=2'; $firefox_11 = anchor('http://fedoracoreblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/firefox-11-preview.html', 'Firefox 1.1 Preview'); $roadmap = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/roadmap.html', 'roadmap', 'Firefox Roadmap'); $top10 = anchor('http://www.cnet.com/4520-11136_1-6257577-1.html', 'Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years'); $million = anchor('http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-10-19.html', 'Firefox Surpasses 100 Million Downloads!'); $happy_birthday = anchor('http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/19854', 'Happy Birthday Firefox!'); include('abbr.php'); $abbr['AOL'] = abbr('AOL', 'America Online'); $latest = '2.0'; // released 10/25/2006 foreach (array( 'firefox', 'mozilla', 'extension', 'xul' ) as $t) $tag->$t = anchor('/drx/tag/' . $t, $t, 'tag/' . $t); $external_links = anchor('/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers/Firefox#search-for', 'external links', 'Locate Firefox Resources on Search Engines, Reference and Social Bookmarking Sites'); $sky_is_falling = anchor('http://www.webstandards.org/buzz/archive/2005_08.html', 'Firefox Market Share Shrinks!', 'Firefox Market Share Shrinks! The Sky is Falling!'); $firefox_official = anchor('/app/s9y/index.php?/archives/42-Firefox-1.5-is-Official.html', 'Firefox 1.5 is Official'); $bon_echo_released = anchor('/app/s9y/index.php?/archives/115-Bon-Echo-Alpha-1-Released.html', 'Bon Echo Alpha 1 Released'); $opened_their_source_code = anchor('http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease591.html', 'opened their source code', 'Netscape Accelerates Evolution with First Release of Source Code to Developer Community via Mozilla.org'); $my_blog = anchor('/app/s9y/index.php?/archives/126-More-Birthdays.html', 'my blog', 'More Birthdays'); $Mac_OS_X = anchor('/app/drx/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/Mac_OS_X', 'Mac OS X'); print <<<_C
Note: Have a quick read under the $LAZ $announce if you're curious why the paragraph below has since been edited.
I know this much, you're not viewing this page if you're running
IE. You wouldn't bother because it simply will not render correctly
due to ${abbr['IE']}s non-compliance with web standards ${ent['mdash']} namely ${abbr['CSS']}.
Anyway,
Hands down, $firefox is the best thing that's happened on the $CS in, well, forever. Yes, yes, I know, $Mozilla has been available on other platforms for quite some time. But if you're running XP like me, you've been stuck with ${abbr['IE']} for years now. Or you could install ${abbr['NS']} along with all of it's ${abbr['AOL']} crappola and wait a week for the sucker to load. Then there's Opera, not a bad browser if you like wading through 20 million menu options. Run, don't walk and get yourself an install of $firefox $latest.
As a web programmer, with the combination of this browser and extensions such as $WD installed, I am able to do things so easily that it's almost frightening. Almost. Grab $LHH and add another power tool to your collection. I honestly don't know how I managed before. My skills and productivity have shot through the roof. If you like aesthetics, try $NOIA. I do, I did, I like it. There are countless other extensions and themes (aka skins) to play with.
Visitors interested in learning more about what this browser has to offer can find an entire category of $drx devoted to $resources, including an index just for $extensions designed for Web developers. I${ent['rsquo']}m such a fan of these extensions I even share a list of the ones I currently have $installed. Another suggestion is to have a look at all resources that are tagged with the keywords $tag->firefox, $tag->mozilla, $tag->extension and $tag->xul. At the bottom of every resource category are many $external_links to additional resources, and a search feature to help you with locating more items within the $drx index.
I stopped using ${abbr['IE']} over a year ago. Guess what? The last few times I ran my spyware/anti-virus software they found exactly...drum roll...a big fat gOOse egg worth of invasive code on my box.
No mind altering drugs were used in the creation of this $rave, I swear. As always, your questions and $comments are welcome.
${ent['mdash']}doug
$NOIE $HAPPY $PROOF