Mozilla Web Browser--What's Next?

1999–2004February 13, 2003Dana BaggettInternet
Mozilla 1.3b was just released this week but according to this Mozilla.org web page what's planned for the next few months (2/2003 - 6/2003) is:

General

profile backend code cleanup
additional changes for GRE support
Calendar to become part of the application-suite during 1.4

Navigator

popup blocking improvements
type ahead improvements
more helper application improvements

Mail/News/Addressbook

junk mail controls improvements
mail views improvements
palm sync improvements
IMAP quota support

Composer

image resizing
spell check selection
font menu

What might be next? Here are some possibilities:

configurable toolbars?
CaScadeS (stylesheet editor)?
form element editing?
stand alone mail?
better altmail support?
breaking apart the suite into separate applications?
basic roaming / location independence support?
quick search in history?

[Dana Baggett]

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