WordPress takes over Browse Happy
June 1st, 2005 by Kelson. Posted in Web and tagged for browser, Web, wordpress
I didn’t see that one coming:
BrowseHappy Now Part of WordPress as WaSP Refocuses Mission.
Apparently the Web Standards Project decided they’d be better off remaining neutral. So they’ve handed it off to WordPress, who has been promoting Firefox on their website and in the admin interface for months.
It’s an odd fit, but who knows? Maybe the new management will be insterested in adding some more varied testimonials (they’re almost all Firefox right now).
Update: WordPress has posted their own announcement.
Update 2: MacManX has pointed out that lead WordPress developer Matt Mullenweg is a WaSP member, which helps explain the “Why WordPress?” question.
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[...] I imagine this was probably a factor in the decision to divest themselves of Browse Happy last month. Certainly this project is more in line with their core mission—promoting the use of standards on the web—and fits right in with the Dreamweaver Task Force they ran with Macromedia back in 2001. [...]