Web Browser for "Ghost Ridin" the Negronet

[optimusadl]

[h1]http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...eaches-out-to-african-american-community.html[/h1]

[h1]Blackbird browser reaches out to African American community[/h1]
By David Chartier | Published: December 09, 2008 - 05:14AM CT

The Internet may have created a largely color-blind world wide web that connects users with just about any information they could ever want. But Ed Young, CEO of 40A, Inc. believes that his company can make the Internet better for the African-American community with Blackbird, a new Mozilla-based browser. We took a look at Blackbird and spoke with Young about the motivation behind introducing a tailored browser.

Fundamentally, Blackbird is a customized version of Firefox 3 for Windows XP and Vista. It includes a dark black theme, a variety of tweaked tools that search African American resources, news, and video sites, social bookmarking and networking tools, webmail integration, and a charity content channel called "Do Good" that connects users with African American-focused organizations. This channel features news and directories of African American services and charities that make it easy for users to get informed and get active.

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The browser is built ontop of Firefox 3 and is supposedly customized for African Americans.

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[cobra kai]

Eboniks is included in the language choices aswell...

 

[killa couch]

i dont understand why black people need their own browser...im black if it matters

 

[rhester]

BET is wack

 

[jpap348]

i dont understand why black people need their own browser

 

[718stylez]

i hate BET ...and im black if it matters

 

[awash242]

GTFOOHWTBS!

im black, if that matters.

 

[rsdplaya]

stop with the "im black if that matters"

 

[ericberry14]

am i the only person that thinks BET has run its course & just needs to die off already

 

[ill legal operation]

If I get three consecutive pop ups for wave grease, Popeye's chicken, and a Chrysler 300 - I'm shooting somebody.

 

[vidasman]

Eeeehhh....Big deal, Took em this long huh??

 

[coolnificent]

 

[mangudai954]

Whats next a Telemundo browser?

 

[lnmymind]

 

[718stylez]

btw, where does it say anything about it being affiliated w/ BET?

 

[an dee 51o]

 

[rawsheed]

So all these browsers I've been using all these years have been oriented for a caucasian audience?

 

[crumbs]

wow

 

[stoneyjax]

Originally Posted by killa couch

i dont understand why black people need their own browser...im black if it matters

my thoughts exactly... totally pointless

 

[undefinedinc]

does it contain KFC chicken as the template? Im black so calm down..BET is scum of the earth

 

[optimusadl]

Originally Posted by 718stylez

btw, where does it say anything about it being affiliated w/ BET?

It developed by a company. I liked that title better than " Browser for black folk".

 

[oidreez]

lol what is this? a browser for the african american community?

 

[dirtylicious]

can I use it if I'm not black?

 

[an dee 51o]

Originally Posted by OptimusADL

Originally Posted by 718stylez

btw, where does it say anything about it being affiliated w/ BET?

It developed by a company. I liked that title better than " Browser for black folk".

Ohhhh. So you lied.

 

[ill legal operation]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

can I use it if I'm not black?

No.

Rules are rules.