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Ben Goodger | |
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| Nationality | British New Zealander |
| Occupation | Google Chrome developer |
| Website | Ben Goodger |
Ben Goodger (born in London, England) is a British-New Zealand software engineer, formerly employee of Netscape Communications Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation and former lead developer of the Firefox web browser.[1]
Goodger grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, and graduated from the University of Auckland in May 2003 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.[2] He now lives in Los Altos Hills, California and is currently working for Google Inc., where he leads user experience for the Google Chrome project.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Fisher, Ken (24 January 2005). "Google hires Firefox lead developer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ Gifford, Adam (9 February 2005). "Free door to software world". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "A Kiwi living the dream working for Google in Silicon Valley". Seven Sharp. New Zealand: TVNZ. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
External links
- Ben Goodger on Twitter
- Ben Goodger's personal weblog
- Magpie — Ben's Firefox Extension (Maintained now by Christian Wallbaum)
- Old Magpie — Ben's Firefox Extension info
- Ben Goodger interview on FLOSS Weekly
- Ben Goodger to Google on CNet News
- Kiwi leads effort to build a better browser (Paul Brislen, New Zealand Herald, 17 September 2004)
- Unearthing the origins of Firefox (Paul Festa, CNet, 13 October 2004)
