Browser Wars Mark II

Nigel McFarlane writes "I have no life (humour) other than to write articles about Web technology and open technologies, and the way they mediate, enable and transform our public places and our participation opportunities. Mostly I write about Mozilla and Linux, but my latest effort is an attempted wake-up call over Web standards and the future of the Web." Self-deprecation aside, it's a decent article that summarizes the stakes well.

Comments

"Smoke, Mirrors and Silence"?

[chendo]

Yeah, after the server starts to spew out smoke, you would want some mirrors, and I have no clue where the silence fits in here.

Buried alive

[richie2000]

I've always thought that the big sign outside Microsoft's headquarters looks like a tombstone.

Start digging.

Re:Feedback

[Anonymous Coward]

I remember, back in the 90's, shaking my head even at the term 'browser war'. It seemed ludicrous, if only because the idea that there could ONLY BE ONE BROWSER FOR EVERYONE was childish. This isn't Dune spice, folks.

Of course not: it's Highlander! The one with the last browser gets some kind of neato prize!

Re:IE 7 or whatever

[The-Dalai-LLama]

Case in point that I don't know what I'm doing.
This is the relevant link.

The Dalai LLama
... but at least it will look good in all browsers...

Self Deprecation?

[SpamJunkie]

That's some pretty poor self-deprecation. Not that I could do any better.

Re:Do your bit...

[jsebrech]

The older one even thinks that Linux is cool, which came as a bit of a shock to me ;)

Unsurprising, linux has three things going for it:
- an X in the name (you can't have a cool product without an X in the name, even microsoft realized that)
- Tux, a penguin who sits on his ass all day long and smokes weed (where else does that dopey expression come from?). He's sort of the ideal of what kids hope to be, looking cool while sitting on their ass getting high as a kite.
- Linus. Women think he's a sex god, men think he's a geek god. He's THE MAN.

/mostly kidding

Ahem...

[Psymunn]

Might i be the first to say (now that we have gotten off on this tangent):
"Burninate the peasents. Burninate the village. Troooooooooogdor!!!"
Thank you
Sincerly,

Re:I'm with linus torvalds on this one

[E_elven]

>Linus is just a guy, and he puts his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us.

Actually, this may not be true. Linus, like most Finnish men, probably sits down and pulls both legs up at the same time. Time-honored tradition here.